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Quality Improvement for the Fire and Emergency Services Workshop

Liberty Township Fire Department, Powell, OH

June 11 – 13, 2024

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.

WORKSHOP TIME: 0800-1700 Daily

ATTIRE: Business Casual

WORKSHOP LOCATION: 

Liberty Township Fire Department Station 321

7761 Liberty Road North

Powell, OH 43065

AIRPORT LOCATION:

John Glenn Columbus International Airport

HOST RECOMMENDED HOTEL INFORMATION:  

Courtyard by Marriott Columbus Dublin

5175 Post Rd

Dublin, OH 43017

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600 Metro Pl N

Dublin, OH 43017

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HOST AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION:

Liberty Township Fire Department

(O) 740-938-2021

PRIMARY CONTACT:

Duane Price, Battalion Chief/Training

(O) 740-938-2021

dprice@libertytwp.org 

SECONDARY CONTACT:

Ben Lovell, Battalion Chief/Professional Standards

(O) 740-938-2021

blovell@libertytwp.org 

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.