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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Develops an understanding of fire department organization, including fire defenses and insurance ratings, organization of fire suppression and prevention, the fire department and the municipality, inter-municipality for fire services. A pre- or post- session project will be assigned as part of this course.
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3.00 Credits
The budget process; taxation and assessments; operations planning; financial aid and grant programs; allotment of resources; analysis of expenditures and productivity; management information systems. A pre- or post-session project will be assigned as part of this course.
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3.00 Credits
Federal and state laws, codes and ordinances; legal responsibilities of fire service agencies; liabilities and civil law; enforcement procedures and police powers. A pre- or post-session project will be assigned as part of this course.
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5.00 Credits
Progressive primer for students who want more knowledge about fire and emergency services administration. Course demonstrates the important skills necessary to manage and lead a fire and emergency services department through the challenges and changes of the 21st century.
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5.00 Credits
The systems approach to public fire protection services, including fire suppression and prevention systems. Information gathering, analysis, presentation, and interpretation; simulation; resource allocation; planning; evaluation; writing objectives. Illustrative case studies and models.
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5.00 Credits
Examines personnel practices and management procedures. Investigates collective bargaining, binding arbitration, applicable legislative procedures and administrative and supervisory procedures. Other topics include promotion, personnel development, career, and incentive systems and the validation of physical and mental requirements.
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5.00 Credits
Examination and evaluation of the techniques, procedures, programs and agencies involved with fire prevention. Consideration of related governmental inspection/education procedures. Interaction within the fire service department between protection, inspection, education and prevention procedures. Licenses and permits, zoning, legal aspects, inspections and investigations.
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5.00 Credits
Dynamics of human behavior in fire incidents related to fire prevention practices, programs, codes and ordinances. Understanding of the concepts of role, personal invulnerability, risk and group dynamics, as related to design aspects of buildings and the mitigation of the effects of fire in the modern society. The psychological effects of communications during emergencies and the conduct of post-fire interviews.
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5.00 Credits
Concept and principles of community risk assessment, planning and response to fires, natural and man-made disasters, including National Incident Management System-Incident Command Systems (NIMS ICS), mutual aid and automatic response, training and preparedness, communications, civil disturbances, terrorist threats/incidents, hazardous materials planning, mass casualty incidents, earthquake preparedness, and disaster mitigation and recovery.
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5.00 Credits
The legal basis for the police power of government related to public safety. Legal limitations and responsibility. Liability of fire prevention organizations and personnel. Review of judicial decisions. Implications of product liability cases in fire prevention.
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