Needs Assessment of the US Fire Service

A Cooperative Study by the U.S. Fire Admin. of FEMA & the Nat. Fire Protection Assoc. (NFPA) to: define the current role & activities assoc. with the fire services; determine the adequacy of current levels of funding; & provide a needs assessment to identify shortfalls. This Survey was conducted as a census, with appropriate adjustments for non-response. The NFPA used its own list of local fire dep'ts. as the mailing list & sampling frame of all fire dep'ts. in the U.S. In all, 26,354 fire dep'ts. were mailed survey forms. Contents: The U.S. Fire Service; Personnel & Their Capabil.; Fire Prevention & Code Enforce.; Facilities, Apparatus & Equip.; Commun. & Commun. Equip.; Ability to Handle Unusually Challenging Incidents; & New & Emerging Technol. Ill.Hall, John R., Jr. is the author of 'Needs Assessment of the US Fire Service', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756746490 and ISBN 0756746493.