Community Risk Reduction Course Descriptions
This list includes course descriptions, prerequisites, text and equipment requirements, hours, recertification and standard/regulation information and any special notes. If you have questions or require additional information about any of the courses listed below, please contact Community Risk Reduction Coordinator Ken Brown at kenneth.brown@vdfp.virginia.gov.
Public/Community Outreach and Education
Communicating With Your Community
This entry level attendance course is designed for fire service personnel. The course covers communication techniques, including developmental characteristics and learning capabilities of ranging from preschoolers to older adults. It also reviews classes of fire, fire extinguishers, firefighter’s personal protection equipment and methods of discussing and delivering topics to the general public. This training provides the station firefighter with the knowledge, skills, and ability to deliver department approved fire safety messages, programs, and materials to their community as assigned.
Prerequisites: FLSE I is preferred but not required
Text: CWYC student note taking guide - provided in an electronic format
Hours: 4
Registration Cost: $0
NFPA 1035 – Level 1 Fire & Life Safety Educator
This ProBoard and IFSAC certified course covers the general requisite knowledge and skills for an individual to meet the JPRs of an entry-level position in the field of Fire and Life Safety Education.
This course is designed to give a basic overview of the duties and responsibilities of a Fire and Life Safety Educator I and describe how the position works in a typical Fire Department or other Community Risk Reduction organization. The course content includes History of Fire Prevention, Fire and Life Safety and Prevention messaging, learning tyles, methods, and strategies for effective teaching, age group characteristics, High Risk populations, Personal Protective Equipment, fire behavior and Fire Prevention basics for FLSE, Public Relations, professionalism, lesson planning, evaluation, and assessment.
Prerequisites: None
Testing: Students must pass a skills test and a written exam with a minimum passing score of 70.
Text: IFSTA Fire and Life Safety Educator 3rd edition and FLSE I student note taking guide – provided to student.
Hours: 32
Cost: $0
NFPA 1035 Level II Fire & Life Safety Educator 1035
This ProBoard and IFSAC certified course covers the general requisite knowledge and skills for an individual to meet the JPRs of a manager-level position in the field of Fire and Life Safety Education.
This course will cover the basics of how to design, plan, and develop Fire and Injury prevention education programs and materials; analyze community risk; preparation of program budget proposals, projections ad grant requests; development of public policy recommendations for management; supervision and evaluation of subordinates and programs; facilitation of collaborative partnerships with internal and external organizational members.
Prerequisites: None
Testing: Students must pass a skills test and a written exam with a minimum passing score of 70.
Text: IFSTA Fire and Life Safety Educator 3rd edition and FLSE II student note taking guide - provided to student
Hours: 32
Cost: $0