Financial and Department Resource Methods
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper discussing effective financial and department resource management methods.
Include the following in your paper:
Select methods that have been proven to be reliable over the course of history.
Explain how these methods are being applied in today’s economy and fire service.
Select a fire department that has been significantly impacted by budget cuts.
Describe the department and the services that it delivers to the community.
Describe how the management of resources is impacting the level and quality of service they deliver.
Apply your knowledge of financial and resource management to discern what reduction in services, personnel, or apparatus the department has been forced to make and if it was necessary.
Analyze how, if at all, the cuts have affected the community.
Be sure to also consider the following in your paper:
What new methods can you describe that could help deliver better service?
Describe effective financial and departmental resource management methods.
