This two-day course is designed to help fire and emergency services learn what community risk reduction is and how to build organizational support for it. This course will address the challenges that fire departments face in shifting their priorities from response to prevention. In many departments, community risk reduction is still considered a low priority. This course will show you how community risk reduction can help you and your department become more of a community player in times of decreased budgets.
This course includes three units of instruction: Unit 1: Components of Community Risk Reduction Unit 2: Community Risk Reduction as a Service Priority Unit 3: Building Organizational Support for Community Risk Reduction No cost for this class Student Materials: BYOD Instructions Student Manual Students ID's: Registration requires an identification number; a student number can be obtained at https://cdp.dhs.gov/FEMASID Register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3G3S92Z
Contacts: Ben Shearer, CRR Mgr. 509-545-3497, shearerb@pasco-wa.gov DSFM Robert Wittenberg 360-596-3946, robert.wittenberg@wsp.gov
Washington State Association of Fire Marshals
Address: 605 11th Ave SE, Suite 211, Olympia WA, 98501
(360) 352-0161 email: wsafm@wsafm.com
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