The Impact of Compliance with a Certified Accreditation Standard for Municipal Fire Departments

<p>This report was conducted to assist public administrators serving in municipal fire departments in making the complex decision to pursue agency accreditation. The research finds that very little information is available to administrators that details the impacts accreditation has on a municipal fire department. The research conducted in this report aims to fill that gap.</p> <p>Literature was reviewed that focused on the emergence of accreditation within the fire service. Then, an exploratory qualitative research method was utilized for the framework of this research, and interviews were arranged with members of various fire departments possessing unique relationships and experience with the accreditation process. Their responses were analyzed to reveal themes and patterns that would clarify the impacts of accreditation on municipal fire departments. The results from the research confirmed that accreditation does have various complex impacts on municipal fire departments.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Government

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Hickel, David Ryan

• accreditation
• fire
• municipal
• Public Administration

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2016 David Ryan Hickel

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/376

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1374