The United States Fire Administration, New York Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, and the Georgia Fire Academy announce:
The Georgia/New York State Firefighter Weekend – March 8-9, 2014
This is an excellent opportunity to attend the National Fire Academy, located in Emmitsburg, Maryland!
Register before January 7, 2014 to ensure a seat in a course.
Course Listing
W0121 – Politics and the White Helmet – This 2-day course is aimed at providing the chief officers in both fire service and EMS agencies with a overview of the ways to succeed and work within the local, county and state level political system to achieve positive results for their department. It will give the officer an improved insight into better ways to relate and speak to citizens and others to gain support and understanding of their needs for bond issues, tax votes, and general elections. Participants learn about successful approaches appropriate for government employees and volunteers. (Seating is limited to 21 Georgia students)
W0321 – Incident Command for Highrise Operations—This 2-day course is designed to assist emergency response officers who have responsibility for managing high-rise incidents. This includes organizing resources, developing strategies, and managing tactical operations to protect life and to minimize damage during an incident. (Seating is limited to 21 Georgia students)
W0730 – Health and Safety Officer—This 2-day course examines the Health and Safety Officer’s role in identifying, evaluating, and implementing policy and procedures that affect health and safety aspects for emergency responders. Risk analysis, wellness and other occupational safety issues will be the main emphasis of this course. (Seating is limited to 21 Georgia students)
W0209: Courtroom Preparation and Testimony for First Responders—This course will provide the necessary tools for all emergency responders who may be called upon for depositions and/or courtroom testimony relevant to facts witnessed on arrival at a scene as a first responder. It also will address the need to improve report-writing skills after witnessing an event, and oral presentation skills if asked to describe the event in a court of law. (Seating is limited to 9 Georgia students)
W0522: Exercising Leadership Through Difficult Conversations—The purpose of this course is to provide knowledge and skills for having difficult conversations to exercise leadership in addressing adaptive challenges. The goal of this course is for the participant to identify and apply skills for having difficult conversations as they relate to exercising leadership when addressing adaptive challenges. (Seating is limited to 9 Georgia students)
W0344: Methods of Enhancing Safety Education—This 2-day course is designed for those who coordinate or assist their organization in public education. The course does not teach people how to deliver safety programs; rather it supports efforts to enhance safety education in their organizations and in their communities. (Seating is limited to 9 Georgia students)
W0455: STICO –STICO is designed to meet the needs of Company Officers responsible for managing the operations of one or more companies during structural firefighting operations. STICO is designed to develop the management skills needed by company officers to accomplish assigned tactics at structure fires. (Seating is limited to 9 Georgia students)
W0457: DMICO—Decision Making for Initial Company Operations is designed to develop the decision making skills needed by Company Officers (COs) to accomplish assigned tactics at structure fires. All activities and scenarios used in this course are based on structure fires. As a Company Officer (CO) with the real possibility of being the first to arrive at an incident, the CO’s initial decisions will have an impact throughout the entire incident. It is vital that they be able to make good management decisions that have a favorable impact on the eventual outcome. In addition to a possible role as the initial Incident Commander (IC), the CO may well be assigned a subordinate position within the ICS organization. (Seating is limited to 9 Georgia students)
W0290: Training Ops for Small Departments –This 2-day course is designed to provide students with some basic tools and skills to coordinate training in a small fire/EMS organization. A training function in a smaller department typically may include conducting training drills and coordinating training with a nearby larger city or State training function. (Seating is limited to 9 Georgia students)
W0804: Leadership II—This 2-day course provides the company officer with the basic leadership skills and tools needed to perform effectively in the fire service environment. The course addresses ethics, use and abuse of power at the company officer level, creativity in the fire service environment, and management of the multiple roles of the company officer.(Seating is limited to 9 Georgia students)
W0729: Incident Safety Officer—This 2-day course examines the Safety Officer’s role at emergency responses. A specific focus on operations within an Incident Command System (ICS) as a Safety Officer is a main theme. Response to all-hazards types of situations will be emphasized. (Seating is limited to 9 Georgia students)
Download the brochure and application for additional information on how to register today!
