FSLM 300 Fire Services Administration (5 credits)
Prerequisite Admittance in the BAS-FSLM Program.
Course Description
This course is designed to be a progressive primer for students who want more knowledge about fire and emergency services administration. The course demonstrates the importance of the following skills that are necessary to manage and lead a fire and emergency services department through the challenges and changes of the 21st century: persuasion and influence, accountable budgeting, anticipation of challenges and the need for change, and using specific management tools for analyzing and solving problems. A central part of the course focuses on how the leadership of a fire and emergency services department develops internal and external cooperation to create a coordinated approach to achieving the department’s mission.
Course Content
A. Leading and Managing Purposefully with a Community Approach
B. Core Administrative Skills
C. Planning and Implementation
D. Leading Change
E. CRM — A 21st Century FESA Responsibility
Student Outcomes
1. Define and discuss the elements of effective departmental organization.
2. Classify what training and skills are needed to establish departmental organization.
3. Analyze the value of a community-related approach to risk reduction.
4. Outline the priorities of a budget-planning document, while anticipating the diverse needs of a community.
5. Assess the importance of positively influencing community leaders by demonstrating effective leadership.
6. Analyze the concept of change and the need to be aware of future trends in fire management.
7. Report on the importance of communications technology, fire service networks, and the Internet when conducting problem-solving analysis and managing trends.
8. Develop a clear understanding of the national assessment models and their respective approaches to certification.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Fire Administration Evaluate industry standard administrative techniques as they relate to organizational management in fire service settings. Core Abilities: Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking (CCRT) - Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions. Effective Communication (EC) - Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
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