Customized Assessment Solutions for Fire Service Promotions Across All Ranks
Morris & McDaniel is widely acknowledged as the leading firm nationwide for delivering legally sound, defensible testing solutions and for solving diversity concerns in protective service promotional procedures.
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Establishing an effective, skilled, and diverse leadership team across all supervisory levels is paramount for organizational success. Identifying individuals within your organization with the potential to lead is a multifaceted challenge and complex process. Our company offers a range of techniques and tools to assess eligible candidates accurately, providing vital insights into their suitability for specific positions. This enables jurisdictions to make well-informed promotional decisions, crucial for fulfilling their mandate of safeguarding the community’s people and assets. Moreover, our track record demonstrates that optimal candidates often arise from diverse backgrounds, both in terms of gender and ethnicity. Such diversity fosters a leadership structure reflective of the community served, thereby nurturing positive relationships across all segments of society.
Multiple-Choice Written Examinations
Our personalized knowledge assessments are developed according to the source material selected by your department. We customize the exam to precisely match your organization’s requirements, ensuring it covers pertinent knowledge categories identified through thorough job analysis studies.
Performance-Based Oral Assessment Centers
An Assessment Center consists of a standardized evaluation of an individual’s behavior through numerous observations by multiple assessors. Behavior assessments are derived, in part, from tailored simulation exercises. These assessments are then consolidated by assessors specially trained for this purpose. We have developed various exercise types and employed diverse technologies to adapt the measurement process to both the job requirements and administrative logistics.  All our procedures strictly adhere to professional standards.
Professional History Portfolio (PHP)
An Assessment Center consists of a standardized evaluation of an individual’s behavior through numerous observations by multiple assessors. Behavior assessments are derived, in part, from tailored simulation exercises. These assessments are then consolidated by assessors specially trained for this purpose. We have developed various exercise types and employed diverse technologies to adapt the measurement process to both the job requirements and administrative logistics.  All our procedures strictly adhere to professional standards.
Fire Engineer/Driver
Practical exercises are designed to mirror real-life scenarios or elicit behaviors showcasing the skills necessary for success in the Fire Engineer/Driver position. With over 47 years of proven expertise, Morris & McDaniel excels in designing, validating, and implementing these practical-based assessments. Performance in these exercises is observed and evaluated by assessors who have been trained to be fair and objective. Assessors compare each candidate’s performance to predetermined, standardized criteria to determine who can perform effectively in the tested rank. Examples of exercises that can demonstrate the requisite real-life skills include pumping exercises, aerial ladder exercises, and driving course exercises.
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Our Overall Goal is to Develop an Assessment Program that meets these criteria:
Legally Defensible
Professionally Defensible
Job Related and Valid
Administratively Feasible
Fair
Efficient
Reliable
We are dedicated to delivering excellence in service across all projects and contracts with our clients. Leveraging our expertise, qualifications, and resources, we pledge to enthusiastically address our clients' needs promptly and effectively.
Regardless of your organization's size or mission, Morris & McDaniel stands ready to collaborate as your ally, empowering you to build a capable and motivated team poised for success.
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