Arizona State University Budget Proposal Increasing Company Staffing Presentation

Review the topics below and select one for your research paper. Provide a research paper (150 pts) that examines the issue AND a power point presentation (50 pts) that outlines the proposal to a city council, fire board, etc. Do not assume that the governing bodies fully understand your fire departments needs.

The paper must be in full APA format and be 5-8 pages in length. The powerpoint should be concise, cover key points, and be approximately 5 to 8 slides not counting the title slide. The research paper and powerpoint should be submitted separately in Blackboard.

NOTE: Grading will be based on: APA format 10%, spelling/grammar 10%, organization of content 40%, and completeness/accuracy of content 40%.

1) Your fire department has recently completed annual hose testing as required by NFPA standards. Approximately 50% of your hose either failed or barely passed. You have enough spare hose to re-load your 4 engine companies and the lone reserve engine. Provide a proposal for a replacement program for all of the hose inventory. Include all costs associated with the program and assume a standard engine hose load with LDH, 2 ½”, 1 ¾”, etc.

2) Your department has 4 engines, 1 ladder, a heavy rescue squad and 2 medic units. Each has breathing apparatus with spare cylinders, however the SCBA are not the same brand. Although they have been maintained, some of these SCBA are nearly 15 years old. Provide a program to replace these SCBA with new units that are the same brand and model. Include all costs and justify your proposal. Counting some spare SCBA’s and cylinders, the inventory currently totals 35 complete SCBA and an additional inventory of 70 spare cylinders.

3) Turnout gear has been randomly been purchased by your department as needed, but recently members identified that some gear is 15 years old. Your department has 30 career fire fighters (including Chief and Staff) and 18 paid on call volunteers. Propose a program to assure updated turnouts and a replacement program. Include gear inspection and repair programs in the budget proposal.

4) Your department currently has 3 engine companies and one truck company each staffed with an officer and two fire fighters. Work schedule is 24 hours on and 48 off. Fire administration has decided to request funding to increase company staffing to 4 per company by adding one fire fighter to each company on every shift. Develop a budget proposal to add the personnel; include training and upfit costs as well as salary, benefits, etc.

5) As an option to the choices above you may use a topic that is current to your department. Instructor approval is required!