Fully Involved: An important update from us 6.7.24

GSFA • June 7, 2024
Fully Involved: An important update from us. 6.7.24

Fire Service Leaders, 

 

The Georgia Fire Academy is hosting a new course entitled Introduction to Community Risk Reduction on Friday, July 19, 2024.

 

Introduction to Community Risk Reduction (CRR) is a one-day course that is intended to provide a basic understanding of Community Risk Reduction, how to evaluate the risks and hazards that exist in a community, and create successful CRR initiatives in any community. The students will also be introduced to evaluation concepts as well as steps to creating an organizational culture that embraces CRR.

 

The target audience for this course may include, but not be limited to the

following:

·   Fire/EMS personnel with an interest in advancing risk-reduction efforts in their community, including firefighters, investigators, inspectors, educators and others.

·   Law enforcement personnel with an interest in advancing risk-reduction efforts in their community, including community relations officers, school resource officers, patrol officers and others.

·   Emergency managers.

·   Allied health and community service personnel

 

Use the following link to register or see flyer for further: Introduction to CRR

 

Ike McConnell

Division Director, Georgia Fire Academy

Georgia Public Safety Training Center

478-993-4697   imcconnell@gpstc.org

www.gpstc.org

1000 Indian Springs Dr, Forsyth, GA 31029

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