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Assessment Center
Strategy and Tactics
From Fire Engineering Books and Videos
Assessment Center Strategies and Tactics
By Michael A.Terpak
Deputy Chief
City of Jersey City Fire Department
Read Assessment Center Strategies and Tactics and broaden your understanding of the true test of knowledge, skills and abilities that awaits you as you climb the ladder of success.
- Chapter 1 — Understanding the process
- Performance Dimensions
- How Assessors will score you
- Test-taking tips
- What to avoid
- Chapter 2 — Strategy and tactics assessment
- Company Officer Tactics
- Engine and Ladder Company
- Chief Officer Strategies
- A to Z approach
- Chapter 3 — Structure fires
Test-taking cues for answering exercises involving structure fires
- Chapter 4 — Unusual and Everyday type incidents
Test-taking cues for answering exercises involving:
- Structural Collapse
- Hazardous Material incidents
- Gas leaks & Oil burner incidents
- Chapter 5 — Strategy and Tactic exercises
10 — Oral Assessment exercises with comprehensive answer keys!
Firefighters who want to advance must be skilled not only on the fireground, but in the assessment center as well. In Assessment Center Strategies and Tactics, Battalion Chief Michael A. Terpak provides a comprehensive approach to the assessment process. He includes step-by-step preparation, scoring strategies, and test-taking tips as well as study cues for exercises that include structure fires, hazardous material incidents, structural collapse, and beyond.
"Chief Terpak takes the reader through a thorough process that identifies what to expect from the assessment center process and how to prepare for it. The reader will find that this book will identify the concept of an assessment center and the various types of exercises that make up an assessment center process."
— Paul H. Stein
Fire Chief (Retired)
Lakeside and Santa Monica California Fire Departments
"Chief Terpak's insight and experience will help you to prepare for the testing process as well as show you ways to maximize your score and increase the chance of promotion. While there are o guarantees, the advice found in these pages, along with your vigilant study of the job, will start you on the path to promotional success."
— Captain Michael West
South Metro Colorado Fire and Rescue
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