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Shaping the Future F0602

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Training Specialist

George Morgan
301-447-1407

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 fire service administration, public administration, emergency management, or emergency medical services.

This is 2-day course is designed to assist first- and second-level supervisors and Company Officers (COs) in developing knowledge and skills in contemporary approaches to organizational problem-solving.

Topics include:

Use of creative approaches to identifying trends within their organizations.
Applying problem-solving methodologies.
The importance and application of continuous improvement within organizations.
How to quantify problems and solutions.
Factors in organizational and individual resistance to change.
Strategies for implementing change.

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_0602.pdf PDF 189KB: Instructions to Download Student Manual
https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_f0602.pdf PDF 255KB: Syllabus

Selection criteria

First- and second-level supervisors and COs who are upwardly mobile within their organizations and whose department head wishes to prepare them for increased managerial responsibility.
Administrative officers who are responsible for significant staff functions within the organization and who report directly to top management.
Emergency service workers assigned to positions with decision-making responsibilities.

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
		January 26 - 27, 2022		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
		February 5 - 6, 2022		Grand Junction, Colorado	Marianne Maxfield Certification Manager Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control 303-239-5878 marianne.maxfield@state.co.us	Course coordination plan
		February 26 - 27, 2022		Owensboro, Kentucky	Jimmy VanCleve Coordinator State Fire Rescue Training 270-273-3187 jimmy.vancleve@kctcs.edu Marc Rudder Director State Fire Rescue Training 859-256-3189 marc.rudder@kctcs.edu	Course coordination plan
		April 19 - 20, 2022		Elko, Nevada	Tom Martinez Training Officer II Nevada State Fire Marshal Division 775-684-7529 tmartinez@dps.state.nv.us Jack Snyder Deputy Chief Elko Fire Department 775-777-7350 jssnyder@elkocitynv.gov	Course coordination plan
		April 23 - 24, 2022		Sparta, Wisconsin	Shari Jacobson Education Specialist, Fire Service Wisconsin Technical College System 608-266-5859 shari.jacobson@wtcsystem.edu Angela White Education Director, Fire Service Wisconsin Technical College System 608-266-7289 angela.white@wtcsystem.edu Blake Deiber Fire District Coordinator Western Technical College 608-789-4747 deiberb@westerntc.edu	Course coordination plan
		April 30, 2022 - May 1, 2022		Jacksonville, Arkansas	Kilatha Hargiss Statewide Training Arkansas Fire Training Academy 870-574-4760 khargiss@sautech.edu Grant Warner Division Chief Training Jacksonville Fire Department 501-951-0028 gwarner@cityofjacksonville.net	Course coordination plan
		May 16 - 17, 2022		College Park, Maryland	Todd Dyche Coordinator Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute 301-729-0431 tdyche@mfri.org Jack Beall Coordinator Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute 888-691-4628 jbeall@mfri.org	Course coordination plan
		May 19 - 20, 2022		Lihue, Hawaii	Gary Lum Administrative Specialist II Hawaii State Fire Council 808-723-7169 glum@honolulu.gov Lloyd Rogers Administrative Specialist III Hawaii State Fire Council 808-723-7176 lrogers@honolulu.gov Jeremy Cole Training Captain Kauai Fire Department 808-241-4165 kfdtrain@kauai.gov	Course coordination plan
		May 20 - 22, 2022		Grand Island, Nebraska	Alan Joos Chief State Fire Marshal - Training Division 308-385-6893 alan.joos@nebraska.gov	Course coordination plan

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