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10-day on-campus
Management of Emergency Medical Services (R0150)

Curriculum: Emergency Medical Services

Discover the proven management techniques for dealing more effectively with day-to-day management issues to enhance the quality and overall effectiveness of an EMS operation in the fire service.


9/16/2024 - 9/27/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

10-day on-campus
Hazardous Materials Officer and Hazardous Materials Safety Officer (R0258)

Curriculum: Hazardous Materials

Utilizing a risk-based approach, learn to safely direct and coordinate hazardous materials/WMD incident response as either a hazardous materials officer or a hazardous materials safety officer.


9/16/2024 - 9/27/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

6-day on-campus
Exercise of Executive Leadership: Community (R5203)

Curriculum: Executive Fire Officer Program

Explore the whole community culture; the relationship between the self, the organization and the community; and the exercise of executive leadership to build trust and create inclusive community success.


9/15/2024 - 9/20/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

6-day on-campus
Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incident Command (R0243)

Curriculum: Hazardous Materials

Master the duties and responsibilities of the Incident Commander in hazardous materials emergencies including the implementation of a National Incident Management System-based Incident Command System.


9/8/2024 - 9/13/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

+ 1 more

6-day on-campus
Leadership Strategies for Community Risk Reduction (R0200)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Management

Learn how to prevent, reduce and mitigate community risk, including implementation of community risk reduction and health programs to include health risks caused by humans and natural disasters.


8/25/2024 - 8/30/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

6-day on-campus
Community Risk Reduction: A Policy Approach (R0670)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Management

Learn to create, evaluate and defend public policy in your community by understanding how codes and regulations can be used as a component of fire prevention and mitigation and overall risk reduction.


8/25/2024 - 8/30/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

6-day on-campus
Training and Professional Development Challenges for Fire and Emergency Services Leaders (R0389)

Curriculum: Training Programs

Managing Officers: Get introduced to contemporary training issues and methods including needs analysis, developing a plan training of instruction, training delivery and an outcome review process.


8/18/2024 - 8/23/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

10-day on-campus
Chemical Hazard Analysis for Risk-Based Response (R0233)

Curriculum: Hazardous Materials

Learn to assess risks to responders and the public and to function safely at the scene of a hazardous materials incident by understanding the nomenclature and basic chemistry of hazardous materials.


8/12/2024 - 8/23/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

10-day on-campus
Exercise of Executive Leadership: Self (R5201)

Curriculum: Executive Fire Officer Program

Explore the foundation of leadership in an immersive, educational experience with facilitated discussion and introspection to address the relationships of leadership for self, organization and community.


8/12/2024 - 8/23/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

+ 5 more

6-day on-campus
Analytical Tools for Decision-Making (R0387)

Curriculum: Planning & Information Management

Learn to leverage technology to support community risk reduction (planning, mitigation, and response and recovery operations) as well as fire and EMS emergency preparedness planning.


8/11/2024 - 8/16/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

6-day on-campus
Managing Effective Fire Prevention Programs (R0671)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Management

Learn to lead a fire prevention/risk-reduction bureau, including establishing bureau priorities, fostering cultural change, understanding power and influence, and managing organizational strategies.


8/4/2024 - 8/9/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

6-day on-campus
Demonstrating Your Community Risk Reduction Program's Worth (R0378)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Public Education

Master tools and skills for fire and injury prevention program evaluation with a systematic method to improve and account for evaluation actions with procedures that are feasible, ethical, accurate.


7/28/2024 - 8/2/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD