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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
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

6-day on-campus
Emergency Medical Services: Quality Management (R0158)

Curriculum: Emergency Medical Services

Learn how to create, implement and maintain a department's quality management program, including best practices of quality assurance and improvement, process improvement, and data collection and analysis.


6/23/2024 - 6/28/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

Canceled

+ 1 more

6-day on-campus
Safety Program Operations (R0154)

Curriculum: Responder Health and Safety

Learn strategies for reducing firefighter fatalities and injuries with the health and safety aspects of emergency services operations, including policies and responsibilities for program management.


5/19/2024 - 5/24/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

Availability: Wait List Opportunity

+ 1 more

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

6-day on-campus
Emergency Medical Services: Incident Operations (R0147)

Curriculum: Emergency Medical Services

Master the Incident Command System (ICS) and incident command techniques (strategy, tactics and action plans) for management of medium to large incidents involving multiple sick or injured patients.


6/23/2024 - 6/28/2024
in Emmitsburg, MD

Availability: Vacancies

+ 2 more

Multi-day/other
Executive Fire Officer Program Symposium (R0120)

Curriculum: Executive Fire Officer Program

Graduates of the NFA’s Executive Fire Officer (EFO) program gather annually to discuss the ever-changing demands of the dynamic communities in which they serve.


None scheduled

Multi-day/other
EFO Symposium Staff Ride (R0119)

Curriculum: Executive Fire Officer Program


None scheduled

Online - Self-Study
NWCG L-180, Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service (Q0902 - L180)

Curriculum:

Gain insights while learning about human performance concepts as part of basic wildland firefighter training, including decision-making skills as a member of a fire crew in a variety of scenarios.

Online - Self-Study
NWCG S-190, Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (Q0901 - S190)

Curriculum:

Learn key details about the primary factors affecting the start and spread of wildfires and the recognition of potentially hazardous situations and how to respond to those factors and situations.

Online - Self-Study
NWCG S-130, Firefighter Training (Wildland) (Q0900 - S130)

Curriculum: Other

Learn the concepts and foundational skills universal to all wildland firefighters and get evaluated by demonstrating them in an instructor-led exercise for certification and/or further training.

Online - Self-Study
Foundations of Leadership and Operations for the Company Officer (Q0891)

Curriculum: Incident Management

Learn the foundation for company officers and the requisite knowledge to assume the responsibilities of a company officer.