国家与火灾相关的高等教育系统
With model lower-level (associate) curriculum outlines developed and established upper-level (baccalaureate) courses available, the major components are in place to move toward a national system for fire-related higher education.
Most core and noncore courses line up with baccalaureate courses of similar content, thus preparing associate degree graduates for their bachelor degree studies.
| 低级课程 | 相应的上层课程 |
| 火灾行为和燃烧 | 火力动态 |
| 防火 | 防火Organization & Management |
| 防火液压和 供水/消防系统 |
Fire Protection Structures and Systems Design |
| 危险材料化学 | Managerial Issues in Hazardous Materials |
| 策略和策略 | 灾难和防火计划 |
| Fire Administration I | 高级消防管理 |
| 法律方面 | 防火的政治和法律基础 |
| Fire Investigation I & II | 燃烧性分析和调查 |
这种与火灾相关的高等教育体系非常重要，因为与其他专业一样，学术课程的理论核心应该是进入这些领域的先决条件。随着越来越多的学校采用这些课程，消防和紧急服务将朝着成为成熟的职业发展。
呼吁合作
没有简单的路径修炼“三巨头”of the fire and emergency services professional development system. The relationships between the providers of training, certification, and higher education are varied across the country. In most states, levels of cooperation among the three range from excellent to nonexistent. Some exceptional state models of cooperation do exist, however, including California and Oregon. The models’ similarities demonstrate the following:
- 合作伙伴关系可以通过将利益相关者召集在一些正式或非正式的组织或财团中来解决培训，教育和草皮战。
- 通过合作，可以创建和维护为国家工作的专业发展交付系统。
该领导人必须散发出的利益相关者是谁？他们是负责消防培训和认证的州办公室；与火灾相关的学位课程；以及代表消防队长，消防员，志愿者，讲师和其他重要选区的国家组织。我们需要各个级别的领导者。在联邦一级，USFA可以将国家利益相关者聚集在一起，为这一努力建立动力。
Feshe IV会议上提出了国家专业发展“峰会”的有效模型。它为华盛顿州提供了一项行动计划，包括利益相关者的参与和共识策略。
国家专业发展计划的要素是什么？除了阐明谁应该在每个认证级别上学习谁，还建议以下内容：应授予学分证书的程度；应接受学分以满足标准的程度；与火灾相关和通识教育课程的数量和类型；以及可转移到学士学位与终端或不可转让学位的科学学位/科学助理学位的类型。
Only the state and local leaders can make this happen. I urge you to contact the fire and emergency services leaders in your state and urge them to begin the difficult path of transforming this nation’s fire service’s professional development into a national system.
