Review Harmon v. Ogden City Corporation 2007 UT App. 336 Case No 20060434-CA October 18 2007. The full decision is available at http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ut-court-of-appeals/1238012.html Harmon was a captain who was terminated for his involvement in a number of inappropriate off duty activities during his twenty-one year career. FIR 4301 Political and Legal Foundations of Fire Protection 7 Discuss what policies your department has in place to prevent and address off duty activities such as those in Harmon. Describe any training that is conducted or that you believe should be conducted to address the impact of off duty activities on your official position. In your description identify whether this training covers ethics and conflicts of interest. Also address whether you believe Harmons termination was an appropriate sanction. Your response should be at least 300 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used including the textbook must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Case Study 2: 50 points Review In the Matter of an Act 111 Interest Arbitration between City of Philadelphia and International Association of Fire Fighters Local 22 AAA Case No. 14 360 L 00532 09 Issued July 2 2012. To view the full decision copy and paste the following web address into a web browser: http://media.philly.com/documents/Local+22+Remand+Award+w+Dissent+and+Concurrence+(July+2).pdf The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 22 has been pursuing payment of its $200M arbitration award for a number of years. The initial award was reviewed and vacated by the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas and then remanded back to the arbitration panel. Discuss whether you agree or disagree with the panels final decision in light of the dire budget issues facing Philadelphia. Should the citys budget woes be taken into consideration by the panel and if so how much weight would you give to the situation? Describe the dispute resolution provision in your collective bargaining agreement or if you do not have one describe the provision for one of your local firefighters unions. Discuss whether you believe such a provision is fair and equitable for both parties. Your response should be at least 300 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used including the textbook must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Please submit your Case Study 1 and 2 responses as one Word document.

****500 Word Discussion*****
According to a recent World Health Organization report excessive drinking causes more than four percent of deaths worldwide more than AIDS tuberculosis or violence. Due to increasing incomes in heavily populated countries in Africa and Asia including India and South Africa binge drinking has become a problem in many developed countries as more money is being spent on alcoholic beverages.
Moreover policies which control alcohol are weak and remain a low priority for most governments despite drinking’s heavy toll on society causing road accidents violence disease child neglect and job absenteeism.
WHOs Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health states that approximately 2.5 million people die each year from alcohol related causes. It further reports that the harmful use of alcohol is especially fatal for younger age groups and is the world’s leading risk factor for death among males aged 15-59. Worldwide statistics accounts for about 11 percent of drinkers who have weekly heavy episodic drinking occasions with men outnumbering women by four to one. Men consistently engage in hazardous drinking at much higher levels than women in all regions investigated.
In the WHO’s first report on alcohol since 2004 alcohol has been a causal factor in 60 types of diseases and injuries. Increasing consumptions has been linked to cirrhosis of the liver epilepsy poisonings road traffic accidents violence and several types of cancer including cancers of the colorectum breast larynx and liver.
Despite repeated health warnings from doctors and public health professionals the global health burden of alcohol consumption continues to rise and it shows there are no signs of it slowing. The economic and health implications posed by alcohol are often overlooked in favor of its social benefits and it is precisely this fact that makes alcohol such a dangerous commodity.
Question: Discuss the social complexity (ies) of alcohol as a strong risk factor for disease transmission such as HIV/AIDS in the context of global health.

Reflection Paper
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to take a look at God’s Word as it pertains to food eating and our cultural view of food.
Details: Read the following passages of Scripture: Romans 12:1-2 1Corinthians 10:31 1John 2:16-17a Revellation 18 Proverds 22:1-12 Proverds 23:19-21 Ecclesiastes 5:18-20. Write a 2-3 page double spaced essay and integrate biblical reference with the following talking point:
1. How do these passages of Scripture apply to the topic of nutrition?
2. In what way do these passages of Scripture point to our cultures view of food?
3. DIscuss our societak/cultural view of food(gratification lack of discipline ect.).
4. Discuss the personal meaning of these passages of Scripture to your own personal view of nutrition.
5. Examine your own eating habits and discuss how these passages of Scripture pertain to your current eating habbits.
Please refer to a least 5 passages of Scripture make references to at least one scripture with each of the talking points above. Note: not all scripture passages address each of the talking point individually.
Please cite reference and Scripture using a superscript style described by the National Library of Medicine in theUniform Requirement for Manuscripts Submitted ot Biomedical Journals:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html

Review Case Study 18-1: EMT Injured by Toxic Fumes – Files Suit Against Chemical Company found on page 231 in the textbook. Kapherr v. MFG Chemical Inc. No. A06A0184 December 28 2005.The full decision is available athttp://caselaw.findlaw.com/ga-court-of-appeals/1005355.htmlIn Kapherr the Georgia Court of Appeals found that the firemans rule does apply to emergency medical technicians. Address the argument that Kapherr maintained regarding treating the injured only if the scene had been secured. Do you agree with the courts reasoning in responding to this defense? Explain why or why not.Describe a set of circumstances under which it would not be reasonable to consider that the emergency responder has assumed the risk of the hazardous circumstances at the scene.Research and determine the status of the firemans rule in Georgia. Identify whether there has been any change to the law since Kapherr. Research and determine the status of the Firemans rule in your state. If your state is Georgia or Florida please select a neighboring state. Has the rule been adopted and enacted into law? Have there been any exceptions enacted into law?Your response should be at least 300 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used including the textbook must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.FIR 4301 Political and Legal Foundations of Fire Protection 8
Case Study 2: 50 pointsRead Espinoza v. Schulenburg CV-05-0158-PR Arizona Supreme Court 2006.To view the full decision copy and paste the following web address into a web browser:http://www.myazbar.org/AZAttorney/PDF_Articles/0706appellate.pdfEspinoza was an off duty firefighter and emergency medical technician who was injured while providing roadside assistance to the Schulenburgs. The trial court granted summary judgment to the Schulenburgs holding that the firefighter’s rule bars Espinoza’s claim. The court of appeals reversed that decision holding that the firefighter’s rule should be narrowly construed so as not to bar the claims of off duty firefighters.To see the full Court of Appeals decision copy and paste the following web address into a web browser: http://statecasefiles.justia.com/documents/arizona/court-of-appeals-division-one-published/CV040438.pdfHowever the appeals court remanded for determination of whether Espinoza had a duty as part of her job as a firefighter to render assistance in which case the court would apparently conclude that the rule should apply to bar her suit. On appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court a more conclusive decision was handed down. That Court made the clear distinction between on-duty and off duty finding that Espinoza volunteered to render aid and therefore the firemans rule did not apply.Discuss how the Arizona Supreme Court distinguished between on-duty and off duty. Do you agree with this distinction? Can you suggest other distinguishing factors that should have been considered? Should the fact that one receives workers compensation for the injury enter into the distinction? Describe how your department addresses rendering aid off duty. Is it part of your duty as a firefighter or is it more so an ethical duty? Also describe how your department addresses off duty injuries incurred as a result of rendering aid.Your response should be at least 300 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used including the textbook must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.Please submit your Case Study 1 and 2 responses as one Word document.Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Week 1 – Discussion
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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
Before completing your post review theWeek 1: Biomes & Diversity(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.interactive video which is designed to assist you in understanding more about this weeks topic and to help you organize your initial post. Also watch the video Choosing Articles and Revising Searches(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. which defines the difference between scholarly reputable and non-reputable resources.
As you have learned in the readings extinction is a natural selection process and humans are often responsible for accelerating this process. In your initial post this week address whether or not we as humans should be concerned with the extinction rate and justify your decision. Additionally discuss whether or not humans should strive to preserve representative samples of all biomes on the planet and if so how that might be accomplished.
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Utilize at least two scholarly or reputable resources and your textbook to support your claims. Cite your sources in APA format. Quoted text should constitute no more than ten percent of your post. Respond to at least two of your classmates posts by Day 7.
In this class you havethreetutoring services available: Paper Review Live Chat andTutor E-mail. Click on the Writing Center (AWC) tab in the left-navigation menu in your online course to learn more about these tutoring options and how to get help with your writing.

Week 1 – Discussion
27 27 unread replies. 28 28 replies.
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
Before completing your post review theWeek 1: Biomes & Diversity(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.interactive video which is designed to assist you in understanding more about this weeks topic and to help you organize your initial post. Also watch the video Choosing Articles and Revising Searches(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. which defines the difference between scholarly reputable and non-reputable resources.
As you have learned in the readings extinction is a natural selection process and humans are often responsible for accelerating this process. In your initial post this week address whether or not we as humans should be concerned with the extinction rate and justify your decision. Additionally discuss whether or not humans should strive to preserve representative samples of all biomes on the planet and if so how that might be accomplished.
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Utilize at least two scholarly or reputable resources and your textbook to support your claims. Cite your sources in APA format. Quoted text should constitute no more than ten percent of your post. Respond to at least two of your classmates posts by Day 7.
In this class you havethreetutoring services available: Paper Review Live Chat andTutor E-mail. Click on the Writing Center (AWC) tab in the left-navigation menu in your online course to learn more about these tutoring options and how to get help with your writing.

This does NOT have to be in APA format
Question 6
Question 7
1. What extinguishing agents are prohibited by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) for use in workplace fire extinguishers? Include the citation for the OSHA standard where you found the answer to the question.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.
Question 8
1. List three conditions that if found in a wire rope sling would require the sling to be removed from service immediately. Include the citation for the OSHA standard where you found the answer to the question.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.
Question 9
1. What is the difference between a powered industrial truck designated D and one designated DY? Include the citation for the OSHA standard where you found the answer to the question.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.
Question 10
1. What is the correct procedure for deflating a tire equipped with a multi-rim wheel? Include the citation for the OSHA standard where you found the answer to the question.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.
Question 11
1. Your company is planning to build a new storage and distribution warehouse for furniture products. Forklifts will be required to move material around the warehouse and to load and unload trailers. The purchasing department asked you if they should buy internal combustion engines or electric-powered forklifts. Based on the OSHA standard discuss the considerations that need to be part of the decision and provide your recommendation on the type of forklift that should be purchased.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 12
1. OSHA’s powered industrial truck standard (1910.178) is consistently part of OSHA’s annual list of top 10 standards violated. Discuss some reasons why this is the case. Provide examples that illustrate your point.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Environmental Footprint
The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with an opportunity to learn more about how connected you are to the ecosystems and biosphere that you inhabit. You will learn how your everyday choices impact our environment. Most importantly you will learn about the benefits of joining the increasing number of people who are making choices that reduce their environmental impact.
First calculate your ecological footprint (If you are having difficulty getting any of the proper information from the calculator you may need to try a different web browser. For instance if you are using Google Chrome you may need to use Internet Explorer Safari Mozilla etc. If you are using one of these and are experiencing difficulties you may need to try Google Chrome etc.).
Second calculate your household carbon emissions.
Once you have completed the required sections within the Environmental Footprint Reporting Form submit the document via Waypoint. The document does not need to include a title page or other APA formatting; however if you utilize any outside sources in your answers you must reference these sources in proper APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
In this class you have three tutoring services available: Paper Review Live Chat and Tutor E-mail. Click on the Writing Center (AWC) tab in the left-navigation menu in your online course to learn more about these tutoring options and how to get help with your writing.

Environmental Footprint
The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with an opportunity to learn more about how connected you are to the ecosystems and biosphere that you inhabit. You will learn how your everyday choices impact our environment. Most importantly you will learn about the benefits of joining the increasing number of people who are making choices that reduce their environmental impact.
First calculate your ecological footprint (If you are having difficulty getting any of the proper information from the calculator you may need to try a different web browser. For instance if you are using Google Chrome you may need to use Internet Explorer Safari Mozilla etc. If you are using one of these and are experiencing difficulties you may need to try Google Chrome etc.).
Second calculate your household carbon emissions.
Once you have completed the required sections within the Environmental Footprint Reporting Form submit the document via Waypoint. The document does not need to include a title page or other APA formatting; however if you utilize any outside sources in your answers you must reference these sources in proper APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
In this class you have three tutoring services available: Paper Review Live Chat and Tutor E-mail. Click on the Writing Center (AWC) tab in the left-navigation menu in your online course to learn more about these tutoring options and how to get help with your writing.

Laboratory
Before beginning this Lab read Lab 1: Introduction to Science in your Environmental Science Student Manual. This lab includes a video containing several questions and critical thinking activities that focus on the scientific method lab reporting and data collection and management. As you view the video you will be prompted to stop and answer the Exercise 1 questions on the Week One Lab Reporting Form. Make sure to complete all of the following items before submission:
Submit the Lab One Reporting Form via Waypoint. The document does not need to include a title page or other APA formatting; however any outside sources utilized in your answers must be referenced in proper APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
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