Line-item budgets are divided into two main categories >>> Personnel services and other expenses
Nationally recognized professional standards >>> Are only legal mandates when adopted by local jurisdictions and serve as models of acceptable performance
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Line-item budgets are divided into two main categories >>> Personnel services and other expenses
Nationally recognized professional standards >>> Are only legal mandates when adopted by local
jurisdictions and serve as models of acceptable performance
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) >>> establishes and publishes codes, standards, guidelines,
and recommended practices for the prevention and control of fire
Essential elements of a group >>> Common binding interest, sense of continuity, shared set of values
Communication grapevine usually transmits... >>> Info that can't be ensured as accurate and official
Leader of an informal group >>> The emerging leader regardless of whether or not a formal selection
process has been used
Ego fulfillment is also known as >>> Self esteem
Self actualization >>> the process by which people achieve their full potential
When interacting with the formal and informal groups of an FD company officers should >>> Attempt
to mesh the organizational values of both groups together
Unity of command >>> The "one supervisor" principle
Discipline >>> Setting the limits for expected performance and enforcing them
Spam of control >>> The limit one person can effectively manage
Division of labor >>> Breaking down a job into separate, smaller tasks
Line-item accounting is a form of: >>> budgetary control
Preliminary budgets for the upcoming fiscal year often start with: >>> Service levels from the previous
year
Scalar Organizational Structure >>> Organizational structure that provides paramilitary, pyramid type
of organization with a continuous line of command and authority centralized at the top
authority >>> Legal ability to make and implement decisions
decentralized authority >>> When decision-making is delegated to lower-level managers and
employees more familiar with local conditions than headquarters is.
, centralized authority >>> an organization structure in which decision-making authority is maintained at
the top level of management
Certain decision making authority is delegated to lower levels and communication is enhanced in which
type of organizational structure? >>> Scalar Organizational Structure
During which step in the budget process does the chief justify the budget to the organization as a whole
>>> Internal review
The first step in the budgeting process >>> Planning
NFPA 1500 >>> Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program
Negligence >>> The failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in
similar circumstances.
Tort >>> A civil wrong or injury
Suit >>> Civil action by an individual against another person or group
class action >>> a lawsuit in which the plaintiff or defendant is a collective group of individuals with
one common complaint
The federal fire prevention and control act established the... >>> United States Fire Administration
(USFA)
Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) >>> Federal agency responsible for the
preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery from major incidents
collective bargaining >>> Process of give and take
Arbitration >>> Evidence from both sides in a dispute are presented
Mediation >>> Hiring a third party to meet separately with each side in a conflict
Fair Labor Standards Act >>> 1938 law that set a minimum wage, a maximum workweek of 53 hours
for firefighters without overtime, and outlawed child labor
Case Law >>> the rules of law announced in court decisions
Statutory Law >>> Law passed by the U.S. Congress or state legislatures
Administrative Law >>> Rules and regulations that have the force of law
Constitutional Law >>> Basic law of the land
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