DoD Only: Quality Improvement for the Fire and Emergency Services Workshop

MCAS Beaufort Fire & Emergency Services, MCAS Beaufort, SC

November 12-14, 2024

This course is for Department of Defense personnel only. This course features three full days of instruction to help agencies prepare for accreditation under the 10th edition of the CFAI® model. It covers the development of the three key documents, the Community Risk Assessment/Standards of Cover, Strategic Plan, and Self-Assessment Manual.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE:

• The Quality Improvement for the Fire and Emergency Services Publication & student workbook.
• 24 hours of instruction from experienced accreditation instructors.
• In-class exercises to reinforce key points of instruction.
• Introduction to online resources that will support your department’s accreditation efforts.
• Multiple opportunities to engage and network with your peers.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

• The steps in the self-assessment process, from building a team to becoming an accredited agency.
• The key elements of the accreditation process:
  1. Creating planning zones for your response area.
  2. Establishing a risk assessment process.
  3. Applying the risk assessment process to your response area.
  4. Developing a critical tasking process.
  5. Determine needed resources for fire and non-fire risks.
  6. Assess current deployment practices and establish target performance goals.
  7. Develop response performance data.
  8. Key elements of a Strategic Plan.
  9. How to create a self-assessment manual.

COST:

Paid by the DoD contract. If you are not a DoD employee, do not register for this course. 

*Onsite registration is not permitted*

Registration closes November 1.

To register, you must have a CPSE Portal account. Go here to create an account.

To register a group, contact university@cpse.org. 

WORKSHOP TIME: 0800-1700 Daily

ATTIRE: Business Casual

WORKSHOP LOCATION: 

MCAS Beaufort Fire Department 

2085 Drayton St 

Beaufort, SC 29904

AIRPORT LOCATION:

Savannah Hilton Head Airport

HOST RECOMMENDED HOTEL INFORMATION:  

Home2 Suites by Hilton Beaufort

3658 Trask Pkwy

Beaufort, SC 29906

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3664 Trask Pkwy

Beaufort, SC 29906

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HOST AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION:

MCAS Beaufort Fire & Emergency Services

(O) 834-228-7293

PRIMARY CONTACT:

Richard Ellis, AC of Training

(O) 843-228-6921

Richard.t.ellis@usmc.mil 

SECONDARY CONTACT:

Chad Spell, Deputy Chief

(O) 843-228-6262

Chad.spell@usmc.mil 

All registration cancellation requests must be submitted via email to university@cpse.org no later than two weeks prior to the start of the class. Telephone cancellations will not be accepted. 

A substitution of your full registration is permitted up to three days prior to the start of the class. After this time, NO substitutions are allowed. Requests for substitution must be submitted via email to university@cpse.org. 

For questions, contact the CPSE office at university@cpse.org or 703-691-4620.