Fire and emergency management/Fire officer IV/Community and Government Relations

This duty involves projecting a positive image of the fire department to the community, according to the following job performance requirements.

Learning Objectives:

Terminal Objective: Attend, participate in, and assume a leadership role in given community events in order to meet community needs and enhance the image of the fire department.

Enabling Objectives:

• Describe the departmental community demographics
• Explain the departmental community and civic issues
• Define effective community service methods
• Describe the formal and informal community leaders
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate orally
• Demonstrate the familiarity with public relations

Terminal Objective: Given fire service issues, monitor, local, state and federal legislative activities in order to enhance the effectiveness of the fire department.

Enabling Objectives:

• Describe the departmental community demographics, issue and needs
• Describe the formal and informal community leaders
• Demonstrate familiarity with the legislative process
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate orally and in writing

Legislative Activities

Oral Communication

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