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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

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

		Dates	Availability	Location	Contact(s)	CCP
		May 21 - 22, 2022	Cancelled	Johnston, Iowa	John Kraemer Bureau Chief Fire Service Training Bureau 515-727-3428 kraemer@dps.state.ia.us	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
		November 5 - 6, 2022		Concord, New Hampshire	Scott Cathy Captain NH Fire Academy 603-223-4223 scott.cathy@dos.nh.gov	Course coordination plan
		November 12 - 13, 2022		Columbus, Nebraska	Alan Joos Chief TD-SFM 308-385-6893 alan.joos@nebraska.gov Bill Pfeifer Training Coordinator TD-SFM 308-385-6892 bill.pfeifer@nebraska.gov	Course coordination plan
		April 13 - 14, 2023		Honolulu, Hawaii	Gary Lum Administrative Specialist III Hawaii State Fire Council 808-723-7169 glum@honolulu.gov Wayne Masuda Administrative Specialist II Hawaii State Fire Council 808-723-7176 wmasuda@honolulu.gov Charles Riemer Fire Captain Honolulu Fire Department 808-723-7009 criemer@honolulu.gov	Course coordination plan
		May 23 - 24, 2023		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
		June 10 - 11, 2023		Rogers, Arkansas	Kilatha Hargiss Statewide Training Arkansas Fire Training Academy 870-574-4760 khargiss@sautech.edu Cliff Thompson Deputy Chief Rogers Fire Department 479-986-6801 tcastro@rogersar.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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