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- Weight: 7% of course grade
- Grading Rubric
- Due: Tuesday, 03/26/2019 11:59 PM (CST)
Instructions
Fire code violations have increased in your area over the past two years. Local business owners are complaining to city officials about the fines and costs to mitigate the code violations. The chief has asked you to conduct a cost–benefit analysis of fire code compliance. This analysis should provide an overview of non-enforcement versus enforcement of the fire code.
Try to research the number of commercial fires that occur within your jurisdiction, and determine if the fires could have been prevented if fire codes were enforced.
Your analysis should be two to three pages in length and follow APA guidelines. Make sure to use the textbook and at least one scholarly reference to support your statements. The title and reference
international Association of Fire Chiefs, National Fire Protection Association. (2012). Fire inspector: Principles and practice. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.pages are not included in the page-count requirement.
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
Cost Benefit Analysis
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COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
Cost Benefit Analysis
Fire code compliance is acting according to a predetermined set of rules that aim at
preventing fire occurrences. However, fire code violations have increased in the region hence
prompting for a cost-benefit analysis on code compliance. In this perspective, it is necessary to
ascertain the cost of fire code enforcement and to distinguish the benefits that accrue out of such
practices (Meacham, Charters & Johnson et al., 2016). Government fire organizations invest
substantially towards ensuring building structures and activities are per the set standards to
ensure safety and prevent the frequency of fire occurrence.
Therefore, they spend heavily in the provision of safety kits such as fire extinguishers and
hiring of inspectors tasked with the responsibility of ensuring individuals act per the code. Fire
departments focus on education, engin...
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