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additional resources |
assistance from agencies,industries or fire departments that are not part of the agency having jurisdiction |
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authority |
relates to the empowered duties of an offical to perform certain tasks. in the case of a fire inspector's authority is commensurate with the enforcement obligatgions of the governing body. |
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automatic aid |
written agreement between two or more agencies to automatically dispatch predetermined resources to any fire or other emergancyreported in the geographic area coverd by the agreement. these areas are generally located near jurisdictional boundaries or jurisdictional islands. |
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career firefightert |
person who is primary employment is as a firefighter within a fire department. |
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chain of command |
order of rank and authority in the fire department and emergancy services. |
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county |
political subdivision of a state, province or territory for administrative purposes (parish)
second level in local governmaent |
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federal |
national level of government |
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fire district |
designated geographic area where fire protection is provided, usually through a supporting tax or and area where fire prevention codes are inforced. |
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functional supervision |
organizational principle that allows workers to report to more than one supervisor without violating the unity of command principle; worker report to the primary supervisor most for activities that relate to assigned functions only, and both supervisors coordinate closely |
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municipal |
functional division of the lowes level of local government. |
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mutial aid |
reciprocal assistance from one fire and emergancy service to another during an emergency, based upon a prearranged agreement; generally made upon the request of the receiving agency. |
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paid-on-call personnel |
person who responds to fires and emergencies and is paid for the responses they make on a response-to response basis |
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sidestepping |
the process of going around a link in the chain of command to deal with an issue |
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skip level notification |
notifying ones supervisor that one wish to take an isseu to the supervisor's supervisor. |
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state/provincial |
territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation whose rights are defined by a constitution |
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tribal |
term that describes the governmental structe of native american and aboriginal people of north ameria ( also known as firstg nations, aboriginals, inuit, and metis) |
