Unit VII Essay
Standard Operating Guideline Paper
Background Information:You have just been promoted to the rank of
lieutenant (or bureau manager if serving in theprivate sector) and have
been appointed to the Fire Prevention Bureau/Office as the new
supervisor/leader. Your predecessor held the position for many years and had
his or her own way of keeping, storing, and maintaining fire prevention
records. You soon discover that records are in total disarray and very few
records are properly stored, nor have the volumes of the records been properly
maintained and protected from the environment in which they were stored.
FIR 3303,
Introduction to Fire Prevention 8
You have a bureau crew of four other employees
who have had little involvement in the handling of records and you plan to
change that.
Task:The
purpose of this essay is for you to apply the concepts and information you have
learned in this unit about theposition of a Fire Prevention
Officer/Manager. This assignment provides you with the opportunity to use your
skills, expertise, and experience to enrich your response when compiling data
that will be used for risk reduction within the community. You will compose a
standard operating guideline (SOG) that should address the following
components:
·
provide an
introduction into what this SOP is designed to accomplish along with the
Mission Statement for this Division.
·
proper
recording of bureau/office inspections, incidents, testing, re-testing, and
re-inspections;
·
proper storage
of all records gathered by the bureau/office; and
·
proper
maintenance of all stored records for the required amount of time as set-forth
by local, state, and/or federal rules and regulations.
You should be clear, concise, and ensure that
the SOG addresses each of the three bulleted components given above. The final
SOG packet must contain a minimum of one full page for each of the three
components listed above; no component can have more than two full pages of
text.
Keep in mind that your SOG narratives must be
straight-to-the-point. Avoid long rambling narrations as these tend to distract
attention and often lead to confusion and misunderstanding of purpose and
functionality.
Remember, you are the head of this newly formed
bureau and you want to impress your leadership with your knowledge, academic
ability, and occupational experience. Be innovative and creative; however, be
sure to utilize a variety of sources that must include your textbook. Your
final paper will become your SOG to be used and referred to in your day-to-day
operations.
To better help you in the formatting and
completion of this assignment, please click here
to see a template which can be used to help you in composing your SOG.
Your sources must be cited, and referenced in
APA format. Failure to use appropriate resources, or resources that are
available in CSU’s Online Library, can lead to deductions.
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Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
