Top Liability and Risk Issues For Chiefs and Line Officers
(Room 3C)
22 Feb 20
10:00 AM
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12:00 PM
Whether career, combination, or volunteer, policies and procedures should provide a basis for fire department training, command, practices and operations, while also laying a foundation for firefighter behavioral expectations. By providing this structure and a shared approach, good policy and procedures reduce the department’s risk and liability related to claims involving personnel issues, safety issues and even criminal acts. This session will discuss the current risk and liability exposures to fire departments, how good policy and procedure reduces risk and makes command and management easier, how to handle firefighter deviation from policy and how policy can support a culture of trust.