17 Jan Develop a ?comprehensive policy for your city to prepare for a wildfire scenario. ?This policy should include detailed procedures, training schedules
Develop a comprehensive policy for your city to prepare for a wildfire scenario. This policy should include detailed procedures, training schedules, and metrics to evaluate the city’s readiness.
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Recommend policies, procedures, and performance metrics that enable public safety organizations and community leaders to continuously improve their emergency management capabilities and enhance overall resilience.
Overview:
Develop a comprehensive policy for your city to prepare for a wildfire scenario. This policy should include detailed procedures, training schedules, and metrics to evaluate the city’s readiness.
Your paper should contain the following sections:
1. Policy Development:
· Introduction: Provide a brief overview of the importance of wildfire preparedness for your city.
· Policy Statement: Clearly state the city’s commitment to preparing for and responding to wildfires.
· Scope: Explain the policy and define the scope of the policy, including the departments and personnel involved.
2. Procedures:
· Resource Allocation: Describe how resources (personnel, equipment, funding) will be allocated and managed during a wildfire.
· Public Communication: Establish protocols for informing the public about wildfire risks, evacuation orders, and safety measures.
3. Training:
· Training Programs: Detail the training programs for public safety personnel and community members. Include topics such as fire behavior, evacuation procedures, and first aid.
· Frequency: Specify how often training sessions and drills will occur (e.g., quarterly, biannually).
· Evaluation: Explain how the effectiveness of the training programs will be assessed (e.g., through drills, feedback surveys).
4. Performance Metrics:
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· Evaluate Efficiency: Discuss how you would measure the effectiveness of the policy.
Tips and Reminders:
· Use your organization's (city/department) normal policy format; this assignment can include bullets and numbers as appropriate.
· The assignment should be well-organized in the section listed above.
· This assignment is worth 100 points and will be evaluated by a Grading Rubric
· Students will have 3 attempts to demonstrate 80% competency on the assignment. Failure to demonstrate competency will mean failure for the course.
Appendix
The following resources will help with policy development:
Reading C.1 - Best Practice Guide: Developing a Police Department Policy-Procedure Manual
Orrick, W. D. (2018). Best practice guide: Developing a police department policy-procedure manual. International Association of Chiefs of Police. https://www.theiacp.org/sites/default/files/2018-08/BP-PolicyProcedures.pdf
Reading C.2 - Public Safety Policy Development: Key Considerations
Scism, R. M. (2022, February 2). Public safety policy development: Key considerations. Police1. https://www.police1.com/chiefs-sheriffs/articles/public-safety-policy-development-key-considerations-6obSrOTwTGV8bS5q/
Reading C.3 - How to Develop a Policy
Murgado, A. (2018, May 2). How to develop a policy. Police Mag. https://www.policemag.com/patrol/article/15346318/how-to-develop-a-policy
