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?
		November 21 - 22, 2020	Cancelled	Emmitsburg, Maryland	Monna Gillespie Administrative Assistant North Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshal 919-647-0088 monna.gillespie@ncdoi.gov Kim Williams Deputy Director North Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshal 919-647-0089 kim.williams@ncdoi.gov	Course coordination plan
		May 1 - 2, 2021		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Paul Bradley Fire Academy Field Program Manager Fire and Public Safety Academy 317-232-2222 PBradley@dhs.in.gov Paul Bradley Fire Academy Field Program Manager Fire and Public Safety Academy 317-407-6928 Pbradley@dhs.in.gov	Course coordination plan
		July 24 - 25, 2021		Emmitsburg, Maryland	Dan Hamerberg Region Coordinator Michigan Fire Fighter Training Division 906-399-4399 hammerbergd@michigan.gov Jeni Binkley Secretary - Treasurer Michigan State Firemen's Association 810-635-9513 office@msfassoc.net	Course coordination plan
		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

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.