Fire Department Strategic Planning: Creating Future Excellence - Softcover

Wallace, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0912212764 ISBN 13: 9780912212760

Publisher: PennWell Books, 1998

Synopsis

This book is designed to help your department identify and develop its own strategic plan, as well as enhance the department's abilities to manage the organization effectively and deliver quality service to the community. Contents: Introduction Identifying the department's values Planning stratigecally Selecting and recommending a strategic planning process Identifying the department's mandates Developing the mission of the department Creating a philosophy of operations Assessing the opportunities and threats of the of the external environment Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the internal environment Identifying the strategic issues of the department Creating strategies for strategic issues Creating the department's ideal future through proactive futuring Operational planning from a strategic perspective Creating a written strategic plan Stratigic management Cyclic planning Appendices (mission statement examples and comprehensive exercises).

About this title

About the Author

Mark Wallace is fire chief of the city of McKinney (TX) Fire Department. He came to McKinney from Golden, Colorado. In May, 2005, Chief Wallace completed 36 years in the fire service and has served in every functional position.He is a graduate of the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy. He was awarded his Chief Fire Officer Designation by the Commission on Chief Fire Officer Designation in 2003. He holds an associate's degree in fire science technology, a bachelor's degree in business administration, and a master's degree in public administration. He is the sole proprietor of Fire Eagle Limited, a consulting firm specializing in organizational effectiveness and the teaching of strategic planning.

From the Back Cover

The second edition of Fire Department Strategic Planning: Creating Future Excellence by Mark Wallace provides application and implementation details for the Fire Department Strategic Planning Model. This edition is designed to be consistent with the critical elements of the accreditation process and its associated Accreditation Self-Assessment Manual. With the advancement of strategic planning among fire service agencies since 1998, the publishing date of the first edition, the second edition focuses more on maximizing the impact and keeping the department's current strategic plan up to date. The "how-to approach" of the first edition remains for those first-time strategic planners.

Edition details

• Publisher: PennWell Books
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0912212764
• ISBN 13: 9780912212760
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336