Introduction
Quality Assurance services are always vital for the fire rescue services as they ensure that the life of the general public is safe. Through the application of the quality assurance services, the company will be able to respond to various emergencies on time; hence, prevent casualties that might arise. For instance, the company will be able to quickly respond to more grave emergency occurrences.
This include when people are stuck in buildings, and other rescue operations that require specific skills and equipment. By applying various strategies and techniques, the chances of the casualties occurring will be slim. Moreover, workers of the west Yorkshire fire service will be able to save property and lives citizens.
Quality assurance systems to be used by the west Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service
There are a number of quality assurance services that can be used by the west Yorkshire fire service to ensure that their business, workers and the society at large have access to better services (Great Britain 2006, p. 356). The company should ensure that it has necessary equipment and machines that can ensure that they are ready to quickly respond to an emergency on time.
According to Rafilson (2009, p. 142), quality assurance services like fixing some smoke alarms in large organizations, institutions and schools will greatly help through quick response.
For instance, the alarms will alert people who are at risk hence whey will be able to quickly run for their safety. West Yorkshire fire service will provide thorough training to their members and the public at large to ensure that they are on the safer side.
Moreover, the company will also provide adequate measures on how to obtain more information regarding operational risk (IAFC & NFPA 2009, p. 213). For the company to achieve its goals and objectives, the community must also pay an important role through active participation in the mentioned processes.
On the other hand, the government should also ensure that they recognize and evaluate some of the areas that are prone to face various risks like fighting fire, solving problems of civil strife, domestic crises of terrorism and chemical seepages and spills. Additionally, the government should also work close with the communities and a number of partners within their country and internationally.
Consequently, this will not only ensure that they are able to deliver their services on time but also being answerable for the services to various communities (Clark 1991, p. 60). Arguably, there will be an improvement in the quality of services that are being provided by the west Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service.
The well being of a population is very critical in any communal existence. Cities are residential areas, investment zones, manufacturing sites, education centers, health sites, recreational centers and also cultural melting points.
The UK government is providing some funds to the company to ensure that they are able to purchase the necessary equipment used fighting various crises. Consequently, this will reduce the number of deaths and injuries that might arise in the various disasters. The company should improve their control rooms to ensure that they are able to receive information from different parts of the country.
Therefore, they will be able to respond to the crisis on time and rescue lives and properties. West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service has introduced computer application to store their important information and to receive complaints from the local and international community (Shelley, Cole & Markley2007, p. 149). In addition, they can easily forecast and manage the availability of their workers.
The other quality assurance systems that can be used by the West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (FRS) in regard to quality enhancement within the organization is by presenting some fresh command support trucks that can be used to help the incident commanders. Consequently, the commanders will be able to easily handle some of the complicated incidences that might arise (Cote 2004, p. 44).
The commanders will also be able to easily communicate with the fire control operators to ensure that their operation is successful. Basically, nonetheless, property losses due to fire breaks should be averted at all costs. In this context, a fire department is provided by the local administration to ensure that any emergency cases are easily dealt with by a group of dedicated and professional persons.
Crowd management, disaster management, and injury management are some of the duties of fire departments. With fire departments playing these crucial roles in Yorkshire, several matters related to the running and services of Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service departments have been litigated upon.
Most of them have been judicial precedents, which have influenced the management, service delivery, and set up of fire departments. A few might not have had an impact, but generally, court decisions being binding to states have forced new legislation as a way of protecting the public.
Critical evaluation of the company’s strategic intervention objectives are measured and how the application of evidential outputs from the QA systems ensure consistent proof of quality enhancement
The West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service has employed a number of tactics when measuring the strategic intervention objectives. They have measured their objectives by changing the modes in which they are able to respond to programmed fire alarms. Consequently, this is estimated to be approximately 75% decrease the rate at which they respond to some emergency alarms calls that are not genuine.
This ensures that there is some consistent proof of quality enhancement within the organization since they will only be able to handle serious emergency cases. The company is also able to measure their intervention objectives by ensuring that their workers and volunteers are able to fit almost every house with the fire safety gargets.
Additionally, the firefighters have also taken fire safety implementation role to ensure that the affected people or community is able to receive the best services thereby reducing the number of casualties that might arise. Subsequently, this will ensure that there is an improvement in the quality of services provided. Usually, local governments and organizations have to promote the establishment and implementation of fire laws.
Thus, it is necessary to understand the legalities of such provisions. Organizations have to decide on how to promote fire laws due to their benefits. The fire control laws are initiatives of the local authorities, local fire respondents, and legal institutions. The idea is to promote and sustain unsoiled fire laws for organizational embracement provisions.
The local authorities and business organizations must devise ways of ensuring that fire is effectively managed. This shows that the critical evaluation of the company’s strategic intervention objectives is measured and how the application of evidential outputs from the QA systems ensures consistent proof of quality enhancement.
The other fact on the how the company can have a hand on policy formulation and enactment of restrictions that will enhance the execution entries incorporate credible establishment of protocols in the judgment of fire cases. The fire policy, that seeks to promote and sustain the aspects of justice, can be promoted through various methods.
Government grants and the establishment of a local government fund are some of the ways through which the policy can be funded. This will ensure the quality demanded. Finally, the establishment of a community initiative scheme is the other way through which the policy can be promoted. However, there are usually certain restrictions on the evidences that the concerned authorities can collect.
These restrictions usually require the fire fighters to abide by some state imposed limitations and also on how the authority can obtain evidence from the residents and other respondents. The validity of the evidences collected is affected by the laws that the courts strive to make in accordance with the matter. The legal provisions courts give in regard to fire laws are important when scrutinized critically.
Additionally, the concerned legal conditions looked into the principles that can guide the local authorities in developing fire policies that align with legal values. Policies the company implements differ considerably in regard to fire incidences.
They touch on various issues including environment, health, and development. Fire laws that the local governments and courts establish and implement usually seek to improve the validity and quality of services offered. These policies are promoted by the fire laws implemented by local authorities and the local fire respondents.
List of References
Clark, W 1991, Firefighting principles & practices, Willey, Saddle Brook, NJ.
Cote, A 2004, Fundamentals of fire protection, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA.
Great Britain, 2006, The Fire and Rescue Service: fourth report of Session 2005-06, Stationery Office, London.
IAFC &NFPA 2009, Fundamentals of fire fighter skills, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA.
Rafilson, F 2009, Master the firefighter exam, PETERSON’S, London.
Shelley, C., Cole, A & Markley, T 2007, Industrial firefighting for municipal firefighters, PennWell Corporation, Tulsa.