Quality Improvement for the Fire and Emergency Services Workshop, Fayetteville Fire Department, Fayetteville, AR (5/13-15/2025)

Includes a Live In-Person Event on 05/13/2025 at 8:00 AM (CDT)

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    • Early bird pricing available!
    • All Users - $650
    • Regular Price after 04/16/2025 12:00 AM
    • All Users - $675

Quality Improvement for the Fire and Emergency Services Workshop

Fayetteville Fire Department, Fayetteville, AR

May 13 – 15, 2025

 

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:

Early Registration: $650 – ends April 15

Regular Registration: $675

Registration closes: May 2 or until full, whichever occurs first.

 

*Onsite registration is not permitted*

 

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: 

Fayetteville Police Department Community Room

1800 N Stephen Carr Memorial Blvd

Fayetteville, AR 72704

 

AIRPORT LOCATION:

Northwest National Airport (XNA)

 

HOST RECOMMENDED HOTEL INFORMATION:  

Hilton Garden Inn Fayetteville

1325 N Shiloh Dr

Fayetteville, AR 72704

Website: Click here 

 

Homewood Suites by Hilton Fayetteville 

1305 N. Palak Drive

Fayetteville, AR 72704

Website: Click here 

 

HOST AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION:

Fayetteville Fire Department

 

PRIMARY CONTACT:

Rusty Hulse, Assistant Fire Chief

(O) 479-973-4823

rhulse@fayetteville-ar.gov

 

SECONDARY CONTACT:

Tom Good, Assistant Fire Chief

(O) 479-718-7637

tgood@fayetteville-ar.gov

 

All registration cancellation and refund requests must be submitted via email to university@cpse.org no later than two weeks prior to the start of the class. A refund request is subject to a $25 processing fee. 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. 

 

CPSE regrets that refunds will not be given for no-shows.

 

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

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