Personal and Professional Development

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• Personal and Professional Development

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Knowledge Objectives
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• Explain how a chief officer can develop
  personally and professionally using the concept
  of continuous improvement.
• Discuss the effects of a chief officers
  involvement in the community.
• List fire service organizations that may help
  guide a chief officers development.

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Skills Objectives
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• Develop personally and professionally using the
  concept of continuous improvement.

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Introduction
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• Personal and professional development is a very
  important part of a fire service career.
• A rewarding career is best achieved by continuous
  involvement.

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Developing Personally and Professionally (1 of 3)
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• Continuous improvement
• An organization must continuously improve if it
  is to remain strong.
• People who move the process forward faster are
  more successful.

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Developing Personally and Professionally (2 of 3)
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• Traits of success
• Vision
• Technical knowledge
• People skills

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Developing Personally and Professionally (3 of 3)
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• Resources for developing traits of success
• Training and educational opportunities
• Self-help and biographical books
• Trade magazines
• Conferences and seminars
• Service organizations
• Observations of others

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Community Involvement (1 of 3)
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• Fire Officer III must project a positive image of
  the department to the community.
• Fire officers must have knowledge of
• Community demographics
• Social and economic challenges
• How these challenges affect service delivery

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Community Involvement (2 of 3)
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• Volunteering on community boards
• Spend time and energy without being spread too
  thin.
• Interact with community members who may be on
  other boards.
• Support base for future programs

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Community Involvement (3 of 3)
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• Developing a relationship with the media
• Keys to success are training, education, and
  experience.
• Several training opportunities
• If you do not provide information, someone else
  will.

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Fire Service Organizations (1 of 2)
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• Affiliations are an important part of personal
  and professional development.
• Offer benefits and rewards
• Provide opportunities for networking

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Fire Service Organizations (2 of 2)
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• Fire service organizations include
• National fire service organizations
• Provide training, education, and leadership
  experiences
• Provide national perspectives
• State fire service organizations
• Local fire service organizations
• Local networking opportunities
• Basis for regionalized operation

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Conclusion
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• Success depends on an officers ability to
  develop personally and professionally.
• Officers success also depends on his/her ability
  to become visible in the community.
• Fire officers can further their development by
  becoming active in the fire service
  organizations.

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Summary (1 of 2)
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• A key component of developing personally and
  professionally is adopting the concept of
  continuous improvement.
• Traits of success include vision, technical
  knowledge, and people skills.
• Resources that help develop traits for success
  include education opportunities, self-help and
  biographical books, trade magazines, etc.

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Summary (2 of 2)
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• The Fire Officer III must project a positive
  image of the department.
• Fire service organizations can offer many
  benefits and rewards and, at the same time,
  provide the basis for networking.