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= Current CPR Certification. Candidates are required to maintain a current certification throughout
the hiring process.

= Must have current (within 26 months of the date of hire) Candidate Physical Abilities Test (CPAT) as
required by the State of NH Division of Fire Standards and Training. For applicants with out of state
CPAT certifications, candidates must submit the certification to the NH Fire Standards and Training
granting equivalency prior to the date of hire.

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The normal order for disciplinary action within Nashua Fire Rescue is as follows:
1. Verbal warning
2. Written warning
3. Suspension without pay
4. Discharge

The City is permitted to deviate from the order above when the occasion or severity of the offense warrants.

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PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

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Strategic Planning in the Organization

Strategic planning supports the organization’s mission and sets and prioritizes short-term internal goals. A
strategic plan typically involves a three-to-five-year planning window. Community involvement in the
process is critical as the strategic plan should be customer-oriented while accomplishing the following:

= Development of a mission statement giving careful attention to the services currently provided and
which logically can be provided in the future.

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Within any agency, operational plans should be in place that ensure adequate volumes of the appropriate
types of resources are deployed to an emergency. Doing so involves:

« Identification of potential risk types;
« Determination of resources needed to mitigate an incident affecting the particular risk type; and

«= A methodology of ensuring that adequate resources are dispatched to an incident via 911 center
protocols.

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Figure 53. Levels of Planning

1. Tactical Planning The development of strategies for potential emergency
incidents.
2. Operational Planning The organization of day-to-day activities, as primarily

outlined by a department's standard operating guidelines
and procedures. This includes the integration of the agency
into other local, regional, or national response network.

3. Master Planning Preparation for the long-term effectiveness of the agency
as the operating environment changes over time.

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Avision statement establishes the ideal image that the organization wishes to achieve. The vision statement
should answer the questions “Where are we headed?” and “If we achieved all strategic goals, what would we
look like 10 years from now?” Nashua Fire Rescue’s Vision Statement answers these questions.

Figure 51. Nashua Fire Rescue’s Vision Statement