FIP-4630A - FLSE Educator Level I

Course Description

This is a NC Fire and Rescue Commission certification course approved for offering as of July 1, 2017. This course should be offered consistent with the most current Commission guidelines. Contact the Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM) for details.

Students will:

• Be introduction to Injuries that occur in North Carolina and programs that are designed to prevent these injuries
• Be introduction to New Community Risk Reduction resources they can obtain at no cost
• Participate in fire safety lessons and teach safety lesson plans that they can use at their own fire department
• Discuss the mission of their organizations and the responsibility of prevention education, to include using correct/current fire & life safety educational messages and the role of the Fire & Life Safety Educator
• Review and document various fire and life safety educational programs, describe various formats, prepare written reports, and discuss time management and organizational skills.

This class is designed to:

• Give firefighters and fire & life safety educators ideas and confidence to teach fire safety to all ages
• Show a new educator how to keep successful records and reports
• Present how to develop and maintain a work schedule, arrange meetings, presentations, and community events, while reducing scheduling conflicts.
• Give details of how to work with local media outlets and distributing fire & life safety materials and messages to the community