NFPA 1021 Series - Company Officer

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NFPA 1021 Series - Company Officer

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Public Education Programs

Providing fire and injury prevention programs is one of the most important services a department can provide to the community. This course prepares fire officers to develop, implement, and evaluate effective public education programs that have lasting impact in the…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Professional Ethics

This course deals with ethics. All facets of our everyday life, regardless of the role we play, expose us to the opportunity to practice ethical behavior in our own lives while almost simultaneously, we are exposed to numerous examples of…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Pre-Incident Planning

Pre-incident planning is a critical task for firefighters. It is the first line of attack in the firefighting arsenal and is a proactive way of fighting fires as opposed to the reactive way of responding to alarms. This course reviews…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Legal Responsibilities and Liabilities

A number of recent tragic incidents have served as a wake-up call to the need for focusing greater attention on legal issues in the fire service. Departments can be cited and fined by OSHA or other agencies for lack of…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Government Structure

This course provides an overview of federal, state, and local government structures, agencies, and functions with a focus on their relevance to the fire department. Of these, particular attention has been given to local governments and the importance of recognizing…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Leadership as a Group Influence

Leadership is essential to being an effective fire company officer. If you have misconceptions or a lack of knowledge about leadership, however, it will negatively impact how you manage your team. Leadership skills can be taught to anyone, and great…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Labor Relations

Firefighters today enjoy much better working conditions than their early predecessors. While many of the improvements can be attributed to general societal progress, or to better equipment, more training, or increased attention to health and safety, organized labor has also…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Information Management

Information is a commodity intrinsic to nearly every activity in the fire service. Information is transmitted from instructor to students during training exercises. It is relayed from dispatch to officers in emergency incidents. Pre-incident plans, another type of information, are…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Incident Scene Management

Officers responsible for incident scene management play a critical role in protecting their colleagues and providing as safe an operating environment as possible in an inherently unsafe environment. How an incident scene is managed can determine the overall effectiveness of…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Incident Scene Communications

The importance of clear and effective communication at the scene of an incident cannot be overstated. Miscommunication or lack of communication at either end of the communication process can lead to costly setbacks or even failure in incident operations. In…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Incident Response Safety

This course provides a general overview of health and safety issues that the company officer may encounter during a response to a variety of incident types and the associated hazards the company may encounter. It will also provide the recommended…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Firefighter Safety and Health

Firefighting is an inherently hazardous occupation, but that does not imply that some of these hazards cannot be prevented or at least minimized. Countless injuries occur yearly that could have been prevented if greater attention had been paid beforehand to…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Fire Investigation

The company officer has a broad area of responsibility, as outlined in NFPA 1021 (2020) sections 4.2 through 4.7. Many of their duties involve training, education, and planning. Quite often, emergency response actions are a smaller portion of their time,…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Fire Department Structure

It is important that all firefighters understand the structure of their departments or fire protection agencies. A lack of knowledge in this vital area can lead to misunderstanding, inefficiency, and worst of all, can complicate emergency operations. Firefighters must also…

Fire
December 11 2025

NFPA 1021 Action Plan Implementation

An incident action plan sets the strategy that guides efforts in a response. Whether it is formulated mentally by the first-arriving officer or written down and revised as events unfold, the action plan is what transforms strategic goals into tactical…