Bullying/Hazing
a. Any BFD/District #8 supervisor (civilian or uniformed).
b. The Fire Chief or designee.
c. Human Resources Manager.
Chain of command for reporting Bullying and hazing
Bryner, Garat, Pethick, Hewett
What is my direct Chain of Command
defined as the employee's parent, spouse (or spousal equivalent in a cohabitation relationship), children, step-children, sister, brother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren and no other persons
What is Immediate family
Base Camp and The Lighthouse Mission
What are places that will provide food and shelter for people in need
Service Orientation
Results Orientation
Teamwork and Cooperation
What are the Core Competencies of the City of Bellingham
Members who believe they are being bullied should immediately ask the member or members to stop.
Duty to Act
Reports directly to Chief Hewett and oversees entire Administrative Sector
Administrative Manager
(Kristi Miller)
Relationships between supervisors and subordinates are strictly prohibited.
What is Nepotism/Employee Dating
Can turn $100 into 1000lbs of food and feeds 3500 families every week in Whatcom county
What is Bellingham Food Bank
1. Follows up
2. Maintains Clear Communication
3. Takes Personal Responsibility
4. Takes Action for the Customer
5. Addresses Underlying Customer Needs
6. Uses a Long-Term Perspective:
What are the Service competency qualities
Spreading rumors intended to humiliate, embarrass, degrade, or intimidate another.
Teasing, taunting, harassing, isolating, or excluding another.
Name calling, verbal abuse, threats, or coercion.
What is examples of bullying/hazing
Fire/EMS Dispatchers immediate supervisor
Communications Division Chief Dan McDermott
(T/F)
Relationships between city employees are allowed, as long as they are not in positions of reporting, auditing or supervisory roles of one another.
True
Our mental health and family education services to more than 700 individuals each year. Our Hope House annually helps 10,000 individuals meet basic needs like clothing, cookware, etc.we also provide low income housing in Bellingham and the surrounding areas
What is Catholic Community Services
1. Strives to Do Job Well
2. Strives to Achieve Measures of Excellence
3. Improves Performance
4. Meets Challenging Goals
5. Makes Cost-Benefit Analyses
6. Takes Calculated Entrepreneurial Risks
what are results competency qualities
– Any action taken or any situation created intentionally that causes embarrassment, harassment or ridicule and risks emotional and/or physical harm to members of a group or team, whether new or not, regardless of the person’s willingness to participate.
What is Hazing
Operations Chief
Who is Pethick
Keep personal exchanges limited so that others are not distracted or offended by such exchanges and so that productivity is maintained.
What is workplace guidelines for relationships
What are services that Opportunity Council offers
1. Cooperates
2. Expresses Positive Expectations of Team
3. Solicits Input
4. Encourages Others
5. Builds Team Spirit
What are Teamwork and Cooperation qualities
When an individual or a group of people who have or are perceived to have more power, repeatedly and intentionally cause hurt or harm to another person or group
What is Bullying
Fire Chief
Who is Hewett
The City may not be able to accommodate the continued employment of both parties.
What is If a transfer cannot be accomplished due to the unavailability of an open position, one of the employees must resign. Such employee shall be placed on a reinstatement register. The decision as to which employee will transfer or resign will be made in the first instance by the employees involved.
Goal is to help connect frequent utilizers of 9-1-1 services for non-emergent medical needs to more appropriate services, thus allowing other RSS to remain in service
What is the Community Paramedic Program
People respect, place the utmost trust, and rely on BFD everyday to provide the highest quality of service and care.
Why adherence to the Core Competencies is important