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| Call Number: | 42242 |
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Risk prevention: is NBFR reaching the community? |
| Author(s): | Boyd, Robert M. ; New Bern. Fire Rescue. |
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| Description: | 71 p. |
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| Publication Data: | Emmitsburg, MD : National Fire Academy. July 2008 |
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| Identifier/s: | Accession No.: 129640 |
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| Type of Item: | (EFO PAPER)  |
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www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo42242.pdf (245.4 kb) |
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| Subjects: | 1. FIRE PREVENTION 2. COMMUNITY RELATIONS 3. PLANNING 4. RISK EVALUATION |
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| Series Data: | Executive Fire Officer Program. Applied Research Project |
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| Summary/abstract: | - Investigating the numerous prevention programs offered by New Bern Fire Rescue (NBFR) revealed the department has failed to fully integrate the community and lack evaluative methods to determine program effectiveness. The project's purpose was to identify a mechanism for integrating the community into prevention initiatives and to establish a process for evaluating the effectiveness of risk intervention. Action research methods provided conclusive answers from five research questions. Literature review and personal interviews with program coordinators provided examples of how other organizations involve community in prevention programs. Review of literature and Internet sources were examined to ascertain the importance of collaborative efforts in creating a successful prevention program. Personal communications and interviews with selected stakeholders were utilized to reveal community involvement in developing prevention programs NBFR has to offer. Personal communications
and interviews provided tools to discover the type of evaluative methods NBFR uses to verify program success. Many types of sources were reviewed to identify mechanisms for granting NBFR an ability to implement community integration and evaluative processes within the department's prevention programs. Research findings supported the significance of integrating the community into a prevention program and the need for having evaluation methods. Results from this research confirmed some weaknesses and identified key areas that could potentially help NBFR strengthen prevention programs in the local community. Recommendations for changes include collaborative planning efforts, identifying internal and external perceptions of risk, community participation, and utilizing evaluation methods to determine program effectiveness.
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| Notes: | New Bern, NC; Strategies for Community Risk Reduction; Abstracts for EFO papers are written by the author |
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| Availability: | Available on Interlibrary Loan |
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| Copies: | - c.1: DOCUMENT ROOM - ROOM 209 [Status: IN]
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