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Standardizing Professional Development for the Fire and Emergency Services

Standardizing Professional Development for the Fire and Emergency Services. Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) Program. Mission

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Standardizing Professional Development for the Fire and Emergency Services

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  1. Standardizing Professional Development for the Fire and Emergency Services

  2. Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) Program Mission Establish an organization of post-secondary institutions to promote higher education and to enhance the recognition of the fire and emergency services as a profession to reduce loss of life and property from fire and other hazards.

  3. Is This You? • Have taken many college courses, including fire science and/or general education • Have taken many state, local and NFA training courses • Have achieved various levels of certification AND • All combined, these efforts have moved your fire service professional development in a unified, coherent and planned way?

  4. A Public's Right to Ask As citizens expect their tax dollars to be spent wisely, the public has the right to ask: How many times should the fire department pay for a fire officer to accomplish the same job-related competency?

  5. Have taken the “right” college courses, including fire science and general education Have taken many state, local and NFA training courses, knowing how they fit in a professional development plan or not Have achieved various certifications with little duplications of effort AND All combined, these efforts have moved fire service professional development in a unified, coherent and planned way. Where are we going?

  6. “Inter-operability for Fire Service Professional Development” • The imperative for inter-operability of radios and hoses so that they connect and work together is matched by the need for training, education and certification entities to do the same.

  7. FESHE Strategic Goals Working collaboratively, the professional development community will produce a: • National model for an integrated, competency-based system of fire and emergency services professional development • National model for an integrated system of higher education from associate's-to-doctoral degrees • Well-trained and academically-educated fire and emergency services preparing the nation for all hazards

  8. Applying Inter-Operability to Professional Development by Standardizing: • Fire Science Courses:FESHE Model Curriculum • General Education Courses:Building Competency-Based FESHE Programs: Recommended Under- and Post-Graduate Courses and Competencies • Standardizing Crosswalks:National Professional Development Matrix

  9. Professional DevelopmentModel for the Fire andEmergency Services

  10. Developed by the U.S. Fire Administration/National Fire Academy's Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education network. For more information please visit www.usfa.fema.gov/fire-service/nfa/higher-ed/he.shtm

  11. Fire Prevention Professional Development Model

  12. Standardized Education: FESHE Model Associate's and Bachelor's Courses

  13. Core Curriculum Fire Prevention Building Construction for Fire Protection Fire Protection Hydraulics and Water Supply Fire Protection Systems Principles of Emergency Services Fire Behavior and Combustion Non-Core Curriculum Occupational Health and Safety Legal Aspects Hazardous Materials Chemistry Strategy and Tactics Intro to F & ES Admin Fire Investigation I (First Responders) Fire Investigation II (Investigators) FESHE Associate's Courses:Fire Science

  14. Fire Prevention Fire and Life Safety Education Fire Inspection Principles Plans Review Fire Protection Engineering Advanced Concepts in Structural Fire Protection Systems Human Behavior in Fire Performance-Based Design New Concentrations for Associate's Programs

  15. FESHE Support ofNFFF's Everyone Goes HomeCampaign 1) Two New LODD courses: Associate's - Principles of FF Health & Safety Bachelor's – Advanced Principles of FF Safety and Survival 2) Walk of Honor Brick Campaign 3) Change Culture through Education

  16. Core Curriculum Community Risk Reduction for the Fire Service Applications of Fire Research Fire & Emergency Services Administration Analytical Approaches to Public Fire Protection Fire Prevention Organization & Management Personnel Management for the Fire & Emergency Services Non-Core Curriculum Fire Protection Structures & Systems Design Managerial Issues in Hazardous Materials Disaster Planning & Control Political & Legal Foundations of Fire Protection Fire Dynamics Fire Investigation & Analysis Fire Related Human Behavior FESHE Bachelor's Courses:Fire Administration/Prevention Technology

  17. Foundations of EMS Systems EMS Operations & Administration Injury & Illness Prevention in the Community EMS Quality and Performance Management Legal, Political and Regulatory Environment of EMS Safety and Risk Management Non-Core Curriculum EMS Educator EMS Public Information, Education & Relations Management of Transport Services http://home.gwu.edu/~mikeward/FESHE_EMS.html FESHE Baccalaureate Courses: EMS ManagementCore Curriculum

  18. A National, Standardized Undergraduate Program for the Fire and Emergency Services

  19. CRR AAPFP FRHB PMFES AFR FIA FP FP/ FPE Conc FH&WS FI-II PFHS OHS PES National FESHE Degree Model Baccalaureate (DDP) APFSS FPOM FPSS FESA FD DFDP PLFFP MIHM S&T FPS LA FI-I FB&C HMC IFES Associate's BC Non-Core Courses Core Courses

  20. The National Professional Development Matrix

  21. National Professional Development Matrix:Purpose • Moves Professional Development Model from concept to reality • Designed for training and certification agencies and academic fire programs to assist the emergency services personnel they serve in their professional development planning

  22. National Professional Development Matrix Supervisory Fire Officer (FO I) Fire Prevention Officer

  23. National Professional Development Matrix Managing Fire Officer (FO II) Fire Prevention Officer

  24. National Professional Development Matrix Administrative Fire Officer (FO III) Fire Prevention Officer

  25. National Professional Development Matrix Executive Fire Officer (FO IV) Fire Prevention Officer

  26. What the Future Holds • The primary service providers: -training agencies-certification offices-academic fire programs have: -united together to eliminate duplications of effort for fire service personnel -enabled a holistic approach to an integrated education and training plan that brings the combination of “theory and practice” to Fire Officer/Prevention-related development

  27. What the Future Holds continued • States will convene Professional Development summits comprising of:-fire departments-academic fire programs-State associations -other key stakeholders to: -customize the Matrix with their own training and college courses-transpose competencies to State's JPRs -decide how to document sufficient Fire Officer/Prevention-related test preparation, e.g. transcripts, certificates, etc.

  28. For More Information Write to: Fema-FESHE@dhs.gov Visit the FESHE Web Page: www.usfa.dhs.gov/nfa/higher_ed/

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