IFSTA’s Essentials Of Community Risk Reduction CRR Course Is Available For Fire Fighters And Officers

Essentials of Community Risk Reduction is a free, online course where fire fighters and officers can learn the basics of Community Risk Reduction that they can use on the job every day. This self-paced course, developed through a partnership between The Vision 20/20 Project and International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA), helps fire fighters gain a better understanding of the importance of Community Risk Reduction to the fire service and to the community.

Fire fighters training course

Being a fire fighter is so much more than responding to fires and medical emergencies – it is helping to make the community a safer place to live and work. By taking Essentials of Community Risk Reduction, fire fighters and officers can “get ahead of the call” by learning best practices for installing smoke alarms, new fire safety technologies, proven fire and life safety messages and much more. In addition, this course offers the basics of model performance measures for proving that the CRR programs work.

This free course can be an integral part of a training program for any fire department to develop or improve their CRR efforts, from recruit training through officer continuing education.

Essentials of Community Risk Reduction

Essentials of Community Risk Reduction fire fighters training course is divided into four modules

Essentials of Community Risk Reduction fire fighters training course is divided into four modules and students can earn a Certificate of Completion to document their professional development.

The four modules include:

• Module 1 – Community Risk Reduction
• Module 2 – Fire and Burn Prevention
• Module 3 – Preventing Home Injuries
• Module 4 – Achieving Model Performance

Why do fire departments need this course?

• Home fires have changed – fire is faster, much faster
• Smoke alarm guidelines have changed – one alarm is never enough
• Making a home safer includes reducing risks, and this can include fires, cooking, falls or pool safety, to mention a few.
• This course can show how to effectively use messages that resonate with high-risk populations
• Discover best practices to reduce loss – there is no need to reinvent lessons learned by others
• Focus on community risks specific to the community around the nearby fire station and the priority risks throughout the entire jurisdiction
• Plan and deliver programs that measure up with model performance measures.

CRR Essentials was developed under Assistance to Fire Fighters Grant to the Institution of Fire Engineers-USA Branch.