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Chaper 12 Me Flashcards

1
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Budget preparation is both ___ and ___

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Technical and political

-Technical part relates to the calculation of funds required
-Political part relates to the elected officials making decisions about which program should be funded

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Informal communication includes

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  1. Internal memos
  2. Emails
  3. Instant messages
  4. Messages transmitted via mobile data terminals

Used primarily to record or transmit information that may not be needed for reference in the future

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An official fire department document printed on business stationary with the fire department letterhead.

Usually signed by the fire chief or designated officer

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Formal communication

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  1. Written organizational directives
  2. Establishes or prescribes specific methods to be followed routinely for designated operations/actions
  3. Prime reference source fir promotional exams and training
  4. Formal, permanent documents
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Standard operating procedures

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  1. Written organizational directives
  2. Identify a desired goal and describe the general path to accomplish the goal
  3. Formal, permanent document
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Standard operating guidelines

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  1. Formal documents
  2. Address a specific subject, policy, condition, or situation
  3. Signed by the fire chief
  4. Remain in effect for various periods of times
  5. May be used to announce promotions and personnel transfers
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General orders

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General orders may also be called?

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  1. Executive order
  2. Departmental directives
  3. Master memos
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May be used to distribute short-term and nonessential information

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Announcement

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A document that advocates a particular action or decision

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Recommendation report

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What are the 4 parts of presenting a report

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  1. Get their attention
  2. Interest statement
  3. Details
  4. Action
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Audits are used to?

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Monitor expenditure and identify budget problems

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Petty cash allows small purchases to be made without having to obtain?

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purchase orders

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13
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Assistance to the Firefighter Grant program is?

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The largest fire service oriented program in the U.S.

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Personnel expenditure : salaries and benefits
More than 90% of a career fire department budget includes fringe benefits. Fringe benefits reflect?

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  1. Pension fund contributions
  2. Workers compensation
  3. Local administrative decisions
  4. Labor contracts
  5. Estimated cost of providing sick and annual leave
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Operating expenditures
Basic expenditures that support day to day delivery of municipal service includes?

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  1. Uniform
  2. Protective clothing
  3. Telephone charges
  4. Electricity
  5. Batteries
  6. Apparatus maintenance
  7. Toilet paper
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When a budget needs to be trimmed, what expenditures are usually the first to be considered

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Operating expenditure

17
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Durable items that cost more than a predetermined amount and will last for more than one budget year.

Improvement projects

All are?

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Capital expenditure

18
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Large capital improvement projects, such as new fire station construction or major renovations, are funded through?

A

Bonds programs

A certificate of debt issued by government or corporation

19
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Reginald freeman and David Matthew point out that fire service cultures are ever changing, driven by internal and external forces.
What are six elements for culture change?

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  1. Transparency
  2. Teaching
  3. Inclusion
  4. Incentivizing
  5. Practicing ethics
  6. Procedural justice
20
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A series of written questions asked by someone from an opposing legal party where the fire department provides written answers under oath and produces any associated documentation

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An interrogatory

21
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Expenditure in a categorized line by line format

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A line item budget

22
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A series of written questions asked by someone from an opposing legal party

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Interrogatory

23
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A method of ensuring that a budget account contains sufficient funds to cover a purchase

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Purchase order

24
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Putting a set dollar amount aside for a big purchase is a?

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Requisition

A process that require a bid or a request for proposal

25
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A format in which expenditures are identified in a categorized line by line format

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A line item budget

26
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The after incident review process covers 6 areas

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  1. Communication skills
  2. Teamwork
  3. Task allocation
  4. Critical decision making
  5. Situational awareness
  6. Debriefing
27
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Budget format should conform to the

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Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

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