Results indicated the Stockton Fire Department was not accurately keeping data to analyze baseline causation factors, had not obtained baseline criteria to be analyzed, but was able to utilize methods from similar sized departments to assist in reducing risk for our community. Recommendations include a revised procedure for risk assessment and several new documentation tools to ensure an all-hazard approach can be conducted.
This document has been developed as a companion guide to Community Risk Assessment, A Guide for Conducting a Community Risk Assessment. The risk assessment guide has outlined methods for obtaining the data and information necessary to conduct a community risk assessment, along with the process for prioritizing identified risks. It addressed the first two planning components used to develop a Community Risk Reduction (CRR) plan: Step 1?Identify Risks, and Step 2?Prioritize Risks.
The problem addressed by this research is the lack of a comprehensive risk reduction plan in place for the City of Vista to address incidents resulting in injury, death and property loss. The purpose of this project was to develop a community risk reduction program for the City of Vista to reduce injury, death and property loss.
Stockton’s Path to Bankruptcy How our city government grabbed and abused power and partnered with the newspaper to mislead the community By: Dennis Cochran Stockton, California, grew out of the Gold Rush of 1849. It became a thriving city through agriculture and manufacturing. It boasts excellent schools and colleges and has a world-renowned symphony and art museum. But, in July 2012, it was the largest American city to file for bankruptcy and currently is # 8 on Forbes Most Dangerous Cities in America. Stockton’s Path to Bankruptcy is an insider look at how the city fell apart. In 1993, Stockton won enterprise zone designation from the state government to be used to revitalize the depressed city center. Dennis Cochran was one of several locals invited to submit an incentive idea. He proposed a volunteer-staffed graffiti cleanup program. Cleaning graffiti is an easy, cost-effective way to discourage crime and promote beautification. Initially encouraged by the enterprise zone, Cochran soon learned that it was corrupt and mismanaged with unclear policies, skyrocketing permit fees, and local businesses bullied until they abandoned the center entirely. Like many citizens, Cochran was on the outside of the local government – his offers of help ignored and his good advice rejected. In just under twenty years, Stockton’s local government, protected by a local newspaper, destroyed the trust of its citizens. Cochran chronicles every bureaucratic twist and depravity – from the city losing $43,000 a day, plundering public safety funds to finance a ballpark, to stealing land from a local church. Stockton didn’t become bankrupt because of the financial bubble or housing crisis. Stockton went bankrupt because of its public officials’ abuse of power and attitude of hostility towards the community. Exposing mistakes acts as a disinfectant – and Stockton’s Path to Bankruptcy is a powerful aid to helping heal Stockton and serves as a warning to citizens of other cities.
Socio-Economic Crises in Black and Brown Communities in the United States provides insight and awareness concerning crises that exist in underserved Black and brown communities in the United States. The contributors explore these issues through the lenses of public policy, human behavior, environmental injustice, socioeconomic status, gentrification, psychological limitation, Black history distortions, as well as disparities in health, technology, race, gender, and class. They are products of various backgrounds, which provides diverse perspectives from their life experiences.
