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Fire and Emergency Services
About our program: The applied science dgree program in fire and emergency service offers college preparation at the professional level consistent with national standards. Our program addresses the call of the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education Consortium (FESHE), International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), and others to transition fire, EMS, and other emergency service disciplines from a "technical occupation" to a "professional occupation" using a national professional development model for the fire service and EMS. This is the curriculum designed for forward-thinking fire and EMS personnel. The Fire and Emergency Services Program is housed within the ISO 9001:2000 certified Division of Business and Technology and includes five concentration areas: (1) Fire Service Technology, (2) Emergency Services Technology, (3) Fire Prevention Technology, (4) Occupational Safety and Health Compliance, (5) Environmental Compliance. For detailed information on the Fire and Emergency Services program, please click here or checkout the LSU Eunice Academic Catalog. The market-driven degree is designed to prepare persons for supervisory responsibility. Graduates of the program go on to be employed by emergency service departments, governmental agencies, private corporations, and similar industry leaders. In the case of fire and EMS departments following the FESHE model, the degree is increasingly becoming necessary for hiring and promotion. Courses are offered over the Internet, through distance learning, and in traditional classroom settings. Our faculty is made up of degreed instructors, who are experts within their subject areas and who have honed their skills through actual experience dealing with fire, emergency response, safety, and hazardous materials incidents. |
