Value Statements - US Fire Administration

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Appendix D
Summary of Responses
N = 15
1. Has your organization conducted a formal values audit to identify your
Department's values
Yes No
10 5
2. Has your organization developed value statements to concisely articulate
your Department's values
10 5
3. If yes, what organizational member or group developed your Department's
value statements
Fire Chief exclusively
Administrative staff
Labor/management focus group
Field personnel exclusively
Other
0
0
3
7
0
0
4. What methodology was utilized to develop the language for your
Department's value statements
Started from scratch
Massaged the verbiage of other organization's value statements
Combination of starting from scratch and massaging the phraseology
from other organizations value statements
Other
4
0
6
0
5. What methodology was utilized to disseminate value statement
information to field personnel
Written mission, values, or value statement documents
Focus group members communicated information to their respective shift
Communicated verbally to various organizational employee groups
Information has not been communicated
Other
10
0
6
0
0
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