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6-day off-campus
Hazardous Materials Code Enforcement (O0615)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Technical, Hazardous Materials

Learn to recognize and analyze hazardous materials risk, classify the materials, and apply the codes, standards and regulations to prevent incidents and mitigate threats to life and property.


None scheduled

Multi-day/other
State Fire Training Director's Training (R0708)

Curriculum: Other

Learn the requirements and responsibilities of a state fire training director, including establishing, developing and delivering standardized training and education for a state's first responders.


None scheduled

6-day off-campus
Plans Review for Fire and Life Safety (O0393)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Technical

Learn to verify that construction documents comply with applicable building and fire codes for fire protection and life safety requirements, including reviews of architectural drawings and site plans.


None scheduled

6-day on-campus
Exercise of Executive Leadership: Organization (R5202)

Curriculum: Executive Fire Officer Program

Focus on leadership, strategic analysis and diversity issues for needs assessments within an organization to develop, grow and sustain success as a safe, healthy, prepared and resilient organization.


None scheduled

Online - Instructor Led
Fire and Life Safety Educator Fundamentals (M0591)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Public Education

Learn the skill set to successfully prepare for, present and evaluate a fire and life safety education presentation, including practical educational techniques to improve delivery and increase learning.


None scheduled

Online - Instructor Led
Effective Communications for Fire and EMS Success (M1000)

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
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

Online - Self-Study
Introduction to Strategic Community Risk Reduction (Q0841)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Public Education

Learn to identify the core components that build an effective community risk reduction (CRR) strategy and understand how the process can help foster safe, healthy, prepared and resilient communities.

6-day on-campus
Effective Communications for Fire and EMS Success (P1000)

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

Online - Self-Study
Introduction to Community Risk Assessment (Q0843)

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Public Education

Learn the components, benefits and processes of conducting risk assessments, including standardizing vocabulary, working with demographic and community data, and interacting with stakeholders.

10-day on-campus
Managing Emergency Medical Services (R0260)

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

Multi-day/other
All Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT) National-Tier Assessment Exercise (R0325)

Curriculum: All Hazards Incident Management Team

A 4-day test to evaluate the capabilities and performance abilities of AHIMTs to meet the National-Tier of the USFA 3-Tier, quantifying readiness metrics to respond to large-scale incidents.


None scheduled