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Cheshire Fire Brigade HQ (finance)
Company objective & values
To provide county wide cover in terms of fire safety, prevention and action
Company role

To provide the resource back up to the County Fire Brigade in terms of payroll, invoicing, and acquisition of logistics and outsourced resources
Key skills & competences
  • All areas of finance related matters within the Fire Brigade
Links with national curriculum
Strong Maths & Numeracy Financial accuracy and processes
Strong ICT Spreadsheets, databases, financial accounting programmes
Areas that could be used in lessons
  • Paper trail from request, requisition, acquisition, invoicing, payment and accounting
  • Special areas of finance
  • Source of finance from the authority and it's make up
  • Debts and collection
  • Payroll
How could it be made interesting and appropriate?
  • Look at staff payroll (fire fighters vs civilian staff)
  • How invoices are dealt with
  • Who authorises what
  • County Council vs Government participation
Background information
  • Happy to visit schools or have a group of max 10 children visit headquarters
  • The are no restrictions on schools
  • Health & Safety officers are always on hand
  • Could be combined with other areas of the Cheshire Fire Brigade to cover a larger number of curriculum subjects
© Neil Christiansen 31st January 2005