According to research from Underwriters Laboratories, the rate of flashover in modern homes is _______ times faster than it was 50 years ago.

During times of national emergencies such as a pandemic, fire agencies should be viewed as what type of asset?

Based on the 2017 run survey, what percentage of calls involved providing or receiving mutual aid?

In what year was Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5, Management of Domestic Incidents, signed?

The chain of command in fire service organizations is which form of authority?

At which step in the PDCA do you evaluate the results?

At what stage in the Team Performance Model does timing and scheduling become a dominating factor?

Choose ONE of the readings listed below and explain in a paragraph: (a)  What the article is about, (b)  How the article relates to the concepts in my lectures , (c)  What type of evidence the author(s) use to argue their point(s). Carol H. Shiue and Wolfgang Keller, Markets in China and Europe on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution, American Economic Review 97, Nr. 4 September 2007 Tine De Moor and Jan Luiten Van Zanden, Girl power: the European marriage pattern and labour markets in the North Sea region in the late medieval and early modern period, Economic History Review 63, Nr. 1 02 2010 Quamrul Ashraf and Oded Galor, Dynamics and Stagnation in the Malthusian Epoch, American Economic Review 101, Nr. 5 August 2011

Based on Building High-Performance Teams, which team member is goal directed but tends to overcommit to too many projects?

All of the following are considered to be contributing factors to LODDs EXCEPT: