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Leadership in Supervision: Creating Environments for Professional Growth F0646

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Training Specialist

Keith Heckler
301-447-1380

Delivery type

2-day off-campus

Continuing education units

1.4

ACE recommendation

In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in leadership and management theories.

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
		December 8 - 9, 2021		Concord, New Hampshire	Scott Cathy Captain New Hampshire Fire Academy 603-223-4223 scott.t.cathy@dos.nh.gov Scott Doherty Bureau Chief New Hampshire Fire Academy 603-223-4258 scott.m.doherty@dos.nh.gov	Course coordination plan
		January 10 - 11, 2022		McClellan, California	Kirsten Fonseca Staff Services Analyst CAL FIRE Office of the State Fire Marshal, Training 916-568-2902 kirsten.fornseca@fire.ca.gov Chris Fowler Deputy State Fire Marshal III, Supervisor CAL FIRE Office of the State Fire Marshal, Training 916-508-4120 chris.fowler@fire.ca.gov David Baldwin Battalion Chief Sacramento Fire Department 916-767-2240 dbaldwin@sacfire.org	Course coordination plan
		January 26 - 27, 2022		Amarillo, Texas	Henry Perry Regional Manager - Region 5 Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service 512-848-7319 henry.perry@teex.tamu.edu Scott Matthews Project Manager Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service 979-204-2079 scott.matthews@teex.tamu.edu Dana Havlik District Chief, Training Amarillo Fire Department 806-378-9339 dana.havlik@amarillo.gov	Course coordination plan
		January 29 - 30, 2022		Middlebury, Vermont	Jessica Pomainville Administrative Services Coordinator Vermont Fire Academy 802-483-2749 jessica.pomainville@vermont.gov	Course coordination plan
		February 4 - 5, 2022		Minden, Louisiana	Daniel Copeland Emergency Response Instructor Louisiana State University Fire & Emergency Training Institute 318-451-3181 dcopeland@lsu.edu Nick Palmer Manager Louisiana State University Fire & Emergency Training Institute at Pine Country 225-202-3717 npalme3@lsu.edu	Course coordination plan
		February 5 - 6, 2022		Rogers, Arkansas	James Rubow Deputy Director Arkansas Fire Training Academy 870-574-1521 jrubow@sautech.edu Cliff Thompson Deputy Chief Rogers Fire Department 479-986-6801 cthompson@rogersar.gov	Course coordination plan
		February 5 - 6, 2022		Hastings, Nebraska	Alan Joos Chief Nebraska State Fire Marshal Training Division 308-385-6893 alan.joos@nebraska.gov	Course coordination plan
		February 7 - 8, 2022		Reno, Nevada	Tom Martinez Training Officer II Nevada State Fire Marshal Division 775-684-7529 tmartinez@dps.state.nv.us Mark Winkleman Division Chief Reno Fire Department 775-750-5631 winklemanm@reno.gov	Course coordination plan
		February 19 - 20, 2022		Marshall, Minnesota	Jacob Lindquist Deputy State Fire Marshal Minnesota State Fire Marshal Division 651-413-5973 jacob.lindquist@state.mn.us Jasmine DeSmet Director Merit Center 507-337-6163 jasmine.desmet@ci.marshall.mn.us	Course coordination plan
		February 19 - 20, 2022		Brattleboro, Vermont	Jessica Pomainville Administrative Services Coordinator Vermont Fire Academy 802-483-2749 jessica.pomainville@vermont.gov	Course coordination plan
		February 19 - 20, 2022		Salem, Oregon	Julie Olsen Fire Program Manager Department of Public Safety Standards and Training 503-378-2297 julie.olsen@dpsst.oregon.gov Kayla Ballrot Fire Certification Supervisor Department of Public Safety Standards and Training 503-378-2596 kayla.ballrot@dpsst.oregon.gov	Course coordination plan
		February 26 - 27, 2022		Hastings, Nebraska	Alan Joos Chief Nebraska State Fire Marshal Training Division 308-385-6893 alan.joos@nebraska.gov	Course coordination plan
		March 5 - 6, 2022		Edinburg, Texas	Dallas Renfrew Regional Manager - Region 3 Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service 979-324-6089 dallas.renfrew@teex.tamu.edu Scott Matthews Project Manager Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service 979-204-2079 scott.matthews@teex.tamu.edu Ubaldo Perez District Training Coordinator Rio Grand Valley Firefighter's & Fire Marshal's Association 956-383-7691 bperez@cityofedinburg.com	Course coordination plan
		March 24 - 25, 2022		Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Reid Vaughan Director of Regional Services Alabama Fire College 205-343-7414 rvaughan@alabamafirecollege.org Rick Gregg Training Group Supervisor Alabama Fire College 205-391-3744 rgregg@alabamafirecollege.org	Course coordination plan
		May 10 - 11, 2022		Post Falls, Idaho	Ross Johnson Program Director Idaho Fire Service Training 208-429-5520 ross.johnson@cte.idaho.gov Heath Sheppard Division Chief Kootenai County Fire and Rescue 208-777-8500 heaths@kootenaifire.com	Course coordination plan
		May 14 - 15, 2022		Loveland, Colorado	Marianne Maxfield Certification Manager Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control 303-239-5878 marianne.maxfield@state.co.us	Course coordination plan
		May 17 - 18, 2022		Hollywood, Florida	Patrick Giacobbe State Training Office, POC Division of State Fire Marshal - Bureau of Fire Standards and Training 352-369-2809 patrick.giacobbe@myfloridacfo.com James Russo Division Chief, Training/Special Operations Hollywood Fire Rescue 954-967-4248 jrusso@hollywoodfl.org	Course coordination plan
		September 20 - 21, 2022		Watertown, South Dakota	Michael Jones Deputy Fire Marshal South Dakota Department of Public Safety 605-280-8165 michael.jones@state.sd.us Doug Hinkle Chief Deputy Fire Marshal South Dakota Department of Public Safety 605-773-3417 doug.hinkle@state.sd.us Scott Jongbloed Assistant Chief Watertown Fire Rescue 605-237-9998 sjongbloed@watertownfirerescue.com	Course coordination plan

Student comments

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

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