By Lisa Baker
许多组织中的fire serviceuse an assessment center as part of their promotional process. What exactly is an assessment center, and why do agencies use them?
An assessment center basically assesses your ability to be successful in the job classification for which you are testing.候选人face situations they would possibly face in the day-to-day activities of a lieutenant, captain, battalion chief, or higher ranks.
这些中心已被确定为公平和有效。他们管理的测试是标准化的 - 所有候选人都获得了相同的测试和问题。
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在测试协议的核心是一项工作分析，有助于确保候选人在机构认为对等级相关和重要的信息上进行测试。等级中的现任者被问及他们认为在职位成功的重要信息 - 例如，是什么lieutenant需要在这个位置的第一天知道吗？
知识渊博的候选人关于他们的机构的政策和程序，rules and regulations, standard operating procedures, and memoranda of understanding should be successful in the testing process. Other areas with which they should be familiar include the following: the major issues facing their agency and the emerging trends and leading issues in thefire service。这些领域的专业知识不仅将为考试准备候选人，而且还帮助他们为新工作做好准备，并在目前的排名中提高他们的表现。
能够在与问题相关的易于理解的逻辑方式信息中表明候选人具有对测试材料的掌握。信息越相关，测试分数越高。
典型的练习是emergencysimulations that can range from a single-family dwelling to a high-rise to a wildland fire if your agency responds to wildland fires. You may have a multiple-casualty incident, a vehicle accident, or a hazardous-material incident. You may have more than one emergency simulation on the test. Knowing what your agency’s method of handling each type of emergency is important: Are there certain policies and procedures that must be followed? For example, at a single-family dwelling fire, is the第一发动机required to obtain its own water supply? If so, then follow this procedure in the assessment center. Give as much information as possible in your responses. Listen to the instructions and the amount of time allotted for each response. If the question is, “What are your prearrival considerations? be prepared with a standardized response (WALLACE WAS HOT). If the question is, “You have two minutes to give your on-scene report,” then, begin with your arrival on scene.
A role-play, employee counseling scenario is another typical exercise. Again, knowing your agency’s policies and procedures will help you be successful. Are there personnel issues within your agency? If so, know what they are; why they are occurring; and what you, as a supervisor, are expected to do about them.
越来越多的评估中心现在有书面组成部分。如果你知道写作是一个弱点，请立即开始准备。书面练习似乎是我们行业的薄弱环节。
You may encounter an in-basket exercise. This scenario basically is what you as a导师may find on your first day on the job–staffing issues, personnel issues, broken equipment, citizen complaints. How do you handle these issues? Always keep your direct supervisor in the loop, and never operate outside of your rank. If in your agency, you cannot send a battalion chief home, then don’t do this in an assessment center. This is the administrative part of the job being tested!
So how do you prepare? Know what is occurring in your agency and the fire service in general, and become familiar with emerging trends in the fire service. Know yourpolicies and procedures, rules and regulations, SOPs, MOUs. Talk to and observe members in your agency who are in the rank for which you are testing. Listen on the radio to fires and other emergencies in your agency so you are familiar with size-ups, on-scene reports, requesting additional information, and so on. Do not prepare for just the test; prepare for the job. Practice and prepare.
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Lisa Baker是一家营，是一个营/特别运营/安全官。她是一个25年的消防服务老兵，并在九年九年成为营。她是在美国在美国50多个评估中心的评估员，以获得中尉，队长和营队长的级别。她是毕业于行政消防官员和首席官员的毕业生。她在执行领导层，学士学位，应用研究学士学位，以及消防科学的副学士学位。
