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The Fire Service Supervision and Management certificate can help you prepare for promotion to officer positions; or if you are already a fire officer, you can gain valuable new skills and knowledge. The certificate program meets or exceeds NFPA and Oregon Standards for Fire Officer 1 and 2.

Program Outcomes

Students completing this program should be able to satisfy the following outcomes:

1. Demonstrate skills and knowledge to function as a NFPA Fire Officer 1 and 2.
2. Demonstrate effective verbal and written communications skills in both emergency and non-emergency situations.
3. Exhibit the ability to collaborate with a diversity of colleagues in order to accomplish goals of the organization.
4. Exhibit the ability to utilize human resources to accomplish assignments in accordance with safety plans and in an efficient manner and evaluating members’ performance in the daily operations of a fire station and in emergency and non-emergency situations.
5. Demonstrate the ability to perform administrative functions and the implementation departmental policies and procedures at the unit level, according to job performance requirements.

Getting Started

To be admitted to the certificate program, you must be certified as Firefighter 1 (or equivalent) and actively be pursuing Firefighter 2 or have an associate degree in fire protection or possess professional certificates and have experience or equivalent credentials in fire prevention, fire training, or public fire education. You must be interviewed by the program chair, Josh Darland, josh.darland@chemeketa.edu, and have your training, education, and experience evaluated. An individualized program of study will be developed for you.

You may earn a certificate of completion by successfully completing the required 56 credit hours with a grade of “C” or better in all courses.