Want to learn how to do strategic community risk reduction at the station level? Here is the course for you. This course is designed for Company Officers (COs) who want to learn how to conduct a risk assessment of their service area. This will lead you to develop an action plan with effective intervention strategies and activities targeting a specific risk. You will learn the steps to follow to do risk reduction in an organized and planned process to keep you on track at the station level.
This course is open not only to COs but also firefighters, paramedics, fire and life educators, and administrative personnel, as well as fire officers who want to learn about community risk reduction and how they can support the CO in station-based risk reduction.
Pre-course materials and course syllabus
| Welcome Letter, Precourse Assignment and BYOD Instructions: | https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/pcm_n0673.pdf PDF 787KB |
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| Course Syllabus: | https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_n0673.pdf PDF 335KB |
Students who want to improve their skills of leading risk-reduction activities within the service area of their station/community. The target audience is current or aspiring company-level officers. Consideration also given to chief officers, firefighters, paramedics, fire and life educators, and administrative personnel who have an interest in learning about station-based risk reduction.
The course is about how a local fire station can plan, implement and evaluate risk-reduction activities to benefit the citizens it serves. The course features the role of the CO as an inspirational leader both within the fire station and in the service area of the station/community.
Note: Preference will be given to departments who send teams. The team must be at least 2 people; 1 of those must be a company officer.