FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

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Discussion question 1

Discrimination/legal issues

I have being the subject of unfair decision from a higher authority. I was forced by the authority to do otherwise. I was forced to receive bribery from one of the client so as to clear my client. The legal standards violated were the fair labor standard act (LEXIS 1895). The manager wanted to show his superiority complex to my client. He influenced me to take the bribery or else I was to risk to lose my job. This was against the law of legal rights of the labor. I wanted to take a step to sue the authority but thought I could lose my job furthermore the case could be twisted to favor the authority since they have got lawyers.

Discussion 2: Recruitment and Retention

The FES organization has put many strategies in plan to attract the best candidates in their organization. It has set a minimum grade required for one to apply for a post in the organization. There is some qualifications which one has to attain for him/her to achieve. The organization as well put an individual into test to prove their experience. The organization some various steps to for hiring process. For hiring one has to fill the application form then must get the confirmation from the authorities. There are some improvement that should be done to the organization for it to perform as required. The organization comes up with good criteria of hiring rather than the use of the filling. Instead it should come with a procedure which tests the ability a person than the paper work only. Lack of enough funds majorly prevents the FES organizations program of recruiting and retention not to perform.

Discussion: Labor Relation

The Fire and emergency services, it establishment came in the year 1893 as Srinagar Fire Brigade. There was a bill which decreased the gain which was made by the labor movement. The crafting of the bill was to mitigate the labor influence of the labor union. The Fire and Emergency services is obligated with the task of implementing of the emergency management strategy. This is somehow designed to develop and maintain a modern an also a robust management. The organization has a sphere of duty which has been enhanced from rescue and firefighting to also disaster management. The relation issue may affect the outcome either positively or negatively. When there is good relations outlaid then the result would be positive.

There are some various principle that the organization should adopt for a good outcome in the organization. One the organization should create a working place environment which the employees will work with their trust. Promote it employees and continuous initiatives in continuous improvement. Third is to promote teamwork which is aimed at pursuit of individual’s roles. Lastly is to develop human resources thoroughly and committed in it. The organization in my locality is trying to come up with strategies which enables the employee build a good relation for better output. The department has come with motive of promoting it employees for those who work extra harder for achievement of the organizations goal.

Assignment: Resource Management

Fire and Emergency services faces a lot of challenges in the operation of their services. The biggest challenge is that of finance. The need for new revenue source or methods of working more sufficiently within the organization faces most all fire and emergency service organizations. The citizen has neglected the service of the firefighters and therefore they should know that the services they provide before their negligence. Since many people don’t use fire they tend to perceive that they don’t need many firefighters since the risk is minimal. The firefighters pay is been taxed and benefits cut while in other organization the employees retain their pay and benefits. There are several ways in which the fire and emergency organization is funded. Town often have their budget which is set aside for Emergency Service. Some too however have a membership of subscription. The subscription of the town is to include all the members of the society who may want the service in future.

The organization as well get the funds to run their operation from the other countries as grants. Grant is a major aid in the financing of the fire and emergency organizations. This fund is used in the purchase of the machines used for fire extinguishing and also the purchase of the ambulance. The government also contributes in the financing of the fire and emergency service organization by offering them with capital to as well run their administration. There are some setback which affects the revenue stream in the society and organization as large. Ignorance by the community to contribute in financing the organization since they claim they are at low risk to be affected by fire. The evasion by this norm has highly contributed low operation of the organization due to lack of finance for the operation. Another setback is corruption in the town leaders who are provided money by the federal government to allocate it for financing of the fire and emergency service. They squander the money for their self-interest instead of channeling it to the right individuals. Poor budget of the resources allocated to the organization is another setback that affects the stream of the revenue for the organization. The organization should have a good formulated budget which serves the purpose of generating income to the organization.

The budget of the fire and emergency organization is formulated in that there is operations expenses and revenue types. The operational support overview translates to the expenses that the organization would incur during its operation. There are some various budget drivers used by the organization. These are the unionized salary increases and related overtime costs increased equipment costs, honorariums and stipends paid by the volunteer firefighter’s and the trained cost. With the well-established budget the action of providing the service by the organization will improve. The cost of expenditure is well outlaid by the budget which enhances the effective operation of the organization.

To enhance a an efficient and accountable organization there is alignment in its budgeting and planning process to its strategic goals of ensuring emergency has being responded to. The levels of accountability are very high and if one goes against the norms then he/she will be subjected to suffering. The individual is accountable is subjected to punishment by being removed from the position he/she holds in the organization. This mechanism makes the individual to be accountable to what they are doing in their line of duty.

There are certain methods of improving management to be more fiscally accountable. One is by training the members of the organization on the importance of the fiscal accountability in management. Should come up with measures that ensures that the fiscal accountability is followed to the latter.

The capital improvement plans is a plan which capital facility is been assessed needs in an area against its overall goals and its objectives. The fire and Emergency service has plan in which the following are the strategy of it capital improvement plans. One it has outlaid a special procedure tor capital projects and basic debt instrument. This ensures that capital financing is from the operating revenues. This procedure will allow the management of the organization financially forecast and the multi-year planning which occurs for the equipment. The second is planning of strategic assets management system and a budget which is special in procedurals. The third is the specification of projects capital financing and little debt. The multi- year capital occurs but it always specific. The procedures used for operating budget is the same with that of the capital budgeting.

The capital investment plan is stipulated to cater for more years for multi-year budgeting. In the FES in my community it’s stipulated for a short while not catering for the many years required in the budget. This makes the funds allocated for the organization not to be well utilized because the usage will be limited. There are some various process utilized by the organization to utilize the capital improvement pans. One is drafting of the budget line by the committee of the FES organization. This will improve the capital plan sine there will be the guidelines on how to approach the funds allocated to the organization. The provision to the input to the capital improvement plans of the FES is the government which allocates the resources to the organization. There are some various improvement that FES organization should adopt. It should adopt a long-term plan development to cater for the many years the organization will be in operation. This long-term period plan will enhance proper provision and utilization of the resources allocated to the organizations

Alternative way in which the organization would acquire funds is by getting grants from the other countries, borrowing money from the banks and also fetching the funds from contribution from the community through fundraising. After acquiring these funds there are law ordinances which should be enacted such as the fund allocated to the organization should not be used for a period of one until it matures. Another law which should be enacted is rightful used for the purposed allocated for it.

References

Cullen, L., National Research Council (U.S.)., Airport Cooperative Research Program., & United States. (2011). Collaborative airport capital planning handbook. Washington, D.C: Transportation Research Board.