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NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY INSTRUCTOR NEWSLETTER

 

APRIL 2014

 

 

Instructor Guide (updated versions): Please check your dashboard - the following IGs have been updated recently (March 2014):

 

R0378 – Demonstrating Your Fire Prevention Program’s Worth 

F/W0610:  Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting for Structural Company Officers

R/N0132:  Fire and Life Safety Plans Review

R/N0335:  Administration of Public Assistance for Community Recovery

W0349:  Firefighter Safety & Survival: Who Protects Firefighters from Firefighters?

R/N0152:  EMS Special Operations           

R0306:  Executive Analysis of Fire Service Operations in Emergency Management

R0308:  Command and Control of Fire Department Operations at Natural and Man-Made Disasters

R0353:  Community Education Leadership

R/N0671:  Managing Effective Fire Prevention Programs

If you have any questions regarding the course, or content contained in the IG, please contact the Training Specialist responsible for that curriculum area. 

Managing Officer Program: The Fire Administrator will soon be announcing a new program at the NFA, Managing Officer Program (M-O-P). The program is designed for first line to mid-level officers, and is modeled after the Executive Fire Officer Program, though the programs will not be related. The audience for the M-O-P is managers in fire and EMS, Fire Marshals, Public Educators and others involved in community public mitigation, prevention and response.

 

Students will be required to have an associate’s degree (regional or national accredited) or have completed 60 credits toward a bachelor’s degree and take a yet-to-be-determined number of on-line courses, classroom-based courses through their State Training system, and four 6-day, back-to-back, resident courses in Emmitsburg. Upon completion of the coursework, they will be required to complete a yet-to-be-determined project in their home departments. The project will be approved, supervised and evaluated by the head of their department.

 

We anticipate that the courses and admissions requirements will be determined at our next Board of Visitors meeting in April, after which the Fire Administrator will make the public announcement and specify the course and admissions requirements. The application period for the program will open October 15, close December 15, 2014 and we will admit our first class of 150 students in April, 2015. We’ll keep you posted as news becomes available.

 

Instructor Copiers: We have had a significant and expensive increase in the number of copies produced on our instructor copiers in J Building (J-112A and J-246). We understand you have copying needs, so please contact the Training Specialist for the course, and we can arrange to have large print jobs completed prior to the class. Please contact the Training Specialist at least three weeks in advance of the class so the contract staff has time to complete the printing jobs.   Additional NFA materials are available upon request; you may contact the NFA Training Specialist. Please remember, you are not permitted to add course content without the Training Specialist’s authorization. If it is important for one class session, we want to capture it for all. Also, copyrighted materials are not permitted to be copied.

Java Issues with NFAOnline: As reported in last month’s newsletter, we are experiencing some issues with accessing NFAOnline. Attached is a document which will help assist you if you experience this problem.

National Professional Development Symposium: The 1^st Annual National Professional Development Symposium (NPDS) will be held June 11-13, 2014 at the National Fire Academy. The symposium will feature presentations related to fire training and resources, fire and emergency services higher education, and fire prevention and protection. For more information contact Michael.mccabe2@fema.dhs.gov.

 

Upcoming Staff Retirements:

Burt Clark will be retiring from NFA on May 2 after 42 years of federal service. If you would like to contact Burt, his email address is cclark4949@aol.com.

Ed Kaplan will be retiring from NFA on May 31 after 36 years of federal service. If you would like to contact Ed, his email address is managementtrainer@mac.com.

We wish them both the best on their retirements!

Staff Vacancies: We will be recruiting to fill staff vacancies. If you are interested, watch for position announcements at USAJobs: https://www.usajobs.gov/

USFA’s Focus of the Month: USFA’s fire safety message this month deals with “Wildfires.” Please visit USFA’s fire safety website at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/focus for more information.

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