Health and Safety Program Manager

Instructional Hours: 13.00
This course has a Canvas component which requires internet access.

This 2-day course will provide fire and emergency medical services department personnel and other related emergency responders with the aptitudes and abilities necessary to manage the duties and responsibilities of the Health and Safety Program Manager (HSPM) within their respective organizations.

Successful completion of this course will enable participants to:

• Adapt the HSPM roles and responsibilities while applying risk management health and safety concepts within their organization to determine system-wide needs and to develop support to institutionalize opportunities to meet the needs assessment.
• Evaluate and prioritize health and safety-related strengths and weaknesses within their organizations.
• Evaluate the environmental barriers affecting the implementation and impact of the organization's safety and health programs.
• Evaluate and integrate the organization's and individual's responsibility to impact health and wellness positively.

Prerequisites

Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available at https://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfa/courses/online/self-study.html