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Fire and Emergency Services
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FES 3015 Principles of Fire and Emergency Services Management
Credits: 3; Prereq: junior standing.
Fundamentals of management underlying the solution of problems of organization and operation of fire and emergency services agencies.
FES 3033 Fire and Emergency Services Labor Issues
Credits: 3; Prereq: junior standing.
Determinants of demand for labor and labor supply. Labor market equilibrium and changes in the equilibrium due to changes in unionization, public policies, and technology. Study of the effects of skill, job amenities, and discrimination on wage differentials. A review of PERC, FSLA, and unions will be included.
FES 3153 Fire and Emergency Services Information Technology
Credits: 3; Prereq: junior standing.
Communications systems used in fire and emergency services such as high frequency voice/data, Internets and Intranets, satellite communications, GPS, and GIS will be the focus of this course. An introduction, examination, equipment assessment, implementation program, and maintenance management module will be provided for each system covered.
FES 3284 Management of Emergency Medical Services
Credits: 3; Prereq: junior standing.
Course covers personnel and resource management issues in providing the EMS function. Quality Assurance and Utilization Review techniques are also covered. Practices and techniques for delivery of services and distribution of resources are included.
FES 3285 Advanced Leadership Issues in Emergency Medical Services
Credits: 3; Prereq: junior standing.
Course covers organizational development issues in providing the emergency medical services function in the fire-based, hospital-based and third service environments. Establishing and directing emergency medical services' work teams is also covered.
FES 3753 Fire and Emergency Services Financial Management
Credits: 3; Prereq: junior standing.
This course addresses planning, developing, presenting, funding, and implementing a budget for a fire and emergency services agency. Additional topics include special taxing districts, bond issues, and fund-raising campaigns.
FES 3755 Fire and Emergency Services Capital Equipment and Facilities
Credits: 3; Prereq: FES 3753 and junior standing.
Procedures for the acquisition, utilization, and disposition of fire and emergency services apparatus and station facilities will be reviewed. Specification and purchasing of apparatus will be included. An examination of facility siting, building design, and land acquisition and financing will be conducted. Additional material will address special capital purchases such as communications, safety, and operational equipment.
FES 3803 Multi-Agency Incident Command
Credits: 3; Prereq: junior standing.
Course deals with managing complex incidents that may require response from fire-rescue, emergency medical services, law enforcement, and/or other public safety sectors. Use of the Incident Management System is stressed.
FES 3815 Command and Control-Catastrophic Fire-Rescue Incidents
Credits: 3; Prereq: junior standing.
Course covers incident command at multiple-alarm incidents, stressing rapid fireground decision-making, safety, personnel accountability, and communications. Settings for scenarios include multi-family occupancies, hotels, high-rises, healthcare facilities, and large retail centers.
FES 3823 Fire and Emergency Services Integrated Operations
Credits: 3; Prereq: junior standing.
Course covers the broad issues involved in comprehensive emergency management at the local level. The emergency management cycle of preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery is stressed as are the legal, operational and administrative aspects of state and federal interface.
FES 4003 Fire and Emergency Services Public Policy and Administration
Credits: 3; Prereq: junior standing.
The role of administrative agencies in the formulation and implementation of public policy. Emphasis on the politics of administration. Problems in administration management as it applies to fire and emergency services. An introduction to fire and emergency services' government administration and management in urban settings. Emphasis will be placed upon the programmatic aspects of urban governmental management. Case studies will be included in this course.
FES 4023 Fire and Emergency Services Ethical Practices and Leadership
Credits: 3; Prereq: senior standing.
The role of agency leadership and its impact on the continuing professionalization of the fire and emergency services. This course will examine traditional and evolving definitions, practices, and skills in leadership behavior. The topics of power, influence, ethics and organizational behavior will be addressed.
FES 4034 Regulatory Issues in Fire and Emergency Services
Credits: 3; Prereq: FES 4003 and senior standing.
Course introduces the student to safety, health, and environmental regulations on the state and federal levels that impact the delivery of fire and emergency services. OSHA, EPA, and NFPA regulatory requirements will be introduced along with methods and techniques to implement compliance programs.
FES 4045 Fire and Emergency Services Human Resource Management
Credits: 3; Prereq: FES 3015 and senior standing.
Major human resource management functional areas for fire and emergency services agencies. Topics include: organizational employment planning, employment regulation, job analysis, performance assessment, recruitment and regulation, job analysis, performance assessment, recruitment and selection, training and development, employee/labor relations and compensation.
FES 4055 Fire and Emergency Services Public Relations
Credits: 3; Prereq: senior standing.
Implementation of principles and methods in advocating factual claims and policy proposals; prepositional analysis, evidence as demonstration, effecting reasoning processes to become experimental for listeners, ethics in controversy. The course will focus on public speaking and presentations, especially in the areas of technology, defense of budgets, and political leadership.
FES 4224 Management of Mass Casualty Incidents
Credits: 3; Prereq: senior standing.
Course covers systematic approaches to triage, treatment, and transport in response to large-scale emergency medical services incidents. Resource planning including coordination with hospital systems is also stressed.
FES 4225 Special Operations in Emergency Medical Services
Credits: 3; Prereq: senior standing.
Course covers planning and management of non-routine emergency medical services. Environments covered include tactical medical operations, emergency medical services support of large-scale special events, and emergency medical services response to hazardous materials incidents.
FES 4585 Management of Fire Prevention Programs
Credits: 3; Prereq: senior standing.
Course covers planning, promoting, and executing fire prevention functions, stressing legal responsibilities, needs assessments, negotiation, and planning activities.
FES 4685 Management for Arson Prevention and Control
Credits: 3; Prereq: senior standing.
Course covers the elements of building a community's arson control plan. The course work includes data collection and analysis, coalition-building, juvenile interventions, and prosecution issues.
FES 4825 Design and Management of Community Disaster Exercises
Credits: 3; Prereq: FES 3823 and senior standing.
Course covers exercise design, presentation, and evaluation for testing a community's disaster plan. Designs from table-top to full-scale are covered. Examination of existing community plans and models for developing plans will be tested.
FES 4835 Natural Disaster Phenomena in Florida
Credits: 3; Prereq: FES 3823 and senior standing.
Course covers the spectrum of natural disasters prevalent in Florida, past, present, and future. Topics include hurricanes, flooding, freezes, and agricultural emergencies. The concerns of planning, operations, mitigation, recovery, and evaluation will be included.
FES 4905 Special Studies in Fire and Emergency Services
Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
Special areas of study in fire and emergency services adjusted to the needs of the individual students.
FES 4930 Fire and Emergency Services Senior Seminar
Credits: 1; Prereq: senior standing.
A discussion format will be used to harness the student's perception of the fire and emergency services and the B.S. program in fire and emergency services. A paper will be required from each senior that addresses a relevant topic within fire emergency services such as leadership, professionalization, recommended program improvements, or new technology.
FES 4935 Current Issues in Fire and Emergency Services
Credits: 3; Prereq: senior standing.
Course will provide information and direction for fire service administrators on current legislative, legal, labor, and/or technology concerns facing the fire and emergency services agencies.

General Education Categories

Consult Schedule of Courses for specific information.

  • Biological Sciences (B)
  • Composition (C)
  • Diversity (D)*
  • Humanities (H)
  • International (N)*
  • Mathematics (M)
  • Physical Sciences (P)
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (S)

* Students who entered UF prior to Summer B 2007 and/or whose catalog year is not 2007-08: Current students who have not completed six hours of international/diversity (I) credits can do so now by taking D and N courses.

Symbols Used in Course Descriptions

  • (WR): the course satisfies the writing requirement.
  • (MR): the course satisfies the math requirement.
  • (S-U): the course may be taken on a satisfactory-unsatisfactory basis.
  • Refer to the Schedule of Courses for specific information.