Fire Officer 5E
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
5th Edition
Published on 29. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
550 pages
978-1-284-30440-4 (ISBN)
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Fire Officer: Principles and Practice, Fifth Edition with Navigate Premier Access is a print and digital solution that prepares today's firefighters for successful leadership and management in the fire service, with an emphasis on how effective leadership skills can be used to meet the challenges fire officers face. The fifth edition has been updated to meet the job performance requirements for Chapters 9: Fire Officer I and 10: Fire Officer II of NFPA 1020, Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor, Fire Officer, and Emergency Medical Services Officer Professional Qualifications, 2025 Edition.Numerous updates make this renowned fire text the most comprehensive training resource for students studying to become fire officers. New content includes the following:Summary, review questions, discussion questions, and a progressive case study with critical-thinking questions in each chapterUpdated correlation grid featuring the detailed knowledge and skill objectives for each JPR requirementNew chapter: "Crew Resource Management"New content on leadership, retention, and managing crew member expectationsNew community risk reduction (CRR) discussions on creating buy-in, population health, the economic impact of commercial fires, and moreNew discussion of the incident command system, five types of ICS incidents, and a seven-step process for making decisionsNew content on active shooter/hostile events, catastrophic events, mass volunteer resignations, and labor relationsNew section on behavioral health resourcesNew discussion on eyewitness accounts and when to suspect arson in vehicle firesMuch more! Our Premier print and digital resources include a printed textbook, eBook, audiobook, lesson plans, lecture outlines, slides, interactive lectures, flashcards, and TestPrep. Table of ContentsFire Officer IChapter 1 The Fire Officer as Company Officer Chapter 2 Understanding Leadership and Management TheoriesChapter 3 Crew Resource ManagementChapter 4 Leading a TeamChapter 5 Community Relations and Risk ReductionChapter 6 Fire Department AdministrationChapter 7 Preincident Planning and Code EnforcementChapter 8 Command of Initial Emergency OperationsChapter 9 Safety and Risk Management Fire Officer IIChapter 10 The Fire Officer II as a ManagerChapter 11 Applications of LeadershipChapter 12 Managing Community Risk Reduction ProgramsChapter 13 Administrative CommunicationsChapter 14 Fire Cause DeterminationChapter 15 Managing Major Incidents Appendix: NFPA 1020 Correlation GridGlossaryIndex (c) 2026 550 pages
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Edition
Fifth Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Sudbury
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Weight
794 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-284-30440-4 (9781284304404)
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Michael J. Ward, MGA, MIFireE has four decades of emergency service experience in volunteer, contract and career roles. Retired as a Captain II/paramedic from Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, was Executive Director of EMS Services for Saint Clare's Hospital in Dover, NJ. Fire Science Program Head at Northern Virginia Community College. A dozen years as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at The George Washington University in Washington DC. Currently a Senior Associate with Fitch and Associates.