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Download or read book Establishing Damage Assessment Criteria for the Holland Fire Department written by Todd C. Szakacs and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem was the City of Holland Fire Department (HFD) does not have a standardized damage assessment procedure. The purpose of this action research project was to establish standardized damage assessment evaluation criteria. Research questions were: 1) What is the purpose of establishing and utilizing standardized evaluation criteria for conducting damage assessments? 2) What are the needed elements of a rapid damage assessment plan? and 3) What damage assessment procedures are being used successfully by other public service agencies? The results were a procedure and form. Recommendations were training and a permanent EOC.