FIRE 279 - Fire Services Safety & Survival

• Fulfills Think General Education Requirement

1. Understand the need for cultural and behavioral change within the industry relating to safety, incorporating leadership, supervision, personal & organizational accountability and personal responsibility.
2. Define how the concepts of risk management affect strategic and tactical decision-making.
3. Describe and evaluate circumstances that might constitute an unsafe act and explain the concept of empowering all emergency services personnel to stop unsafe acts.
4. Validate the need for national training standards as they correlate to professional development inclusive of qualifications, certifications, and re-certifications.
5. Defend the need for annual medical evaluations and the establishment of physical fitness criteria for emergency services personnel throughout their careers.
6. Explain vital roles of local agencies in national research and data collection systems. Illustrate how technological advancements can produce higher levels of industry safety & survival.
7. Explain the importance of investigating near-misses, injuries and fatalities and how incorporating lessons learned from investigations can support cultural change throughout the industry.
8. Formulate an awareness of how adopting standardized policies for responding to emergency scenes can minimize near-misses, injuries and deaths.
9. Explain how the increase in violent incidents impacts safety for emergency services personnel when responding to emergency scenes.
10. Recognize the need for counseling and psychological support for emergency services personnel when responding to emergency scenes.
11. Explain the importance of safety in the design of apparatus and equipment.
12. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Students will understand how hostile fire conditions develop that threaten the public and emergency responders.

1. History of fire service safety culture. History of line of duty deaths.
2. Defining nature of fire services safety problem. The national context of health & safety.
3. Training, equipment, response. Organizational health and safety profile.
4. Risk Management. Prevention.