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54 courses match your search.

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2-day on-campus
Leadership in Supervision: Frameworks to Success (W0648)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Supervisors can learn leadership skills and tools needed to perform effectively in the fire/EMS environment, including professionalism, resilience, emotional intelligence and situational awareness.


7/13/2024 - 7/14/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

+ 2 more

2-day on-campus
Leadership in Supervision: Creating Environments for Professional Growth (W0646)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Supervisors can learn the basic leadership skills and tools needed for effective performance in the fire/EMS environment, including adaptive leadership, change management and effective communication.


4/27/2024 - 4/28/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

Canceled

+ 2 more

2-day on-campus
Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership to Facilitate Adaptive Change (W0521)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Develop an understanding of skills associated with exercising leadership to resolve adaptive problems (those problems where the solution is either unknown or requires significant change, or both).


7/13/2024 - 7/14/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

+ 1 more

2-day on-campus
Campus Fire and Life Safety III: Codes and Systems (W0195)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Technical

Learn to identify and mitigate common campus fire and life safety risks, as well as understand the basic components and operation of active and passive fire protection and life safety systems.


None scheduled

2-day on-campus
EMS Functions in ICS (W0166)

Curriculum: Emergency Medical Services

Learn to structure EMS resources within the guidance of the National Incident Management System ICS and in coordination with other public safety responders as appropriate for various incident types.


6/29/2024 - 6/30/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

+ 3 more

2-day on-campus
Supervising Emergency Medical Services (SEMS) (W0146)

Curriculum: Emergency Medical Services

Moving from EMS provider to EMS supervisor? Attend this course to get the knowledge, skills and abilities you need to navigate EMS management issues and challenges.


6/15/2024 - 6/16/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

+ 1 more

2-day on-campus
Residential Sprinkler Plan Review (W0142)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Technical

Learn the approval process for residential sprinkler systems for fire preventative safety, including systems for 1- and 2-family dwellings, manufactured homes, and low-rise residential occupancies.


7/20/2024 - 7/21/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

6-day on-campus
Effective Communications for Fire and EMS Success (R1000)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Learn the theories, skills and practices of effective verbal and written communication essential to managing organizational, operational and crisis situations. Also covered: barriers to communication.


None scheduled

6-day on-campus
Fire Investigation: Electrical Systems (R0776)

Curriculum: Fire Investigation

Learn the skills essential for the effective investigation and evaluation of fires involving potential electrical fire causes, including the evaluation of electrical systems and associated components.


5/12/2024 - 5/17/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

Availability: Wait List Opportunity

+ 1 more

6-day on-campus
Leadership in Supervision (R0645)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Learn the basic leadership skills and tools to perform effectively in the fire/EMS environment, to transition to supervisory and leadership roles, and to establish a foundation for future success.


4/7/2024 - 4/12/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

Availability: Wait List Opportunity

+ 4 more

6-day on-campus
Emergency Resource Deployment Planning Standards of Coverage (SOC) (R0492)

Curriculum: Planning & Information Management

Learn how to use national fire incident data and analysis tools to develop models to meet community performance and outcome standards and to guide discussions about providing fire protection and EMS.


None scheduled

6-day on-campus
Fire and Emergency Services Training Program Management (R0445)

Curriculum: Training Programs

Training officers will learn the essential tools and skills to lead and manage the training function in fire/EMS organizations, including program planning, presentation skills, performance evaluation.


6/16/2024 - 6/21/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

Availability: Wait List Opportunity

+ 1 more