91 - Fire Service Administration

This course focuses on the history and contemporary practices of fire service management. This course will cover the responsibilities of the fire service and the issues associated with managing these responsibilities. Emphasis will be placed on interagency communication and collaboration for protecting the community. Management theories, approaches and concepts will be introduced. A review of resources for assisting managers will be examined. Relevant research relating to fire service administration will be introduced.

This course examines the problems associated with community protection that involves the planning, development, and intervention of the fire service. The concept of risk management and interagency cooperation and collaboration will be explored. Emergency preparedness will be emphasized. Concepts of decision making will be taught. The importance of leadership will be covered.

This course examines the issues and problems associated with work force management. It focuses on issues that involve labor unions and labor contracts within fire service organizations. It will examine labor laws and the constraints of management within fire service organizations. A historical review of labor management relations will be studied.

This course will focus on ethics and standards of conduct expected in the fire service. The general study of ethics will be introduced with emphasis on conduct in the fire service. Management challenges regarding employee ethics will be reviewed and discussed. The course will address the effect ethics has on the culture of the organizations.

This course will focus on the planning and development of community fire service plans. The planning will involve community protection from fire and other dangers resulting from hazardous materials in the environment. The emphasis is on planning to preclude potential harm to property and citizens of the community. Interagency collaboration is also emphasized as a means of effective planning.

This course will analyze current issues and trends in the fire service. The issues of personnel, legal, regulatory, political, economic, and public policy issues will be studied. The relationship of these issues to the performance of the fire service will be examined.

Examines the administrative functions related to the delivery of emergency medical services. A focus will be on review of related literature regarding emergency medical services. Also, models of effective emergency medical systems will be examined. Students will learn planning and budgeting for emergency medical systems.

This course will examine the principles of personnel management. It will focus on personnel laws, regulations, equal employment opportunity, diversity management, recruitment, hiring, employee discipline, performance evaluation systems, employee promotions and awards.

The focus of this course will be on legal issues relating to the fire service. State and federal laws will be examined. Recent case law relating to the fire service will be reviewed. Students will learn and identify laws that impact the management of fire service. Legal liability issues will be studied. The impact of past and recent legal decisions on the management of the fire service will be examined.

This course will examine principles of financial management from the perspective of a fire service administrator. Concepts of budgeting and planning will be introduced. Political constraints will also be examined. Fiscal problems in the fire service will be explored with emphasis on developing solutions.

Basic principles of research methods will be studied in this course. A survey of fire service research will be studied. Focus on the practical application of fire research will be emphasized.