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COURSES
Fire Officer Training 146 Fire Management 2A: Organizational Development and Human Relations Formerly: Fire Academy 262A, Fire Management 2A, Leadership and Effective Communication Unit(s): 0.8 Class Hours: 40 Laboratory total. Prerequisite: Fire Management 1 with a minimum grade of 80%. Students must bring documentation of prerequisites to first class meeting. Failure to comply will result in student being dropped. This course provides information on the foundations of 1) individual behavior, personality and emotions, motivational concepts, individual decision making; 2) group behavior, work teams, group dynamics, group communication, conflict and negotiations, power and politics, leadership and creating trust; and 3) organizational structure, human resources policies and practices, organizational culture, and organizational change and development. Fire Officer Training 147 Fire Management 2B: Fire Service Financial Management Formerly: Fire Academy 262B, Fire Management 2B: Financial Management Unit(s): 0.8 Class Hours: 40 Laboratory total. Prerequisite: Fire Management 1 with a mnimum grade of 80%. Students must bring documentation of prerequisites to first class meeting. Failure to comply will result in student being dropped. This course is designed to provide insight into the cyclical nature of budgeting and financial management. As a management course, the student will become familiar with essential elements of the financial planning, budget preparation, budget justification, and budget controls. Fire Officer Training 148 Fire Management 2C: Personnel and Labor Relations Formerly: Fire Academy 262C, Fire Management 2C, Personnel and Labor Relations Unit(s): 0.8 Class Hours: 40 Laboratory total. Prerequisite: Fire Management 1A and Fire Command 1B with a minimum grade of 80%. Students must bring documentation of prerequisites to first class meeting. Failure to comply will result in student being dropped. This course is designed to provide a fire manager with knowledge and insight of personnel, human resource, diversity management, legal mandates, labor relations, and related areas. Topics include areas of organizational development, productivity, recruitment and selection, performance systems, discipline, and collective bargaining.
Fire Officer Training 149 Fire Management 2D: Strategic Planning Formerly: Fire Academy 262D, Fire Management 2D, Master Planning Unit(s): 0.8 Class Hours: 40 Laboratory total. Designed to educate Chief Officers on the strategic planning process and why each of the steps is critical for success. This course will provide advice and tools to assist in the strategic planning process. This course is intended to be consistent with critical elements of the accreditation process and its associated self-assessment manual. Fire Officer Training 150 Fire Management 2E: Ethics and the Challenge of Leadership Formerly: Fire Academy 262E, Fire Management 2E, Contemporary Issues and Concepts Unit(s): 0.8 Class Hours: 40 Laboratory total. In this course, students will correlate personal core values and characteristics to ethical decisions and behaviors. Students will explore ethical and principle-centered leadership, including ethical systems, ethical dilemmas, and ethical decision-making models. Students will examine challenges and develop strategies for leading in public safety organizations serving diverse and dynamic communities. Fire Officer Training 151 Fire Command 2A: Command Tactics At Major Fires Formerly: Fire Academy 272A, Fire Command 2A, Command Tactics at Major Fires Unit(s): 0.8 Class Hours: 40 Laboratory total. Prerequisite: I-300, Intermediate ICS, with a pass and Fire Command 1A with a minimum grade of 80%. Students must bring documentation of prerequisites to first class meeting. Failure to comply will result in student being dropped. This course prepares the officer to use management techniques and the Incident Command System when commanding multiple alarms or large suppression forces.
Fire Officer Training 152 Fire Command 2B: Management of Major Hazardous Materials Incidents Formerly: Fire Academy 272B, Fire Command 2B, Management of Major Hazardous Materials Incidents Unit(s): 0.8 Class Hours: 40 Laboratory total. Prerequisite: Fire Command 1A with a minimum grade of 80%. Students must bring documentation of prerequisites to first class meeting. Failure to comply will result in student being dropped. This course provides Incident Commanders with the skills and competency necessary to mitigate an incident, initiate remedial action, and ensure the restoration of normal services with a comprehensive resource management approach. Fire Officer Training 153 Fire Command 2C: High-Rise Fire Fighting Tactics Formerly: Fire Academy 272C, Fire Command 2C, High-Rise Fire Tactics Unit(s): 0.8 Class Hours: 40 Laboratory total. Prerequisite: Fire Command 2A and 2B with a minimum grade of 80%. Students must bring documentation of prerequisites to first class meeting. Failure to comply will result in student being dropped. This course is delivered using a systematic approach and can be applied to both small and large high-rise buildings. Topics include prefire planning, building inventory, problem identification, ventilation methods, water supply, elevators, life safety, strategy and tactics, application of the ICS, and specific responsibilities. Fire Officer Training 154 Fire Command 2D: Planning for Large Scale Disasters Formerly: Fire Academy 272D, Fire Command 2D, Planning for Large Scale Disasters Unit(s): 0.8 Class Hours: 40 Laboratory total. Prerequisite: I-300, Intermediate ICS with a pass and Fire Command 2A with a minimum grade of 80%. Students must bring documentation of prerequisites to first class meeting. Failure to comply will result in student being dropped. This course includes principles of disaster planning and management, fire service emergency plans, emergency operation centers, case studies of various natural and man made disasters, roles of local, state and federal OES and emergency management agencies, discussion of multi-hazard planning techniques, ICS and SEMS concepts, and principles of exercising emergency management staffs.