Leadership in Supervision: Creating Environments for Professional Growth F0646

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Training Specialist

Kevin Brame
301-447-1069

Delivery type

2-day off-campus

Continuing education units

1.4

ACE recommendation

In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, one semester hour in leadership or management.

This two-day course presents the supervisor with the basic leadership skills and tools needed to perform effectively in the fire and EMS environment. The course includes concepts related to a successful transition to supervisory and leadership roles, including concepts of adaptive leadership; change management; active followership; effective communication, including difficult conversations and advocacy-inquiry based dialogue; ethics; authority; power; decision-making; and active engagement through development of a personal plan.

Student pre-course materials and course syllabus:

https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/BYOD_Instructions_0646.pdf PDF 190KB: Instructions to Download Student Manual
https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_f0646.pdf PDF 121KB: Syllabus

Selection criteria

The primary target audience for this course are those individuals who are at the first line level of supervision. For purposes of student selection first line level is considered to be those at the Company Officer or Unit (fire prevention, fire education, communications, EMS, etc.) Supervisor level.

More specifically primary selection criteria are as follows:

First line supervisors in fire and emergency medical services organizations.
Fire and emergency medical services personnel due for promotion/appointment to a first line supervisory position within 18 months.
Fire and emergency medical services personnel who are regularly assigned acting supervisory positions.

Fire and EMS personnel currently enrolled in the National Fire Academy Managing Officer Program will be provided priority selection.

The secondary target audiences are fire and EMS personnel at the first line management level (Chief Officer or above). Students at this level may be given consideration on a space available basis.

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?
		February 15 - 16, 2020		Putney, Vermont	Jessica Pomainville Administrative Services Coordinator Vermont Fire Academy 802-483-2749 jessica.pomainville@vermont.gov Michael Skaza Training Program Coordinator Vermont Fire Academy 802-483-2754 michael.skaza@vermont.gov	Course coordination plan
		February 15 - 16, 2020		Salem, Oregon	Barbara Slinger Fire Program Support Specialist Department of Public Safety Standards and Training 503-378-2408 barbara.slinger@state.or.us Eriks Gabliks Director Department of Public Safety Standards and Training 503-378-2332 eriks.gabliks@state.or.us	Course coordination plan
		February 22 - 23, 2020		Owensboro, Kentucky	Jimmy VanCleve Coordinator Kentucky Fire Commission/State Fire Rescue Training 270-273-3187 jimmy.vancleve@kctcs.edu Marc Rudder Director Kentucky Fire Commission/State Fire Rescue Training 859-256-3189 marc.rudder@kctcs.edu	Course coordination plan
		March 6 - 7, 2020		Kingman, Arizona	Jeff Johnston Certification Coordinator Arizona Center for Fire Service Excellence 623-333-6502 jeff.johnston@azcfse.org Rink Gordon Battalion Chief of Training and Safety City of Kingman Fire Department 928-753-2891 rgordon@cityofkingman.gov	Course coordination plan
		March 7 - 8, 2020		Powers, Michigan	Dan Hammerberg Fire Fighter Training Division Region Supervisor Michigan Bureau of Fire Services - Fire Fighter Training Division 906-399-4399 hammerbergd@michigan.gov	Course coordination plan	Yes
		March 9 - 10, 2020		Pittsburg, Kansas	Russell Greene Program Coordinator Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute 785-224-3244 rtgreene@ku.edu Mike Simons Fire Chief Pittsburg Fire Department 620-230-5596 mike.simons@pittks.org	Course coordination plan
		March 23 - 24, 2020		Georgetown, Indiana	Phil Mellencamp Training Program Manager Fire and Public Safety Academy 317-512-9174 pmellencamp@dhs.in.gov Wade Walling Academy Administrator Indiana Fire and Public Safety Academy 317-234-2782 WWalling@dhs.in.gov Nathan Thompson Captain/Training Officer Georgetown Township Fire District 812-951-2354 nthompson@gtfpd.com	Course coordination plan
		April 3 - 4, 2020		Honolulu, Hawaii	Gary Lum Administrative Specialist Hawaii State Fire Council 808-723-7169 glum@honolulu.gov Barney P. Hanson Fire Fighter III- TRB Administrative Section Honolulu Fire Department 808-723-7038 bhanson1@honolulu.gov	Course coordination plan
		April 4 - 5, 2020		Wausau, Wisconsin	Angela White Fire Service Education Director Wisconsin Technical College System Office 608-266-7289 angela.white@wtcsystem.edu Shari Jacobson Education Specialist Wisconsin Technical College System Office 608-266-5859 shari.jacobson@wtcsystem.edu Kris Grod Associate Dean - School of Public Safety Northcentral Technical College 715-803-1512 grod@ntc.edu	Course coordination plan
		May 4 - 5, 2020		Kirkwood, Missouri	Rebecca Trapani Deputy Chief Missouri Division of Fire Safety 573-522-2426 becky.trapani@dfs.dps.mo.gov Debbie Plank Training Coordinator Missouri Division of Fire Safety 573-522-2426 debbie.plank@dfs.dps.mo.gov Brian Zaitz Assistant Chief Kirkwood Fire/Rescue 314-568-1501 zaitzbt@kirkwoodmo.org	Course coordination plan
		June 11 - 12, 2020		Los Angeles, California	Kirsten Fonseca Staff Services Analyst CALFIRE 916-568-2902 kirsten.fonseca@fire.ca.gov Chris Fowler Deputy State Fire Marshal III, Supervisor CALFIRE 916-508-4120 chris.fowler@fire.ca.gov Shawn Tukua Fire Captain Los Angeles Fire Department 213-893-9890 shawn.tukua@lacity.org	Course coordination plan
		June 15 - 16, 2020		Ocala, Florida	Patrick Giacobbe Executive Development Program Supervisor Bureau of Fire Standards and Training 352-369-2809 Patrick.Giacobbe@MyFloridaCFO.com	Course coordination plan	Yes
		June 18 - 19, 2020		Slidell, Louisiana	Daniel Copeland ERI LSU FETI 318-451-3181 dcopeland@lsu.edu Robert Marguette Fire Prevention Chief Saint Tammany Fire District 1 985-789-2814 rmarguette@slidellfire.org	Course coordination plan
		June 23 - 24, 2020		Jackson, Mississippi	Steven Ashby Instructor Chief Mississippi State Fire Academy 601-932-2444 sashby@msfa.ms.gov David Pitts Instructor Advanced Mississippi State Fire Academy 601-932-2444 dpitts@msfa.ms.gov	Course coordination plan
		June 24 - 25, 2020		Lee's Summit, Missouri	Rebecca Trapani Deputy Chief Missouri Division of Fire Safety 573-522-2426 becky.trapani@dfs.dps.mo.gov Debbie Plank Training Coordinator Missouri Division of Fire Safety 573-522-2426 debbie.plank@dfs.dps.mo.gov Dan Manley Assistant Chief Lee's Summit Fire Department 816-588-6806 dan.manley@cityofls.net	Course coordination plan
		July 14 - 15, 2020		San Francisco, California	Kirsten Fonseca Staff Services Analyst CALFIRE 916-568-2902 kirsten.fonseca@fire.ca.gov Chris Fowler Supervising Deputy State Fire Marshal, III CALFIRE 916-508-4120 chris.fowler@fire.ca.gov Joel Sato Assistant Deputy Chief-Director of Training San Francisco Fire Department 415-970-2030 joel.sato@sfgov.org	Course coordination plan
		August 24 - 25, 2020		Albuquerque, New Mexico	Sharlynn Montoya Administrative Services Coordinator New Mexico Firefighters Training Academy 575-835-7501 sharlynn.montoya@state.nm.us Timothy Cox Captain Bernalillo County Fire & Rescue Department 505-314-0139 tcox@bernco.gov	Course coordination plan

Student comments

Very informative--provided new methods to becoming a more effective leader.