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Unit I Project

Historical Timeline of the Fire Service

It is important to understand where the fire service came from in order to help shape its future. Tradition is steep within the fire service, so understanding the challenges along the way helps you appreciate the need to honor tradition, yet be willing to let go at times in order to improve this honored profession.

In this assignment, you are to develop a graphic timeline, using the Microsoft Word Shapes or SmartArt features, for the significant events in the history of the fire service, from the Roman Republic up to the present. Also, include your department or the department that protects your community if you are not currently in the fire service. Include such items as the development of apparatus, major events that shaped today’s fire service, and important figures that were prominent in helping the fire service develop. You need to use at least two different sources in developing this timeline. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit I Essay

Fire Service Career Opportunities

There are many career opportunities within the fire service, many of which do not include firefighting. Write a two-page essay researching and discussing the requirements for becoming a member of your department or the one in your community. Include in your research and discussion any wellness and fitness requirements for becoming a member of the department. In addition, you also need to research and discuss what the requirements are to become a member of another branch of emergency services such as fire marshal, wildland firefighter, paramedic, fire inspector/investigator, dispatcher, public information officer (PIO), or any other career that you find interesting.

All sources used, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced according to APA style. Your paper should include a title page and should include a separate reference page.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below

Unit II Project

Career Path Interview

In order to be prepared to provide protection to your community, you need to have an educated and highly-trained workforce ready to handle any emergency that arises in today’s volatile environment.

In this assignment, you are to interview your training officer or fire chief, and discuss the training and educational skills and abilities one needs to progress through the ranks in your department. If you are not presently employed in the fire service, reach out to your local fire department and speak to them. When you have completed the interview, plot what you have learned on a model like the one on page 59 of the textbook for both training/certifications and educational requirements. Then, compare and contrast your model with the National Professional Development Model in a one-page essay to include your desired career path in both areas.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit III PowerPoint Presentation

You have been asked to present a short class to new recruits who have little knowledge of the fire service during their first week of orientation. Using information in the chapter, develop a PowerPoint Presentation on one of the following two topics relating to the safety of first responders:

1. fire service apparatus and facilities and their function, and

2. personal protective equipment and its function for first responders.

This presentation should contain at least 12 slides, including a title and reference slide. The presentation should be able to stand on its own should someone other than yourself want to use it to teach such a course in the future.

You must use at least two different sources for this presentation. APA citations are required on slides when you use information from the textbook or other sources. Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit III PowerPoint Presentation

You have been asked to present a short class to new recruits who have little knowledge of the fire service during their first week of orientation. Using information in the chapter, develop a PowerPoint Presentation on one of the following two topics relating to the safety of first responders:

1. fire service apparatus and facilities and their function, and

2. personal protective equipment and its function for first responders.

This presentation should contain at least 12 slides, including a title and reference slide. The presentation should be able to stand on its own should someone other than yourself want to use it to teach such a course in the future.

You must use at least two different sources for this presentation. APA citations are required on slides when you use information from the textbook or other sources.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit IV Case Study

Fire dynamics is an important study for all first responders. In this case study, research the West Texas fertilizer plant blast in 2013. You can use ammonium nitrate explosion at a fertilizer plant fire–Texas as search key words.

For this assignment, write a two-page essay discussing the chemical reaction involved in this tragedy. Use what you have learned in Chapter 6 and from at least one other outside source to discuss how this explosion took place from a chemistry point of view. Include what could have prevented this chain reaction using the fire tetrahedron in this discussion, what the fire classification was, and what the best extinguishing agent is to use in these types of fires.

Your essay should follow APA guidelines for formatting of all resources, both in-text and as references. Your paper should include a title page and should include a separate reference page. Remember to use the CSU Online Library to complete

your research for this assignment.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit V Project

Develop a Preincident Plan

Make arrangements with your workplace, or if you are not permitted to use your workplace, work with your local fire department, and develop a preincident plan of a building.

Using the building you have chosen, complete the Preincident Planning Checklist template. Click here for a copy of the template. You may omit the contact information if the individual in charge of the building would prefer that contact information not be used. Along with the completed checklist, submit a one-page description of what you learned by completing this project. References are not required for this assignment, but if any sources are used, they must be cited and referenced according to APA style.

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Unit VI Case Study

On February 23, 1991, one of the most tragic fires to date happened at 1 Meridian Plaza in Philadelphia. As a result of

this fire and the deaths of several Philadelphia firefighters, many codes were changed that affected different fire protection

systems in high-rise buildings.

Research the 1 Meridian Plaza tragedy. After completing your research, write a review of this tragedy, concentrating on

codes and fire protection systems that contributed to this tragedy, tying these to this unit’s readings. Discuss what went

wrong and how these systems and codes, or lack thereof, contributed to the deaths of the firefighters that night. This

review is to be two pages in length.

All sources used, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced according to APA style. Your paper should include

a title page and should include a separate reference page.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VII Project

This is a two-part assignment where you are being asked to create an organizational chart. Use the information from the textbook, and relate each chart to your department or the department that protects your community if you are currently not in the fire service.

Part 1: Create an organizational chart depicting the rank structure within your department or your local department. Start from the fire chief down to the newest recruit, and include any and all divisions within the organization. Also, provide a one-page summary defining the role of national, state, and local support organizations in the organizational design and

command structure of the local department. Part I should be two pages long (one page for the organizational chart, and one page for the summary).

Part 2: Create an organizational chart for one of the following functional areas of the incident management system (IMS): planning, logistics, or administration/finance. Use both the textbook and outside sources to break one of these functions into its basic subunits. In a minimum of one page for the chosen function and each subunit, provide an explanation of the duties assigned to that function within that area of responsibility. Part II should be two pages long (one page for the organizational chart and one page for the explanation).

Parts 1 and 2 should be combined and submitted as one document. The completed assignment should be a total of four pages. You must use your textbook and at least two academic sources to complete this assignment. Any information from those sources should be cited and reference according to APA style.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VIII Essay I

Emergency Management

Emergency management (EM) is an up-and-coming field that really took off after the events of 9/11. It is important that

each community be prepared for both man-made and natural disasters, should they happen either unannounced or with

some warning. For this two-page essay, you are to research emergency management within your community. You need

to compare and contrast the existence of the emergency management function before 9/11 and after this event. Some

questions to answer should include the following:

? How is it different, and who is responsible for the management of this function?

? Is there a formal EM plan, and is the fire department part of that plan?

? Is it still as important in your community today as it was in the months following 9/11?

? Has this function been implemented in the past decade, and what were the outcomes?

? What is needed to improve the emergency management function within your community?

All sources used, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced according to APA style. Your paper should include

a title page and a separate reference page.

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Unit VIII Essay II

EMS

Within each community, EMS is a vital function as a pre-hospital part of the overall health system. In today’s emergency services, EMS represents anywhere from 60 to more than 80% of responses. For this two-page essay, you need to research the history of EMS within your community and how it has changed and grown over the last several decades.

Some questions to be answered in this essay include the following:

? Describe the beginnings of EMS in your community, and discuss how it has grown.

? What does the current EMS system look like today?

? Who provides the EMS service, and is it efficient?

? What do you see are the immediate challenges faced by EMS as we move into community-based EMS with the

advent of the Affordable Health Care Act?

All sources used, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced according to APA style. Your paper should include

a title page and should include a separate reference page.

Unit II Assessment

Question 1 Distance/Online education has become very popular for this generation of students as a way of furthering their education. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages between the two types of learning environments. As part of this discussion, identify at least four distance/Online learning institutions and what types of curriculum are available to emergency service providers to help them progress throughout their careers.

Your response must be at least 500 words in length.

Question 2 Explain the meaning of the National Professional Development Model as it pertains to achieving professionalism within the fire service. Fully explain what the two sides or paths of the model represent and how adopting this model is or is not a benefit to the fire service nationally.

Your response must be at least 500 words in length.

Unit IV Assessment

Question 1 There are six forms of electrical energy that are found in nature. Identify and discuss each form. Provide an example of each type that is commonly found and how it can create a fire in a home.

Your response must be at least 500 words in length.

Question 2 Discuss each of the classifications of fire listed in the textbook, and give at least two examples of how you would see each type of fire in your everyday lives. In your discussion, show how each type of fire can be most successfully extinguished.

Your response must be at least 500 words in length.