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Building Organizational Support for Community Risk Reduction

Course Hours: 12.0 Hours

Course Description

This two-day course is designed to help fire and emergency services learn what community risk reduction is and how to build organizational support for it. This course will address the challenges fire departments face in shifting their priorities from response to prevention.

Prerequisites

N/A

Who Should Attend

First Priority: Departmental officer (and support staff) who are currently (or will be) leading community risk-reduction initiatives within their community. Second Priority: Fire and emergency services personnel who help design and deliver community risk reduction programs, Fire and emergency services staff members with an interest in advancing community risk reduction, Emergency managers, Allied health and community service personnel who help design and deliver community risk-reduction programs.

Special Notes

The National Fire Academy does not utilize Social Security Numbers on their registration form; this form is in addition to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center application process. The National Fire Academy has transitioned to an online admissions application process and the online application can be found at (you may need to press Ctrl with your cursor over the link): 
https://training.fema.gov/generaladmissionsapplication/staticforms/startapplication.aspx

The online application will open the day before the class and be open fourteen days after the class concludes.  Failure to turn in an application will result in not receiving credit for the course.
 
To obtain a SID: 

1. Register at https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid

2. Select "Need a FEMA SID?" on the right side of the screen. 

3. Follow the instructions to create your account. 

4. You will receive an email with your SID. Save this number in a secure location. Use the SID in place of the SSN.

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