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FRTA 2031 - Fire Officer I

Credits: 2
Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Lab 2
Course Description: This course focuses on skills necessary to become a fire officer for the fire service. It is designed to provide emergency responders with an understanding of administrative skills, leadership principles, human resources functions, incident management, risk management, basic budgeting principles and delegation of duty functions as a company officer.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): FRTA 1091  and FRTA 1092  
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. Management concepts
  2. Safety and risk management principals
  3. Steps of a grievance process
  4. Steps of managing an incident
  5. Steps involved in developing a budget
  6. Steps involved to initiate a fire investigation

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. apply human resource policies and procedures.
  2. apply safety regulations.
  3. assign tasks or responsibilities to a unit member.
  4. evaluate fire cause information.
  5. execute administrative functions.
  6. initiate action to a citizen¿s complaint.

Competency 1 (1-6)
None
Competency 2 (7-10)
None


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