FIRE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Course Descriptions

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Faculty Advisors:

Division of Distance Education

The Fire Services Administration program is cooperatively offered by Western Oregon University and Eastern Oregon University.

By agreement, EOU accepts WOU's Open Learning Fire Service courses and Western accepts EOU's Prior Learning credit as appropriate within the degree program.

Prior learning credits count toward residency at EOU but Open Learning credits do not.

The BA/BS degree requirements provide for an upper-division major built upon an associate degree in fire protection science or a professional-technical core curriculum in fire services available from most Oregon community colleges.

Professional upper-division courses in the program are offered on Western's campus and in Portland at specific times. Please contact the Division of Distance Education Programs at Eastern Oregon University for further information.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BA OR BS IN FIRE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

1. All students, including those with an Associate Degree in Fire Science/Fire Protection, will be required to complete the lower division fire technology core curriculum from a community college as listed:
Introduction to Fire Protection (3 credits)
Major Emergency Tactics and Strategy (3 credits)
Fundamentals of Fire Prevention (3 credits)
Building Construction for Fire Suppression (3 credits)
Fire Department Leadership (3 credits)
Fire Protection Systems & Extinguishers (3 credits)
Fire Codes and Ordinances (3 credits)
Firefighters Law (1-3 credits)
Fire Department Budgets (1-3 credits)
Public Relations (1-3 credits)

Admission to the upper-division professional core is limited to persons who (1) have been awarded the Fire Fighter II certificate (or equivalent) by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, and (2) have completed required technical course work at the community college level.

Determination of waivers and/or equival-encies of technical core classes are the responsibility of the DPSST (503) 378-2100 x240, in Salem, Oregon.

2. Upper-division professional core (21 hrs)

a) Complete the following required courses with a grade of "C-" or better: Please note that effective Fall 2000, FSA 321 will become one of seven advanced Institute choices, and two new Institute topics, Inspection and Investigation, and Emergency Service Delivery will be added to the following list:

FSA 311 Prin of Fire Protec Mgmt (3)
FSA 313 Fire Personnel Mgmt (3)
FSA 315 Orgn for Fire Protection (3)
FSA 317 Fisc Mgmt in Fire Protec (3)
FSA 319 Legal Asp of Fire Protec (3)
FSA 321 Fire Protec Master Plng (3)

b) Advanced Institute Capstone (3)

(Choose one from six institutes available)

3. Upper division courses in the Social Sciences and/or Business (27 hrs)

4. Complete institutional graduation require-ments including:

a) functional computer literacy (word processing and either spreadsheets or database management).

b) for the BS degree, successfully com- plete (grade of "C-" or better) any Mathematics course above MATH 100

c) for the BA degree, demonstrate foreign language proficiency.

Note: See additional institutional graduation requirements on page 27.

5. Grade point average: Minimum of 2.00 GPA in the 48 credit-hour major: and a minimum of 2.00 in all college work.

FIRE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

FSA 307 - Emergency Serv Deliv Fire EMS
Credits: 3.00
Explores multi-agency planning, deployment and operations as they relate to multi-alarm incidents, target hazards and major disasters.
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman

FSA 309 - Fire Inspect And Investigation
Credits: 3.00
Offers a comprehensive look at prevention, inspection, investigation, and enforcement issues from a senior officer perspective.
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman

FSA 311 - Fire Protect Mgt
Credits: 3.00
(Writing Intensive) An investigation of management and supervisory responsibilities including motivation, discipline, human relations, training, communications, followership, plan-ning, leadership, management-employee relations.

FSA 313 - Personnel Mgmt
Credits: 3.00
(Writing Intensive) To develop a perspective on specific personnel functions including manpower planning and development, job description and analysis, employment recruitment, selection and placement, promotions, transfers, separations, wage and salary administration, labor-management negotia-tions and contracts.

FSA 315 - Organization
Credits: 3.00
(Writing Intensive) To develop an understanding of fire department organization including fire defenses and insurance ratings, organization for fire suppression and prevention, the fire department and the municipality, inter-municipality fire services.

FSA 317 - Fiscal Mgmt
Credits: 3.00
(Writing Intensive) The budget process, taxation and assess-ment, operations planning, financial aid and grant programs, allotment of resources, analysis of expenditures and productivity; management information systems.

FSA 319 - Legal Aspects
Credits: 3.00
(Writing Intensive) Federal and state laws, codes and ordinances, legal responsibilities of fire service agencies, liabilities, and civil law, enforcement procedures and police powers.

FSA 321 - Master Planning
Credits: 3.00
(Writing Intensive) Major emergency planning, defining problems and problem areas, involving other municipalities or district agencies, the planning process, implementation of plan objectives, review of programs.

FSA 407 - FSA 407
Credits: 1.00 to 15.00
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Freshman
Sophomore

FSA 421 - Adv Fire Serv Mstr Plan
Credits: 3.00