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The manual explains its learning-guide purpose and documents that policies are administrative, more rigid, and behavior-focused, while guidelines are flexible and describe common or effective ways to perform mission tasks. It also clarifies that chapters stand alone, grouped into sections, with supporting appendix documents, and emphasizes references to established standards (NFPA, OSHA, NIOSH) and responsible implementation including disciplinary considerations for unjustified noncompliance. 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Reference also comes from developed and practiced successfully by other fire departments, as well as the previous experience of HFD itself.  \nThe purpose of this manual is to serve as a learning guide and a written record of how the HFD is organized and how HFD accomplishes its mission. These documents are not intended to be written in an absolute context. Policies and procedures related to the fire department are constantly evaluated as they are applied. They are changed as necessary to reflect changes that affect the HFD and to better fit the HFD based on experience with their use.  \nThis book contains 2 kinds of documents: Policies and Guidelines. Policies are written tobe administrative in nature and deal mainly with how the department is organized or the intended behavior of the personnel of the department. Policies are relatively rigid in nature, since they are often based upon regulations that the HFD is bound to follow bylaw.  \nGuidelines are written to be a general guide to explain the way HFD accomplishes different parts of its mission, or to show how the HFD carries out the rules set forth in its Policies. Therefore, guidelines are more flexible in their application than policies.  \nIt is impossible to document every possible way to accomplish every aspect of how to run a fire department. The Guidelines are intended to show the most common or most effective known way to accomplish a goal. They account for the most common occurrences related to a subject. They should be followed until and unless a situation occurs that would cause an unwanted result if the specific details of the Guideline were to be followed. In this case, the situation must be handled based on the following: What must be done to deal with the situation while trying to meet the intent of the Guideline, and what would a reasonable person do in this situation? Common sense must always be applied when carrying out the details and intent of any policy or guideline. However, failure to follow the SOP or SOG without a valid reason may be grounds for disciplinary action.  \nEach chapter of this book is written as a stand-alone policy or guideline dealing with a particular subject. Related chapters are grouped together in sections. Previously created  \ndocuments that support or clarify a chapter are added as an appendix within the relevant section.  \nThe male pronouns shall be used throughout this book to refer to either the male or female gender unless a proper name is being referenced.  \nChapter 1-2  \nStandard Operating Policy for  \nDefinitions Used in the SOP/SOG Manual  \n1. Purpose  \nThis SOP provides definitions to terms that are used throughout the SOP/SOG manual. Terms that are specific to a policy or guideline will be defined within that chapter.  \n2. Scope  \nThis SOP applies to the readers of the HFD SOP/SOG manual.  \n3. Definitions  \nAdministration: The Board of Directors, Chief Officers, and other HFD members who hold an administrative position related to the context where this word is used. Generally, this term refers to the Fire Chief and his staff officers.  \nANSI: American National Standards Institute. A private, non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. ANSI's consensus standards do not carry the weight of law unless adopted as such by a legal body or regulatory agency.  \nBoard of Directors: The governing body of the fire protection district, as established by CRS Title 32.  \nChief Officer: A line officer with the rank of Assistant Chief, Deputy Chief, or Chief.  \nCompany Officer: The person in ch","cbCaicZS8xE4xxm2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicZS8xE4xxm2","pdf",701401,81,"English","# Section 1 - Introduction to the SOP Manual\n## Chapter 1-1: Purpose and Intent of this Manual\n## Chapter 1-2: Standard Operating Policy for Definitions Used in the SOP/SOG Manual","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the SOP manual for the Hanover Fire Department?\",\"answer\":\"It serves as a learning guide and a written record explaining how HFD is organized and how it accomplishes its mission. 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