This course addresses the Homeland Security learning outcomes marked in bold text

Define and identify vulnerabilities, threats, and hazards
Assess risk
Plan for emergency action
Formulate prevention and mitigation strategies
Organize responses
Manage recovery options
Evaluate effectiveness

Course Objectives

Describe aspects of risk reduction education and overall community risk reduction.
Define and discuss the elements of effective departmental organization.
Classify what training and skills are needed to establish departmental organization.
Analyze the value of a community-related approach to risk reduction.
Outline the priorities of a budget planning document while anticipating the diverse needs of a community.
Assess the importance of positively influencing community leaders by demonstrating effective leadership.
Analyze the concept of change and the need to be aware of future trends in fire management.
Report on the importance of communication technology, fire service networks, and the Internet when conducting problem-solving analysis and managing trends.
Develop a clear understanding of the national assessment models and their respective approaches to certification.

Fire and Emergency Services Administration

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The course demonstrates the importance of the following skills, necessary to lead a fire and emergency services department through the challenge and changes of the 21^st century: persuasion and influence, budgeting, anticipation of challenges, and using management tools for analyzing and solving problems.

Pre-requisites: LEJA 310 or permission of Director/Instructor (contact your campus coordinator)

Restrictions/Suggestions: High speed Internet access required for this web course.

Course Outline

Refer to the table below for specific information pertaining to your school.
If you are a student at	Course name and number	Contact
Chicago State University	Contact your campus coordinator	Dr. Marian Perkins Assistant Professor Office HWH 325 773-995-2233
Eastern Illinois University	ALLJ 4810, Fire and Emergency Services Administration	Sue Harvey Registrar gsharvey@eiu.edu 217-581-3831
Governors State University	Contact your campus coordinator	Veronica Williams Director, Extended University v-williams@govst.edu 708-534-3143
Illinois State University	Contact your campus coordinator	Dr. Marilyn Morrow Chair-Health Sciences mmorrow@ilstu.edu 309-438-8806
Northern Illinois University	Contact your campus coordinator	Linda Traff Assistant Director, Credit ltraff@niu.edu 815-753-8735 Cathy Cradduck Campus Coordinator ccradduc@niu.edu 815-753-5008
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville	Contact your campus coordinator	Laura Strom Registrar lstrom@siue.edu 618-650-3330
Western Illinois University	LEJA 481, Fire and Emergency Services Administration	Dr. Nancy Parsons Professor, Health Sciences NP-Parsons@wiu.edu 309-298-1746