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NFA Course Catalog

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12 courses match your search.

Filters: offering starts 6/15/2024  offering ends 6/16/2024  2-day on-campus
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Building Organizational Support for Community Risk Reduction (W0636)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Management

Learn about community risk reduction and how to build organizational support for it, including addressing the challenges for fire departments in shifting their priorities from response to prevention.


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

2-day on-campus
Command and Control for Company-Level Operations (W0296)

Curriculum: Incident Management

Company officers (or those aspiring to be) will learn practical information including preplanning, managing incidents, operational communications, safety and other critical aspects of the job.


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

2-day on-campus
Command and Control of Wildland Urban Interface Fire Operations for the Structural Chief Officer (W0612)

Curriculum: Incident Management, Wildland Urban Interface

Master the essential tools and skills necessary to operate safely in a wildland urban interface incident, including interface incidents, fire behavior, and safety and operational considerations.


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

2-day on-campus
Fire Investigation: Fire as a Weapon (W0756)

Curriculum: Fire Investigation


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

2-day on-campus
Fire Investigation: First Responders (W0770)

Curriculum: Fire Investigation

Review the basics of fire chemistry and develop an understanding of the role of the first responder in relation to fire suppression and investigation, including evidence identification and preservation.


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

2-day on-campus
Incident Safety Officer (W0729)

Curriculum: Responder Health and Safety

Learn the details of the safety officer's role and responsibilities at emergency responses to all-hazards types of situations, with focus on operations within an Incident Command System (ICS).


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

2-day on-campus
Initial Response to Terrorism: Basic Concepts (W0443)

Curriculum: Emergency Response to Terrorism


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

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.


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

2-day on-campus
Leadership in Supervision: Perspectives in Thinking (W0647)

Curriculum: Leadership and Executive Development

Supervisors can gain a conceptual foundation for success in leadership roles by exploring creative, analytical, political and critical thinking perspectives, such as fostering creativity and innovation.


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

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

2-day on-campus
Youth Firesetting Intervention Specialist (W0633)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Management

Learn how identification, intake, screening, disposition and follow-up are used to mitigate youth firesetting behavior, including understanding the driving motivations behind youth firesetting.


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