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SUMMARY:Washington Fire Chiefs Promote Accreditation
DESCRIPTION:The Washington Fire Chief’s Association and The Commissi
 on on Fire Accreditation International will present the CFAI Basic Wor
 kshop Series in Spokane, Washington on April 22-24, 2009.\n\nSelf-Asse
 ssment and Standards of Cover Workshop\nThe CFAI Basic Workshop Series
  includes the 16-hour Self-Assessment Workshop and the 8-hour Standard
 s of Cover (SOC) Workshop. This series assists fire and emergency serv
 ice leaders in preparing for and working towards accreditation through
  the unique model of self-assessment. This workshop will not only prov
 ide valuable information on conducting an agency self-assessment but a
 lso on how to prepare for an on-site peer assessment visit. The series
  also equips fire service personnel with the fundamental know-how to r
 ationally plan for and justify varying levels of service based upon id
 entifying community hazards and risk. Through an overview of resource 
 deployment planning and community risk analysis, this workshop covers 
 the latest tools to calculate and analyze risk as well as the latest p
 rocesses to map deployment and deployment coverage areas – such as G
 eographic Information Systems (GIS) software packages.\nStudents will 
 learn:\n The benefits of self-assessment and ultimately accreditati
 on;\n Defining the planning requirements for self-assessment;\n 
 Preparing for a self-assessment;\n Review of the self-assessment pr
 ocess and performance activities utilized in defining the process;\nï‚
 § Conducting a successful self-assessment; and\n Preparing for an o
 n-site peer evaluation.\n An overview of a process that allows an a
 gency to determine their level of service performance in a consistent 
 manner;\n Reviewing the Commission on Fire Accreditation Internatio
 nal (CFAI) definition of the planning requirements to be considered wh
 en participating in the self-assessment process;\n Defining methods
  an agency can use to determine the levels of service regarding its re
 sponsibilities and risks; and\n Defining methods of developing a St
 andards of Response Coverage.\n\nEach student will receive workshop pa
 rticipant manuals for each course, the Fire and Emergency Service Self
 -Assessment 7th Edition Manual, and the CFAI Standards of Cover, 5th E
 dition Manual.\n\nLink to course and registration information:\n\nhttp
 ://publicsafetyexcellence.org/CalendarOfEvents/tabid/81/ctl/Details/mi
 d/440/ItemID/112/Default.aspx?selecteddate=4/22/2009\n\nFor more infor
 mation visit https://my.firefighternation.com/events/washington-fire-c
 hiefs-promote
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CATEGORIES:training
LOCATION:Spokane Fire Department Training Facility
WEBSITE:http://publicsafetyexcellence.org/CalendarOfEvents/tabid/81/ct
 l/Details/mid/440/ItemID/112/Default.aspx?selecteddate=4/22/2009
URL:http://publicsafetyexcellence.org/CalendarOfEvents/tabid/81/ctl/De
 tails/mid/440/ItemID/112/Default.aspx?selecteddate=4/22/2009
CONTACT:509-625-7002
ORGANIZER:assistant Chief Brian Schaeffer
ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Paul D. 
 Brooks":https://my.firefighternation.com/profile/PaulDBrooks
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