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Fire Service Safety Culture: Who Protects Firefighters From Firefighters? W0349

Course only available to on-campus weekend program students.

Curriculum: Responder Health and Safety

Training Specialist

George Morgan
301-447-1407

Delivery type

2-day on-campus

Continuing education units

1.5

ACE recommendation

In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, one semester hour in fire administration.

This two-day course is designed to assist emergency services personnel in defining and advocating organizational change within the fire service relating to safety.

Topics include:

Safety and risk cultures within organizations.
Influences on safety culture and risk categories.
Concepts, goals, and processes of risk management.

The course incorporates facilitated student-centered methodologies including lecture, small and large group activities, and individual assessments.

Student pre-course materials and course syllabus:

https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/BYOD_Instructions_0349.pdf PDF 74KB: Instructions to Download Student Manual
https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_w0349.pdf PDF 134KB: Course Syllabus

Selection criteria

The primary target audience includes anyone in emergency services with an interest in changing culture in his or her organization.

The secondary target audience includes all interested individuals and community people who are responsible for risk management.

Prerequisites

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.

Post-course requirements

None

Upcoming offerings

Apply online if you are interested in attending a state or national weekend program.

		Dates	Availability	Location	Contact(s)	CCP	Train-the-Trainer?
		August 7 - 8, 2021		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Scott Cathy Captain New Hampshire Fire Academy 603-223-4223 scott.t.cathy@dos.nh.gov	Course coordination plan
		February 26 - 27, 2022		Emmitsburg, Maryland
		April 2 - 3, 2022		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Mark Waters Program Planner Connecticut Fire Academy 860-608-5437 mark.waters@ct.gov	Course coordination plan
		April 30, 2022 - May 1, 2022		Emmitsburg, Maryland	John B. Gilmore Jr. NYS Fire Training Director - Chief of Fire Training & Education Branch NYS Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services - Office of Fire Prevention & Control 518-474-6746 john.gilmore@dhses.ny.gov Brian Benstead Deputy Chief, Fire Training & Education Branch NYS Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services - Office of Fire Prevention & Control 716-847-3934 Brian.Benstead@dhses.ny.gov	Course coordination plan
		May 14 - 15, 2022		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Patrick Giacobbe Executive Development Program Manager Florida State Fire Marshal 352-369-2809 Patrick.Giacobbe@MyFloridaCFO.com	Course coordination plan
		June 4 - 5, 2022		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Scott Cathy Captain New Hampshire Fire Academy 603-223-4223 scott.t.cathy@dos.nh.gov Scott Doherty Bureau Chief New Hampshire Fire Academy 603-223-4258 scott.m.doherty@dos.nh.gov	Course coordination plan
		June 25 - 26, 2022		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Jack Smith Superintendent Ohio Division of State Fire Marshal - Ohio Fire Academy 614-644-0523 jack.smith@com.state.oh.us Dave Belcher Instructor Ohio Division of State Fire Marshal - Ohio Fire Academy 614-644-0523 belcher591@yahoo.com	Course coordination plan
		July 9 - 10, 2022		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Mike Dunlap Education Specialist, NFA State Coordinator South Carolina Fire Academy 803-563-1265 mike.dunlap@llr.sc.gov	Course coordination plan
		July 16 - 17, 2022		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Dan Hammerberg Region Coordinator Michigan Bureau of Fire Services - Fire Fighter Training Division 906-399-4399 hammerbergd@michigan.gov Jeni Binkley Secretary / Treasurer Michigan State Firemen's Association 910-635-9513 office@msfassoc.net	Course coordination plan
		July 16 - 17, 2022		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Jimmy VanCleve Coordinator State Fire Rescue Training 270-314-1050 jimmy.vancleve@kctcs.edu Marc Rudder Director State Fire Rescue Training marc.rudder@kctcs.edu	Course coordination plan

Student comments

It helped me to see where my department has room for improvement and through discussion with other students allowed me to think of ways to make those improvements.

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