Student Learning Outcomes

• Identify access to local psychological resources and services. (MO)
• Discuss the importance of code enforcement in residential structures. (MO)
• Explain standardized policies for responding to emergency scenes can minimize injuries and deaths. (MO)
• Evaluate the need for counseling and psychological support for emergency services personnel and, their families. (MO)
• Defend the need for annual medical evaluations and the establishment of physical fitness criteria for emergency services personnel throughout their careers. (MO)
• Discuss how incorporating the lessons learned from investigations can support cultural change throughout the emergency services. (MO)
• Explain the national emergency services worker fatality problem, and the history of the 16-firefighter life safety initiatives.
• Identity the national training standards as they correlate to professional development in leadership, supervision, and personal responsibility.
• Identify the major causes of firefighter's line of duty deaths and injuries in the United States. (SLO)
• Identify the means of preventing firefighter's deaths and injuries through the prevention of fires. (SLO)
• Define and describe the need for cultural and behavioral change within the emergency services relating to safety, incorporating leadership, supervision, accountability and personal responsibility. (MO)
• Explain the need for enhancements of personal and organizational accountability for health and safety. (MO)
• Describe and evaluate circumstances that might constitute an unsafe act. (MO)