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Best Practices in Community Risk Reduction F0635

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Management

Training Specialist

Michael Weller
301-447-1476

Delivery type

2-day off-campus

Continuing education units

1.3

ACE recommendation

In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in emergency management.

This two-day course demonstrates to students nationally recognized principles that, when used appropriately, can lead to community risk-reduction programs that can measure success in local communities. This course will give students the opportunity to explore programs from communities across the United States that have been showcased at Vision 20/20 symposiums. These programs demonstrate what nationally recognized organizations identify as examples of “best practices” in community risk reduction.

At the end of the course, students will be evaluated through a 25-question multiple-choice examination. A final grade will be provided to each student. The minimum score needed to pass is 70.

Student pre-course materials and course syllabus:

https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/BYOD_Instructions_0635.pdf PDF 189KB: Instructions to Download Student Manual
https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/pcm_f0635.pdf PDF 30KB: Pre-course Assignment
https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_f0635.pdf PDF 101KB: Syllabus

Selection criteria

The target audience for this course includes:

Fire and emergency services personnel who help develop and deliver fire prevention and community risk-reduction programs.
Fire and emergency services staff with an interest in advancing risk-reduction efforts in their community.
Allied health and community service personnel who help develop and deliver risk-reduction programs.

Prerequisites

There is a pre-course assignment that should take about one hour to complete.

Post-course requirements

None

Upcoming offerings

Email or call the official under Contact(s) if you are interested in attending a course.

		Dates	Availability	Location	Contact(s)	CCP
		August 15 - 16, 2022	Cancelled	Newton, Kansas	James Zeeb Program Manager Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute 785-864-7227 JZeeb@ku.edu Phillip Beebe Assistant Chief Newton Fire/EMS 316-284-6001 philbeebe@newtonfireems.com	Course coordination plan
		December 10 - 11, 2022		Grand Forks, North Dakota	Robert Knuth Training Director ND Firefighter's Association 701-516-4457 rknuth@nd.gov Chad Cutshaw Deputy Chief Grand Forks Fire Department 701-746-2566 CCutshaw@grandforksgov.com	Course coordination plan
		February 1 - 2, 2023		Waukegan, Illinois	James Moore Assistant Director Illinois Fire Service Institute 217-333-3800 jpmoore1@illinois.edu Brett Stickels Training Officer Waukegan Fire Department 847-625-6895 Brett.Stickels@waukeganil.gov	Course coordination plan
		February 6 - 7, 2023		Odessa, Texas	Tony Lenard Regional Training Manager Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service 979-500-6809 tony.lenard@teex.tamu.edu Chris Angerer Executive Associate Division Director Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service 979-845-3605 chris.angerer@teex.tamu.edu Kris Norred Training Captain Odessa Fire Department 432-257-0501 knorred@odessa-tx.gov	Course coordination plan
		February 25 - 26, 2023		Owensboro, Kentucky	Jimmy VanCleve Coordinator KY State Fire and Rescue Training 270-273-3187 Jimmy.vancleve@kctcs.edu Marc Rudder Director KY State Fire and Rescue Training 859-256-3189 marc.rudder@kctcs.edu Jimmy VanCleve Coordinator KY State Fire and Rescue Training 270-273-3187 jimmy.vancleve@kctcs.edu	Course coordination plan
		April 12 - 13, 2023		Mesa, Arizona	Jeff Johnston Certification Coordinator AZCFSE 602-775-3387 jeff.johnston@azcfse.org Tanja Tanner Community Education Coordinator Goodyear Fire Department 623-882-7308 tanja.tanner@goodyearaz.gov	Course coordination plan
		April 13 - 14, 2023		Columbia, South Carolina	Mike Dunlap Education Specialist/State NFA Coordinator SCFA 803-896-9842 Mike.Dunlap@llr.sc.gov Bonita Watters Curriculum Manager SCFA 803-896-4074 Bonita.Watters@llr.sc.gov	Course coordination plan
		April 20 - 21, 2023		Lenexa, Kansas	James Zeeb Program Manager KFRTI 785-864-7227 JZeeb@ku.edu Butch Diekemper Assistant Chief Lenexa Kansas Fire Department 913-477-7915 adiekemper@lenexa.com	Course coordination plan
		May 20 - 21, 2023		Williston, North Dakota	Robert Knuth Training Director ND Firefighter's Association 701-516-4457 rknuth@nd.gov Chris Mahoney Training Captain Williston Fire Department 701-572-3400 chrism@ci.williston.nd.us	Course coordination plan

Student comments

This course helps those in emergency response to complete a more in-depth look at risk reduction planning.

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