FIRE 340 Administration of Fire and Emergency Services Organization

This course demonstrates the skills necessary to manage and lead a fire and emergency services department. The course prepares students to assume administrative positions within fire and emergency service organizations and examines roles and responsibilities of administrators, management and leadership theory and practices, and common fire and emergency service administrative structures and processes.

To effectively lead modern fire and emergency service organizations and the various components within them, the student must have a strong understanding of the ever-changing issues that face the fire and emergency medical services in an increasingly complex emergency management environment.

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After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each Discussion. Each thread must be at least 400 words, demonstrate course-related knowledge, and incorporate a minimum of 2 scholarly sources. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be at least 200 words and incorporate a minimum of 1 scholarly source. Outside research must be used. All sources must be properly cited using current APA format.

The student will write a critique of 2 case studies in the course. Each case study critique must be 3–5 pages and discuss the major facts of the case, and the student must tell the basis for the policy review. The student will explain whether or not he/she believes the policy is achieving its desired outcome and/or what type of changes in the policy are needed and why. Each case study critique must cite at least 3 scholarly sources and use current APA format.

Each quiz will have 2 essay questions to extract the student’s knowledge about the content of this course. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes and have a 1-hour time limit.