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Fire Service Safety Culture: Who Protects Firefighters From Firefighters? F0349

Curriculum: Responder Health and Safety

Training Specialist

George Morgan
301-447-1407

Delivery type

2-day off-campus

Continuing education units

0.0

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_f0349.pdf PDF 140KB: 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

None

Post-course requirements

None

Upcoming offerings

Submit FEMA Form 119-25-2 to the contact(s) listed below for the course offering you are interested in attending.

		Dates	Availability	Location	Contact(s)	CCP	Train-the-Trainer?
		September 7 - 8, 2021		Stow, Massachusetts	Alanna Malatos Program Coordinator Department of Fire Services, Massachusetts Firefighting Academy 978-567-3210 alanna.malatos@mass.gov Heather Antell Registration Assistant Department of Fire Services, Massachusetts Firefighting Academy 978-567-3201 heather.antell@mass.gov	Course coordination plan
		September 25 - 26, 2021		Ruidoso, New Mexico	Ross Johnson NFA Course Coordinator New Mexico Firefighters Training Academy 505-795-2349 ross.johnson@state.nm.us Michael Morrow Assistant Chief Ruidoso Fire Department 575-257-4116 michaelmorrow@ruidoso-nm.gov	Course coordination plan
		October 13 - 14, 2021		Seattle, Washington	Howard Scartozzi Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal Washington State Patrol - Fire Prevention Bureau 425-401-7732 howard.scartozzi@wsp.wa.gov N/A Greg Baruso Training Captain / EMS Officer Port of Seattle Fire Department 206-787-4651 baruso.g@portseattle.org	Course coordination plan
		October 18 - 19, 2021		Tecumseh, Kansas	Joe Clow Program Manager Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute 785-864-0024 jmclow@ku.edu Rick Deibert Fire Chief Shawnee Heights Fire District 785-379-0566 rdeibert@shfd.us	Course coordination plan
		October 21 - 22, 2021		Sierra Vista, Arizona	Jeff Johnston Certification Coordinator Arizona Center for Fire Service Excellence 623-333-6502 jeff.johnston@azcfse.org Kaleb Mauzy Battalion Chief of Training Fry Fire District 520-378-2222 kmauzy@fryfiredistrict.com	Course coordination plan
		November 6 - 7, 2021		Grand Forks, North Dakota	Robert Knuth Training Director ND Firefighter's Association 701-516-4457 rknuth@nd.gov Chad Cutshaw Deputy Fire Chief Grand Forks Fire Department 701-746-2566 ccutshaw@grandforksgov.com	Course coordination plan
		January 11 - 12, 2022		Kirkwood, Missouri	Rebecca Trapani Deputy Chief Missouri Division of Fire Safety 573-751-5302 becky.trapani@dfs.dps.mo.gov Shane Adams Training Coordinator Missouri Division of Fire Safety 573-522-4849 shane.adams@dfs.dps.mo.gov	Course coordination plan
		January 28 - 29, 2022		Pewaukee, Wisconsin	Angela White Education Director, Fire Service Training Wisconsin Technical College System 608-266-7289 angela.white@wtcsystem.edu Shari Jacobson Education Specialist, Fire Service Training Wisconsin Technical College System 608-266-5859 shari.jacobson@wtcsystem.edu Courtney Hull Associate Dean, Fire & EMS Training Waukesha County Technical College 262-691-5363 chull1@wctc.edu	Course coordination plan
		February 5 - 6, 2022		Roscommon, Michigan	Dan Hammerberg Region Coordinator Michigan Bureau of Fire Services - Fire Fighter Training Division 906-399-4399 hammerbergd@michigan.gov Bill Cleeves Fire Chief Lyon Township Fire & EMS 989-275-8878 cleeves603@gmail.com	Course coordination plan
		March 8 - 9, 2022		Greenville, Mississippi	David Pitts Instructor Advanced Mississippi State Fire Academy 601-932-2444 dpitts@msfa.ms.gov Luke Smith Instructor Advanced Mississippi State Fire Academy 601-932-2444 jsmith@msfa.ms.gov Lonagcio Smith Division Chief of Training Greenville Fire Department 662-378-1616 lsmith@greenvillems.org	Course coordination plan
		April 2 - 3, 2022		Iota, Louisiana	Daniel Copeland Emergency Response Instructor Louisiana State University Fire & Emergency Training Institute 318-451-3181 dcopeland@lsu.edu Chris LeDoux Training Officer Iota Fire Department 337-779-2538 cledoux1590@yahoo.com	Course coordination plan
		May 12 - 13, 2022		Riverton, Wyoming	Eric Siwik Training Coordinator Wyoming State Fire Marshal 307-857-6820 eric.siwik@wyo.gov	Course coordination plan
		September 13 - 14, 2022		Stow, Massachusetts	Alanna Malatos Program Coordinator Department of Fire Services -Massachusetts Firefighting Academy 978-567-3210 alanna.malatos@mass.gov Heather Antell Registration Assistant Department of Fire Services - Massachusetts Firefighting Academy 978-567-3201 heather.antell@mass.gov	Course coordination plan

Student comments

Teaches the process of evaluation of safety issues and how to correct then evaluate the results.

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