Fire/EMS Department Audits
ways to improve, based on independent experts
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The McGrath Consulting Group conducts independent efficiency studies. These comprehensive department audits are tailored to each client's situation and can include:
- Master planning for organizational structure
- Consolidation opportunities
- Facility planning
- Vehicles
- Budgeting
- Funding methods
- Compliance with local,state, and federal mandates
- Response times
- Community safety programs
- Communication dispatch
- Community hazard and disaster assessment
- Leadership and management teams
- Management training
- General training
- Staffing
- Scheduling
- Work force management
- Compensation and benefit analysis
- Performance evaluations
- Policy and procedures
- Employee handbooks
- Standard operating guidelines (SOGs, also known as standard operating procedures or SOPs)
Efficiency studies identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities, enhancing the organization's services in a cost‑effective manner. Administrators use study results to identify successes and areas for change.
To learn more, please call (815) 728-9111 or contact us online.
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