Fire and Rescue Services Leadership and Management Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Murphy, Peter (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Greenhalgh, Kirsten (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Emergency medicine.; Public administration.; Public health.; Emergency Services.; Public Administration.; Public Health.

This unique text fills a major gap in the emergency services literature by surveying the research on fire and rescue service management in the UK. An extensive evidence base focuses on organizational culture, leadership skills, standards, and accountability, emphasizing the services' dual roles...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and summary
• Historical perspective: the origins of fire fighting services
• The assessment and management of risk
• Performance management and service improvement
• Leadership and organizational culture
• Governance and accountability
• Equality, diversity, and multiculturalism
• International case study
• International perspectives on North American, Europe, and Australasia
• Future scenarios. .