A National System of Reciprocity in the Fire Service

<p>This paper reviews literature from on line, research papers, dissertations, conference proceedings, and monthly periodical sources discussing firefighter certifications to identify the current status of reciprocity in the U.S. Fire Service, as well as the components that make up the necessary steps to achieve a national system of reciprocity for fire service professionals. Accreditation (NFPA, 2011), programs, and agencies (IFSAC, 2012), (ProBoard, 2012) already exists to insure the levels of training set by nationally accepted standards (NFPA, 2013) are being meet by training providers, and are possessed by fire service professional. A model system that the fire service is already familiar with (NREMT) exists. All that is left is for the fire service to develop a united front and agreement on such a system. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Hicks, Bill

• Certification
• Fire
• Firefighter
• Reciprocity
• Service
• Education
• Training and Development

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2014 Bill Hicks

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/273

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1271