FESHE
Working with coordinators of two- and four-year academic fire and emergency medical services (EMS) degree programs, the U. S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy (NFA) has established the FESHE network of emergency services-related education and training providers. The FESHE mission is to:
Establish an organization of post-secondary institutions to promote higher education and to enhance the recognition of the fire and emergency services as profession to reduce loss of life and property from fire and other hazards.
FESHE Associates Curriculum
Core Courses
Building Construction for Fire Protection
Non-Core Courses
Fire Protection Hydraulics and Water Supply
Introduction to Fire and Emergency Services Administration
Fire Investigation I
Fire Investigation II
Hazardous Materials Chemistry
Legal Aspects of the Emergency Services
Occupational Health and Safety
Strategy and Tactics
FESHE Bachelor Curriculum
Analytical Approaches to Public Fire Protection
Applications of Fire Research
Community Risk Reduction for the Fire and Emergency Services
Disaster Planning and Control (formerly Disaster and Fire Defense Planning)
Fire and Emergency Services Administration
Fire Dynamics
Fire Investigation and Analysis (formerly Incendiary Fire Analysis and Investigation)
Fire Prevention Organization and Management
Fire Protection Structures and Systems
Fire-Related Human Behavior
Managerial Issues in Hazardous Materials
Personnel Management for the Fire and Emergency Services
Political and Legal Foundations of Fire Protection
Issues in Fire/EMS Management
Advanced Principles in Fire and Emergency Services Safety and Survival
EMS Courses
Foundations of EMS Systems
Ambulance Operations
Human Resource Management
Management of EMS
Quality Management and Research
EMS Educator/Instruction
Safety/Risk Management
Pre-Fire Protection Engineering
Performance-Based Design Fire Protection
Advanced Concepts in Structural Fire Protection Systems
Human Behavior in Fire
Fire Prevention
Fire and Life Safety Education
Principles of Code Enforcement
Fire Plans Review