This 2-day course will provide fire and emergency medical services department personnel and other related emergency responders with the aptitudes and abilities necessary to manage the duties and responsibilities of the Health and Safety Program Manager (HSPM) within their respective organizations.
Successful completion of this course will enable participants to:
- Adapt the HSPM roles and responsibilities while applying risk management health and safety concepts within their organization to determine system-wide needs and to develop support to institutionalize opportunities to meet the needs assessment.
- Evaluate and prioritize health and safety-related strengths and weaknesses within their organizations.
- Evaluate the environmental barriers affecting the implementation and impact of the organization’s safety and health programs.
- Evaluate and integrate the organization’s and individual’s responsibility to impact health and wellness positively.
Pre-course materials and course syllabus
| Instructions to Download Student Manual: | https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/BYOD_Instructions_0722.pdf PDF 185KB |
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| Course Syllabus: | https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_w0722.pdf PDF 314KB |
Individuals who have department-level health and safety responsibilities and responsibility for setting policy for the department on such issues.
Individuals attending this course should have working knowledge of the Incident Command System as taught by the National Fire Academy, as well as working knowledge of applicable National Fire Protection Association and Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements and recommendations.
Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q462 and Q463 available through NFA Online. Chief's signature attests that the applicant has completed required training.
Upcoming offerings
| Dates | Availability | Location | Contact(s) | CCP |
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| April 29 - 30, 2023 | Emmitsburg, Maryland |
Gregory Kirkham
Training and Certification Specialist 1 New Jersey Division of Fire Safety/Office of Training and Certification 609-633-6424 gregory.kirkham@dca.nj.gov
Karen Grant-Haber
Director – Fire Safety Training Program (Kean University) Kean University Fire Safety Training Program 908-737-3062 kgrant@kean.edu |
CCP | |
| June 3 - 4, 2023 | Emmitsburg, Maryland |
Patrick Giacobbe
Executive Development Program Manager Florida State Fire Marshal 352-369-2809 patrick.giacobbe@MyFloridaCFO.com |
CCP | |
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June 24 - 25, 2023
Women's Weekend |
Emmitsburg, Maryland | |||
| July 8 - 9, 2023 | Emmitsburg, Maryland | CCP | ||
| July 15 - 16, 2023 | Emmitsburg, Maryland | CCP | ||
| July 22 - 23, 2023 | Emmitsburg, Maryland | CCP |