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

Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire & Emergency Services, District 8, Kittery ME

April 8 – 10, 2025

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 April 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: 

Portsmouth naval Shipyard, Fire Department

29 Sicard St

Kittery, ME 03904

AIRPORT LOCATION:

Portland, Maine or Manchester, New Hampshire

HOST RECOMMENDED HOTEL INFORMATION:  

Courtyard Portsmouth

1000 Market St

Portsmouth, NH 03801

Website: Click here

Ramada by Wyndham Kittery 

2 Gorges Road

Kittery, ME, 03904

Website: Click here

HOST AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION:

Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire & Emergency Services, District 8

PRIMARY CONTACT:

Shannon Pawlowski, District Fire Chief

(O) 207-438-4381

shannon.m.pawlowski.civ@us.navy.mil

SECONDARY CONTACT:

Christopher Gouette, Assistant Chief of Operations 

(O) 207-438-4380

christopher.a.gouette2.civ@us.navy.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.