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53 courses match your search.

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2-day off-campus
EMS Functions in ICS (O0166)

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.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
EMS Functions in ICS (F0166)

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.


None scheduled

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

Online - Self-Study
Testing and Evaluation of Water Supplies for Fire Protection (Q0218)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Technical

Learn about testing and evaluating available water supply systems for fire suppression activities, including on-site water storage systems and water supply for sprinklers and standpipe systems.

10-day on-campus
Fire Service Financial Management (R0333)

Curriculum: Planning & Information Management

Learn the skills to manage the fiscal activities of fire and EMS organizations, including planning, developing, funding and implementing budgets and presenting budgets, fiscal documents and programs.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
Campus Fire and Life Safety III: Codes and Systems (F0195)

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
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 off-campus
Training Operations in Small Departments (O0290)

Curriculum: Training Programs

Learn the basic skills to coordinate training in a small fire/EMS organization, including conducting training drills and coordinating training with a nearby larger city or state training function.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
Residential Sprinkler Plan Review (O0142)

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.


None scheduled

6-day on-campus
Management and Planning of Specialized Operations for EMS (R0168)

Curriculum: Emergency Medical Services

Learn to manage EMS components of planned events and complex incidents, including identifying potential hazards and resource needs, supporting specialized operations, and developing incident action plans.


None scheduled

2-day off-campus
Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership to Facilitate Adaptive Change (O0521)

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).


None scheduled

10-day on-campus NEW
Managing Emergency Medical Services (P0260)

Curriculum: Emergency Medical Services

Learn to effectively deal with day-to-day management issues that supervisory-level fire service EMS managers encounter, including quality improvement techniques, personnel and resource management.


None scheduled