Phoenix Fire Department Test

Who is the Phoenix Fire Department Fire Chief? - Correct Ans-Kara Kalkbrenner Who is the President of the United Phoenix Firefighter's Local 493? - Correct Ans-Steve Beuerlein When was the current Phoenix Fire Chief selected? - Correct Ans-November 12, 2014 The Phoenix Fire Department is a community based organization with how many sworn and civilian members? - Correct Ans-Nearly two thousand How many fire stations are in the city? - Correct Ans-57 How many square miles is the city of Phoenix? - Correct Ans-520 What's the primary function of the Phoenix Fire department? - Correct Ans-Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services, however they provide many other services to the public. How many regional partners does the department have? - Correct Ans-27 With the regional partners, our emergency response system represents... - Correct Ans-The second largest fire department in the country and one of the best examples of government innovation and efficiency. The Phoenix Fire Department has a worldwide reputation that's founded on what? - Correct Ans-Professionalism How many residents are in the city of Phoenix? - Correct Ans-1.5 million What is Fire Chief Kalkbrenner's priority? - Correct Ans-To provide the highest level of fire and life safety protection to the residents of the City of Phoenix. What is the Department's mission? - Correct Ans-To provide rapid and professional service to our community on every emergency call. How will Chief Kalkbrenner support the department's membership? - Correct Ans-Keep them safe by providing them with the best training, equipment and leadership When was the inaugural Strategic Plan created and implemented? - Correct Ans-2007 What impact did the recession have on the department? - Correct Ans-Significant budget cuts. The department was focused to operate with fewer resources while continuing to provide the same excellent service to our customers. What is RBO? - Correct Ans-Relationships by Objective What did the department's RBO help develop? - Correct Ans-The 2016 initiatives Who worked diligently to determine the most critical concerns facing the department? - Correct Ans-Labor management groups How many strategic initiatives have been addressed for the fiscal year? - Correct Ans-6 Each of the six Strategic Initiatives were assigned to who? - Correct Ans-A labor and management ambassador responsible for the overall management of the process Who are the strategic planning meetings open to? - Correct Ans-All members of the Phoenix Fire Department, sworn and civilian What are the six Strategic Initiatives? - Correct Ans-1. Comprehensive Training Development 2. Technology and Communications 3. Assess and Prioritize Fire Department Programs and Needs 4. Management of Human Resources 5. Analysis and Management of Data 6. Emergency Service Delivery and Deployment Model The purpose of the Comprehensive Training and Development initiative? - Correct Ans-To develop a sustainable method for comprehensive department training. Delivering training has become a challenge due to the size of the city and population. We must identify a method to improve and sustain our training processes, while minimizing the impact that on-going training has on our emergency response capabilities. The purpose of the Technology and Communications initiative. - Correct Ans-To enhance our ability to serve the residents of Phoenix through the well-organized application of technological solutions. We will also address the need to construct cooperative solutions within our department and with our strategic partners. The City of Phoenix has one of the busiest fire department in the ________________________? - Correct Ans-United States The city now covers nearly _________ square miles? - Correct Ans-520 What's the population of the city of Phoenix? - Correct Ans-1.5 million The needs and demands of our customer have grown to include __________________? - Correct Ans-a wide range of services The Phoenix Fire Department is a _______ organization - Correct Ans-Dynamic How many employees does the Phoenix Fire Department have? - Correct Ans-2,000 employees How many fire stations does the Phoenix Fire Department have? - Correct Ans-58 fire stations How many emergency response apparatus does the Phoenix Fire Department have? - Correct Ans-Hundreds Our Department supports a work force that's on duty ___________? - Correct Ans-24 hours/day, 7 days/week We must maintain ____________________. - Correct Ans-A constant state of readiness In order for this large system to function effectively __________________. - Correct Ans-Many critical programs and support mechanisms are required. What's the purpose of the "Assess and Prioritize Fire Department Programs and Needs"? - Correct Ans-Conduct a comprehensive assessment of all programs and services of our Department Firefighting is an inherently _____________? - Correct Ans-Dangerous profession The Phoenix Fire Department and the City of Phoenix are committed to the ___________________ of our firefighters and retirees. - Correct Ans-Health and Safety We place great emphasis on the programs we have in place to__________________. - Correct Ans-Keep our members safe and healthy. What's the purpose of the Management of Human Resources initiative? - Correct Ans-To assess and implement solutions for improvements regarding member health and safety programs, as well as compliance with nationally recognized safety standards and best-practices. The Phoenix Fire Department manages ___________________________________________________________. - Correct Ans-A significant amount of data and a number of important statistics. The data we manage includes _______________________________. - Correct Ans-Emergency response information, employees, budget needs and program management. Managers utilize this data to _____________________________________. - Correct Ans-Evaluate employee and program performance In addition, this data is vital to __________________________________. - Correct Ans-Demonstrating to City management and our customers how effectively our resources are managed What's the purpose of the Analysis and Management of Data initiative? - Correct Ans-To improve the systematic examination of the Phoenix Fire department's data with an emphasis on statistical analysis and data-driven d