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Station Based Risk Reduction R0673

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Public Education
Training Specialist

Mike Weller
301-447-1476

Delivery type
6-Day On-Campus
Continuing education units
3.3
ACE recommendation
In the upper-division baccalaureate degree category, three semester hours in fire prevention, public education, or risk analysis.

Want to learn how to do strategic community risk reduction at the station level? Here is the course for you. This course is designed for company officers who want to learn how to conduct a risk assessment of their service area. This will lead you to develop an action plan with effective intervention strategies and activities targeting a specific risk. You will learn the steps to follow to do risk reduction in an organized and planned process to keep you on track at the station level.

This course is open to company officers, firefighters, paramedics, fire and life educators and administrative personnel, as well as fire officers who want to learn about community risk reduction and how they can support the company officer in station based risk reduction.

Student pre-course materials and course syllabus:

Selection criteria

Company officers who have station-based responsibility for a service area.

Consideration also given to chief officers, firefighters, paramedics, fire and life educators, and administrative personnel who have an interest in learning about community risk reduction to support station-based risk reduction.

Preference will be given to departments who send teams. The team must be at least two people; one of which must be a company officer.

Prerequisites

ICS 100 level and ICS 200 level training. Preferred courses are Q462 and Q463 available through NFA Online. Chief's signature attests that the applicant has completed required training.

Post-course requirements

None

Upcoming offerings

Dates Availability Location Contact(s) CCP Train-the-Trainer?
November 25 - 30, 2018 Cancelled Emmitsburg, Maryland
Apply March 10 - 15, 2019 Vacancies Emmitsburg, Maryland