IFSTA: Government Types (Ch 23)

Question 1

Municipal Government Types

Answer 1

• Council-mayor (strong or weak mayor)
• Council-manager (separate political planning and daily admin)
• Commision (functional operations divided among commissioners)

Question 2

County/Parish Government Types

Answer 2

• County commission
• County commission-manager
• County commission-executive (like strong mayor, commision is legislative, executive is executive branch)

Question 3

Local government impacts on FD

Answer 3

• Direct: decisions related to funding, purchasing, staffing requests, ordinances, agreements with outside agencies.
• Indirect: oversee other agencies whith whom FD must work, which can afect policies and procedures.

Question 4

Agencies under Dept. of Homeland Security

Answer 4

• FEMA
• USFA
• NFA
• Emergency Management Institute (EMI)
• Coast Guard
• Citizen and Immigration Services
• US Secret Service
• TSA

Question 5

DOT: operational units

Answer 5

• FAA (3 units
  
  • Airports
  • Special programs
  • Aircraft safety and airport technology
• Federal Highway Admin
• Federal Railroad Admin
• National Highway Trafic Safety Admin
• Maritime Admin
• Urban Mass Transportation Admin
• Materials Transportation Bureau
• Tranportation Safety Institute
• Transportation Systems Center