Posts Tagged: Minimum Standards
First Due Blog Carnival Edition 5 – Minimum Standards
The topic this month was Minimum Standards. I asked what should the minimum standards should be, why we should have them, and why we don't have them already.
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Minimum Standards for “A person who fights fires”?
Across the Nation, State to State, City to City, town to town, and fire department to fire department the meaning of the term “firefighter” is different.
Merriam Webster defines it as “a person who fights fires” source
That about sums it up doesn’t it…Goodnight!
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Blog Carnival 5: Minimum Standards?
Personally, I believe that there needs to be, at least at the state level, a system that requires continuing education and minimum job performance evaluations. I have heard that the last thing the fire service needs is more unfunded mandates required by non-firefighting personnel. To that comment, I agree. However, it cannot be overlooked that we are in a time and era of firefighting like we have never seen before. We have all heard someone say that “this ain’t your father’s fire service anymore.”
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First Due Blog Carnival: Call For Submissions – Edition 5 – Minimum Standards
Minimum standards. What should they be? Who says? Get your word in by the 28th
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