Company Officer

Description:

This course is designed to meet NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualities (2003 edition), for Fire Officer I. Throughout this course, students will participate in various classroom activities and exercises designed to reinforce the lectures. Topics will include the company officer’s role, effective communications, management of resources, leadership, personnel safety, fire prevention, and investigation and planning. Students will be required to complete a class project that will be due within 2 months after conclusion of the course.

This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.

Description:

This course is designed to meet NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualities (2003 edition), for Fire Officer II. Throughout this course, students will participate in various classroom activities, case studies, and exercises designed to reinforce the lectures. Topics will include the making of laws and a look at Missouri fire statutes; human resource management including budget preparation, employee appraisal, and media release information; handling multi-agency incidents; fire protection systems and occupancy classifications; process for conducting fire investigations; and identifying unsafe work practices and taking appropriate actions to prevent reoccurrences. Students will be required to complete a class project that will be due within 2 months after conclusion of the course.

This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.

Description:

This course is designed to assist emergency response officers who have responsibility for managing highrise incidents. This includes organizing resources, developing strategies, and managing tactical operations to protect life and to minimize damage during an incident. Students attending should have a working knowledge of basic Incident Command System organization; working knowledge of strategy and tactics for structural firefighting; knowledge of building construction; and understanding of the type of building systems existing in highrise buildings.

Description:

This course covers basic definitions, concepts, and systems used within the emergency management discipline. It will cover the identification of hazards and risks, as well as activities found within the four phases of emergency management. It also will address federal, state, and local roles and responsibilities in a major disaster, with an emphasis on government coordination and solutions to complicated problems that frequently arise in disasters. This 2-day course is designed for firefighters, local jurisdiction officials, emergency managers, volunteers, and other emergency service personnel.

This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.

Description:

Revised in 2005
This course will examine the rapid changes that have taken place in the field of fire prevention in the past decade. The course will provide a broad framework for students who have little or no experience in fire inspections, as well as introduce them to inspection practices and procedures, including a practical application in which they will perform an actual fire inspection. This course is designed for fire company personnel who are responsible for conducting fire and life-safety inspections or for full-time inspection personnel who have less than 6 months of experience.

Description:

This course will address the functions of command within an Incident Command System (ICS). The focus will be both on activating the necessary elements on the prolonged incident and on documentation to assist in the incident. Discussion will include the responsibilities of each section chief and the various branch, division, group, and unit leaders, as well as a short review of ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). This course will provide a valuable command learning experience in a “real-time” learning environment. The course is highly recommended for emergency response personnel interested in learning how to effectively operate within a fully functional ICS.

This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.

Description:

This course meets the needs of emergency response personnel who are responsible for implementing and/or functioning within a departmental Incident Command System (ICS). This course will cover the need for ICS, an overview of the structure and expandable nature of ICS, the command skills needed by departmental officers to effectively use ICS guidelines, and an overview of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). In addition, students will have an opportunity to practice applying an ICS to a scenario and will be given resource information about how to set up and implement an ICS.

Description:

This course is designed to develop a better understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a Company Officer in preparing their company for incident operations. In addition, to clarify the transition from firefighter to company officer and the new roles relating to leadership and safety. This course is designed for company officers, acting company officers, or senior firefighters responsible for the management of a single fire company at an emergency incident. Those officers who are responsible for company readiness, personnel safety, and leadership as it relates to company operation. (Formerly Managing Company Tactical Operations: Preparation)

Description:

This course will provide an effective approach to command decision making and organization. This course was designed to meet the needs of fire officers and crew leaders with the responsibility of managing one or more companies in structural firefighting operations. The focus of this course will be a review of the command sequence and an overview of the Incident Command System (ICS) for structural firefighting. Topics will include the command sequence, size-up, developing and implementing an incident action plan, and an introduction to the ICS.

Description:

This course will focus on the skills and techniques that mid-level mangers need in order to provide effective leadership and direction for their fire departments. Students will focus on identifying opportunities, including methods to reframe problems accurately. Students also will solve problems as groups, rather than continually using the traditional fire service groups. Other topics discussed will include brain writing and whole-brain thinking, problem solving strategies, benchmarks, and the need to use resources outside the fire department and government. Finally, students will focus on the how and why it is important to quantify, justify, and communicate decisions in order to implement them effectively.