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

Travis Fire & Emergency Services, Travis AFB

March 11-13, 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 February 27.

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: 

Travis Fire & Emergency Services (Fire Station 1, Bldg. 38)

511 Hangar Ave

Travis AFB, CA 94535

AIRPORT LOCATION:

Sacramento International Airport (SMF)

HOST RECOMMENDED HOTEL INFORMATION:  

USAF Westwind Inn

Travis Ave., Bldg. 402

Travis AFB, CA 94535

Website: Click here 

Hilton Garden Inn Fairfield

2200 Gateway Court

Fairfield, CA 94533

Website: Click here 

HOST AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION:

Travis Fire & Emergency Services

(O) 707-424-1765

PRIMARY CONTACT:

Benjamin Leither, Assistant Chief

(O) 707-424-1765

benjamin.leither@us.af.mil 

SECONDARY CONTACT:

Ryan Ford, Fire Captain

(O) 707-424-1765

ryan.ford.16@us.af.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.