Fire Service Financial Management R0333

This 10-day course provides attendees with the skills needed to effectively manage the fiscal activities of fire/EMS and emergency services organizations and the community. The program focuses on planning, developing, funding, and implementing budgets and the presentation of budgets and fiscal documents and programs to policy-makers, with a focus on evaluating the impact of changes in resource levels on performance goals and outcomes.

This is not an accounting course, but does utilize accounting concepts to support decision making and financial management to support organizational objectives. This is a course for fire/EMS, emergency service managers, community leaders, and others who need to tie capacity building and resource and resource allocation to community risk-reduction outcomes identified in their strategic-based or capability-based planning.

This course supports coalition building and collaboration to obtain prioritized needs, resource allocation, tracking to sustain updated strategies, and the delivery of community risk identification and preparedness programs.

At the conclusion of this course, attendees will be able to develop, implement, support, and manage the fiscal activities of their organization in support of organizational priorities.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to take the self-study course, Q0880 - Management Tools for Fire and Emergency Services Leaders available through NFA Online before attending this course.