Battalion/Deputy Chief 06
Administrative Oral Question
The Chief has asked you to head a committee to conduct a risk/needs analysis for the community. The department would like to team up with other city agencies to develop and deliver various public safety education programs to the public. The main objective of this project is to decrease the potential for injury or death throughout your city.
Identify for the assessment board the potential public safety programs to be delivered, and list the steps you and your committee utilized in order to develop this list of programs.
ANSWER KEY:
Types and Kinds of Public Safety programs:
- Home escape planning
- Smoke detectors
- Burn and scalds
- Home fire prevention
- Natural disasters
- Man-made disasters
- Smoke detectors
- Carbon monoxide
- Children's car seats
- Fire drills (public assemblies)
- Fire extinguishers
- Fire works
- Hazardous materials
(storage and use)
- Bicycle safety
- Stop, drop and roll
- Baby sitting
- CPR and AED
- BBQ grills
- Basic first aid
- Bee stings
- How to use Emergency 911
- Neighborhood watch programs
- Safety mentoring
Steps committee used to develop the list
- Awareness; the frequency and type of incidents responded to
- Fire report data
- Fire cause data
- Emergency medical data
- Crime statistics
- Request for programs
- Identifying different target audiences/groups based on own demographics
- Seek information from cities of similar size and demographics
Sources: FCHB 6th Ed 1066 - 1068 & Promotional Prep BC classes 05/06
