Internal Core Analysis: The New York City Fire Department

As an employee of The New York City Fire Department, it is our duty to know its mission state and what its internal core analysis consists off. “As first responders to fires, public safety and medical emergencies, disasters and terrorist acts, the FDNY protects the lives and property of New York City residents and visitors. The Department advances public safety through its fire prevention, investigation and education programs. The timely delivery of these services enables the FDNY to make significant contributions to the safety of New York City and homeland security efforts. The New York City Fire Department’s internal core analysis consists of: Service: the department continues its unwavering call to protect and serve. Bravery: courage is

In such a diverse and large city, it is not always easy for the Fire Department to adequately respond to every emergency calls. Time is always a factor when dealing with emergencies, especially fires and EMS (Emergency Medical Services) calls. FDNY is limited by its personnel in the sense that it cannot provide each individuals with the same response time or level of service. There is just not enough Fire and EMS personnel to handle the large volumes of citizens in the city. With budget constraints, the city is forced to downsize the number of fire houses in order to save money on operating costs. During an interview with a manager, they noted that the city is on a current budget cut and on a freeze for hiring civilian employees in the Fire Department Headquarters. Most departments seek for outsourcing employees and only hiring temporary employees from private temp agencies since the budget is not entirely coming out of the cities pocket. It is said, with the new Mayor elected, all temporary employees may be let go because of the non-civil service title they don’t currently have. With the lack of personnel in headquarters, which is basically the backbone to the organization, all the administrative work, budget funding and customer service will not be accomplished. There is currently a shortage of employees in my current department and we are once again faced with a tremendous amount of

With recent strides and advances in technology, FDNY is not at the helm of all technology useful to handling emergency responses. Advances in wireless and audio visual equipment only took into effect in 2013; this would have allowed the FDNY to get a better assessment of Fire and Medical emergencies in prior years to reduce the risks and fatalities that have occurred. Funding is always a factor and the dept cannot always afford to invest in new and experimental equipment. If one area needs more funding, it is more than likely that the funds will be reduced from another area lacking funds in now that department. The budget cut to create funds is likely to be reduced from administrative departments because that is where I have noticed a lack of budget and funds that could be generated for employees and even materials for usage. Along with that factor comes with training key personnel to handling the new equipment and its different functions. For instance, mobile ePCR (electronic patient care reports) was constructed in May 2011 that used new wireless technology that sends near-real-time patient information to hospital emergency rooms. This utilization of computer tablets were successfully piloted in the borough Staten Island but were still unsuccessful in the other four boroughs. Due to the lack of wireless connectivity around the five boroughs once FDNY switched from Verizon to