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Established in November 2006, the goals of the committee are to survey the existing academic programs, identify competencies and recommend courses that meet the competencies.
Deliverables include a recommended EMS Management curricula, a professional development matrix and a detailed reference document for each course. Each course document includes a title, course description, prerequisites, outcomes, outline, references/resources and a point of contact. Click HERE to see full size model.
National Fire Academy Professional Development Model
The National Fire Academy (NFA) has been involved in fire-based higher education and professional development since the creation of the Degrees at a Distance bachelor program in the 1970’s. NFA expanded this mission in 1999 by starting the Fire and Emergency Service Higher Education (FESHE) strategic direction. NFA assembled interested faculty from fire-based associate and bachelor degree programs to work with fire service stakeholders to update the fire-based curricula that was established at the 1966 Wingspread Conference.
Working as a conduit, NFA provides an annual meeting at the Emmitsburg, Maryland, campus where interested academic and fire service members donated their time and talent to develop a model fire-based associate and bachelor curricula. During the 2002 conference, NFA had arranged a roundtable with the fire science textbook publishers. By Academic Year 2006 - 2007 all of the model fire science courses have two or more textbooks that meet the FESHE curricula.
The National EMS Management Curriculum committee believes that participating in the FESHE process will generate educational resources that will assist the existing EMS Management degree programs and provide a template for other colleges and universities to follow. A significant aspect of this effort is the partnership with the National Association of EMS Educators, the national organization of leaders in the development and delivery of emergency medical service educational programs.
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