FERM 335: Fire & Emergency Service Leadership

Course Description

This course will help students develop the following skills, all of which are necessary to manage and lead a fire and emergency services department through the challenges and changes of the 21st century: persuasion and influences, accountable budgeting, anticipation of challenges and the need for change, and using 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. Prerequisites: Concurrent or prior enrollment in PRF STDS 230 or department consent; declared FERM major or department consent.