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The Impact Of Compliance With A Certified Accreditation Standard For Municipal Fire Departments, David Ryan Hickel
The Impact Of Compliance With A Certified Accreditation Standard For Municipal Fire Departments, David Ryan Hickel
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This report was conducted to assist public administrators serving in municipal fire departments in making the complex decision to pursue agency accreditation. The research finds that very little information is available to administrators that details the impacts accreditation has on a municipal fire department. The research conducted in this report aims to fill that gap.
Literature was reviewed that focused on the emergence of accreditation within the fire service. Then, an exploratory qualitative research method was utilized for the framework of this research, and interviews were arranged with members of various fire departments possessing unique relationships and experience with the …