Western Oregon University - Now Registering - Fall Term 2010 - Fire Services Administration Courses Degrees At A Distance Program Courses - October 15, 2010 through January 31, 2011 FSA 323* Fire and Emergency Services Administration, 5 credits - Online 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 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, the need for change, and the use of 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. Instructor: Glen Maddess - Tuition: $595. FSA 324* Analytic Approaches to Public Fire Protection, 5 credits - Online An introduction to systems analysis procedures and applications in fire protection. Topics include: systems thinking; public fire protection; statistical analysis using graphs and spread sheets; statistical concepts and their application to the fire service; system models; gathering and presenting data; fire incident analysis; fire department financial analysis; fire department performance surveys; using results; and public fire protection. Instructor: Glen Maddess - Tuition: $595 FSA 325* Personnel Management for the Fire Service, 5 credits - Online Examines relationships and issues in personnel administration and human resource development within the context of fire-related organizations. Topics include: personnel management and organizational development; motivation and individual productivity; recruitment and selection; job promotion process; training and education; performance management systems discipline; organizational productivity; compensation and benefits; employee and labor relations; collective bargaining and labor agreements; and contemporary issues and trends in managing people and programs. Instructor: Karen Zucco-Gatlin - Tuition: $595. FSA 326* Fire Prevention Organization and Management, 5 credits - Online Examines techniques, procedures, programs, and agencies involved with fire prevention. Topics include: background and concepts of fire prevention; governmental and non-governmental fire prevention functions; organizing local government fire prevention efforts; preparing fire prevention personnel; fire prevention through building and other fire safety-related codes; fire prevention through code enforcement; effective fire prevention inspection; human reactions to fire situations; public fire safety education; research in fire prevention; international fire prevention practice; evaluation of fire safety efforts; post-fire efforts and cause determination; and pre-fire and post-fire arson efforts. Instructor: TBD - Tuition: $595. FSA 327 Fire-Related Human Behavior, 5 credits - Online Examines human behavior in fires and disasters, arson, fire fighting, code compliance, and public fire education. Topics include: individual and group response during fire emergencies; fire's impact on individual families and the community; juvenile fire setters; arson; special populations; the psychological impact of fire on firefighters; interviewing victims and witnesses; compliance and codes; high-rise buildings; warning systems; systems approach to fire emergencies; and systematic approach to fire prevention and education. Instructor: Jerry Renfro - Tuition: $595. FSA 328* Disaster Planning and Control, 5 credits - Online Examines concepts and principles of community risk assessment, planning, and response to fires, and natural and man-made disasters, including National Incident Management System - Incident Command Systems (NIMS ICS), mutual aid and automatic response, training and preparedness, communications, civil disturbances, terrorist threats/incidents, hazardous materials planning, mass casualty incidents, earthquake preparedness, and disaster mitigation and recovery. Instructor: Beverley Walker - Tuition: $595. FSA 329* Political and Legal Foundations of Fire Protection, 5 credits - Correspondence Examines the legal, political and social aspects of the government's role in public safety. Topics include: the American legal system; legal processes; legal basis for the fire service; tort liability; negligence and fire suppression; safety; negligent operation; legal basis for fire safety regulation; code enforcement; investigation and prosecution; public sector personnel protection systems; fair compensation; involuntary terminations; duty owed to the firefighter; and managing the legal environment. Instructor: Bill Lowe - Tuition: $595. FSA 330 Fire Protection Structures and Systems, 5 credits - Online Examines the underlying principles involved in structural fire protection systems, building furnishings, and fire protection systems including water-based fire suppressions systems, fire alarm and detection systems, special hazard suppression systems, and smoke management systems. Instructor: Michael Bell - Tuition: $595. FSA 331 Community Risk Reduction for the Fire and Emergency Services, 5 credits Provides a theoretical framework for the understanding of the ethical, sociological, organizational, political, and legal components of community risk reduction, and a methodology for the development of a comprehensive community risk reduction plan. Instructor: TBA - Tuition: $595. FSA 332 Fire Investigation and Analysis, 5 credits - Online Examines the technical, investigative, legal, and social aspects of arson, including principles of incendiary fire analysis and detection, environmental and psychological factors of arson, legal considerations, intervention, and mitigation strategies. Instructor: Lynn Davis - Tuition: $595 FSA 333 Applications of Fire Research, 5 credits - Online Examines the rationale for conducting fire protection research activities and applications. Topics include: fire dynamics and fire safety properties; fire test standards and codes; fire modeling; structural fire safety; automatic detections and suppression; life safety; transportation fire hazards; risk analysis and loss control; firefighter health and safety; fire service applied research, and trends in fire-related research. Instructor: Glen Maddess - Tuition: $595 FSA 334 Fire Dynamics, 5 credits - Online Examines fire dynamics within the context of fire fighting and its applications to fire situations. Topics include: chemistry, physical processes and fluid dynamics; fire and combustion; explosions; ignition and flame spread; flames and fire plumes; pre- and post-flashover compartment fires; smoke movement; fire suppression; fire dynamics applications to building codes and large-loss fires; special hazards; and fire modeling and trends in fire dynamics. Instructor: Joe Guarnera - Tuition: $595 FSA 335 Emergency Medical Services Administration, 3 credits An overview of the management of emergency medical services including organization, budget determination, purchasing and communication. Emphasis on directing and delegation of decision making including managing stress. Prerequisite: EMT-1 or equivalent. Instructor: Glen Maddess - Tuition/Text: $365. FSA 336 Managerial Issues of Hazardous Materials, 5 credits - Online Examines federal and state regulations concerning hazardous materials. Topics include: health and safety; the hazardous materials management system; the incident command system; politics of hazmat incident management; site management and control; hazard and risk evaluation; personal protective clothing and equipment; and information management and resource coordination. Instructor: Michael Bell - Tuition: $595 Call WOU to register 503-838-8690 or 800-451-5767 opt 2 Fire Services Administration Office - Western Oregon University 503-838-8690 or 800-451-5767 www.wou.edu/fsa fsa@wou.edu |
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