Characteristics and Qualities

1. “Polishing the Gold”National Society of Executive Fire Officers Annual ConferenceNovember 7, 2006Little Rock, Arkansas Update of Executive Fire Officer Program and Other U.S. Fire Administration/National Fire Academy Programs and Activities Presented by Chuck Burkell

2. Senior Executive Leadership Model Willingness To Accept Risk Ability To Manage Crises Ability To Manage Change Characteristics and Qualities “Leading At The Top: Requirements for Senior Executive Effectiveness, A Framework for Developing and Assessing Senior Leaders” by Dr. John Hook, iUniverse, Inc., 2006

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4. PROBLEM TECHNICAL ADAPTIVE

5. Engaging others in adaptive work generates heat, as you are pushing people to change their behavior(s).

6. An Additional Dilemma: “The Iceberg Effect”

7. Confront, facilitate, and exercise leadership to deal with technical problems? Confront, facilitate, and exercise leadership to deal with adaptive problems? How can we prepare self/others to:

8. U.S. Fire Administration/National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program Competency Model Competency Area: Executive Development Specific competencies: Discerning and applying elements of organizational culture Developing applied research skills and abilities Developing frames of understanding regarding leadership Developing a capacity to lead ethically with morally acceptable behavior Developing a climate of innovation, creativity, and trust Acquiring, interpreting, and applying feedback Developing an ability to manage and lead change Competency Area: Risk Reduction Specific competencies: The four phases of community risk-reduction: preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. Enforcement and application of codes and standards. Public information and education. Coalition building Analysis of data with application, program evaluation. The executive fire officer’s role in comprehensive community risk analysis and reduction. Exercising leadership in the aforementioned areas. Competency Area: Incident Management Specific competencies Focuses on the role and function of Integrated Emergency Management System, Emergency Operations Center, and information systems. Using simulated incidents and exercises to develop proficiencies at a community level. Role and function of Incident Management Teams and Incident Action Planning. Incident documentation and handling the press/media. Political realities and legal obligations/constraints. Competency Area: Executive Leadership Specific competencies: Decision-making, particularly under pressure. Understanding and applying power (Persuasion, influence, and use of authority). Managing life’s transitions: Personal, family, community, and professional. Acquiring, interpreting, and applying feedback. Awareness and balancing of multiple roles. Planning for succession. Use of story to exercise leadership. Using history and precedence to develop leadership capacity. x Competency Area: Conducting applied research to facilitate change. Following each of the four major competency areas (courses) listed above, each participant must engage in an applied research project that focuses on an issue currently significant within their organization. The participant attempt’s to deal with the issue at hand by creating new information or data that will resolve the problem or opportunity confronted. This is documented in writing and submitted for evaluation by contract evaluators within an academic, research model. Minimum standards are required for successful completion. Specific competencies: -Problem solving -Developing clear and concise -Creating standards of action -Problem analysis written communications for replication by others -Literature research -Application of both change and -Developing a sense of contributing technical content theories to a professional body of knowledge

9. FY 07 EFOP Application Process • Over 400 application were received, the largest number in the 21 year history of EFOP. • 226 were selected….all applicants are being notified this week. • The states with the highest number of applicants were California, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, and Virginia. • The target selection factor was .557

10. EFOP Demographic Data FY06, FY05, FY04

11. National Fire Academy Admissions and Demographics • For FY 05, of the 88,063 people who applied, 79,877 were men (90.7%) and 8186 were women (9.3%) of those who were selected and attended. 92.9% were men and 94.1% were women. 7% of applicants were minorities and 6.9% were selected and attended. • When comparing FY 05 with FY 95 (10 years), the number of selected increased from 15,139 to 81,888. The % of women increased from 5.1 to 9.4%. The number of minorities decreased from 8.9 to 6.9%.

12. A New Generation of Psychological Assessment Instruments to Provide Leadership Effectiveness Feedback to EFOP Participants

13. Three Web-Hosted Instruments • The Executive Leadership Assessment (ELA) • The Adaptive Leadership Instrument • An Organizational Climate/Culture Assessment Instrument

14. The Executive Leadership Assessment (ELA) • The Executive Leadership Assessment is being developed by Rosenbach & Associates and will replace the current “The Leadership Profile” instrument. • It will provide feedback regarding transactional and transformational leader effectiveness.

15. The Adaptive Leadership Instrument • The Adaptive Leadership Instrument is being developed by Cambridge Leadership Associates. It will replace the Campbell Leadership Index (CLI). • It contains 108 items, including scenario based situations.

16. Organizational Climate/Culture Assessment Instrument • This instrument will replace the Campbell Organizational Survey (COS) Instrument • It will be based on Vijay Sathe’s framework of organizational culture: Culture, many times unstated, is a product of shared assumptions, shared things, shared sayings, and shared feelings.

18. Applied Research Projects • For the last six years, USFA has been unable to place submitted ARPs “on-line” within the Learning Resource Center “Online Card Catalogue” because of Section 508 law/requirements (American With Disabilities Act). This process is now underway. • There are over 9,175 ARPs archived within the LRC. • The Executive Development “Research Pre-Course” and Proposal Step Process” have yielded benefits.

19. Update: Selected USFA Activities and Programs

20. Strategic Planning Recovery & Reconstitution Assistance to the City of New Orleans Fire Department Available at:http://secure.cityofno.com/Resources/Portal51/NOLA Manual FINAL.pdf

21. NFA Long Term Evaluation (Based on Feedback from Supervisors)

22. Emergency Vehicle Safety Partnership Partnerships between the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) and three national fire service organizations (IAFF, IAFC, NVFC) has yielded web-based educational programs that focus on a leading cause of death and injury to the Emergency Services Sector (ESS): accidents when traveling to and from incident scenes. Vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for law enforcement officers and the second leading cause of fire service on-duty fatalities. There is a clear need for additional resources to protect the personnel infrastructure of the ESS. A Guide to Model Policies and Procedures for Emergency Vehicle Safety, available at http://www.iafc.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=602. It is an online program to assist in the policy and procedure development required to support safe, effective operation of emergency and privately owned vehicles used during responses.

23. Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) CIP INFOGRAM This INFOGRAM will be distributed weekly to provide the members of the Emergency Services Sector with information concerning the protection of their critical infrastructures. For further information, contact the Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) at (301) 447-1325 or by e-mail at emr-isac@dhs.gov.

24. Review of NFA Application Forms The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on approved information collection request (ICR) OMB 1660-0002, General Admissions Applications and related forms. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35) as amended by the Clinger-Cohen Act (Pub. L. 104-106), DHS is soliciting comments for the approved information collection request. DATES: Written comments should be received on or before December 26, 2006 to be assured consideration. ADDRESSES: NFA, Attn: Clarence White, Program Analyst, NETC Management, Operations and Support Services, U.S. Fire Administration, (301) 447- 1055 (this is not a toll-free number).

25. Incident Management Teams (IMTs) • 20 Type III teams have been trained; 4-5 scheduled. • There are 10 State teams and 10 UASI (Urban Area Security Initiative) or regional teams. • The Command and General Staff “position specific” training courses have been piloted and being readied for delivery through NFA direct delivery (delivery by NFA approved instructors). These were supported by National Wildfire Coordinating Group, U.S. Coast Guard, National Fire Protection Association, and the National Association of State Foresters.

26. Questions

27. Thank you NSEFO for your attention and continuing support of USFA and EFOP, and best wishes for a successful conference in Little Rock!