This 6-day course is designed for the student who has or will have responsibility to develop, implement and lead community risk reduction and health programs to include human-caused disasters, natural disasters and health risks.
The course empowers students with knowledge of how to prevent, reduce and mitigate community risk.
This course advocates the use of:
- Proven interventions.
- Mechanisms to gather and analyze critical data.
- Actions to target specific at-risk populations.
- Evaluation.
- How to build internal and external support to accomplish the changing mission of fire and emergency services.
This course will benefit progressive fire and emergency medical services (EMS) departments who are initiating programs to reduce their community’s risks and mitigate their consequences.
Pre-course materials and course syllabus
| Welcome Letter, BYOD Instructions, Pre-course Assignment: | https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/pcm_n0200.pdf PDF 763KB |
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| Course Syllabus: | https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_n0200.pdf PDF 148KB |
Students desiring to enhance their knowledge and skills to lead fire prevention, community risk reduction initiatives, illness prevention and health promotion at the local, state or national level.
Target audiences include chief fire officers, company officers, firefighters, fire inspectors, fire marshals, EMS officers, fire and life safety educators, and other community or allied professionals in community risk reduction.
Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available through NFA Online. Chief’s signature attests that the applicant has completed this required training.
There is a pre-course assignment to conduct a community risk assessment.