Public Fire Life Safety Educator- Level III

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1 Public Fire Life Safety Educator- Level III 14 Skills NFPA 1035, Professional Qualifications for Fire and Life Safety Educator, Public Information Officer and Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist, 2015 Edition

2 FLSE III Skill Sheets NFPA 1002 Task: JPR Fire and Life Safety Educator III 1 Develop Fire Life Safety Budget Formulate Program Development Develop Organizational Strategy Create a Coalition Project Future Needs Propose a Public Policy Develop a Marketing Plan Create Educational Messages Establish Administrative Policies Create a Training Program Create an Awareness Campaign Create Comprehensive Reports Implement Evaluation Methods Evaluate Educational Programs 6.5.2

3 SKILL SHEET # 1 Develop a Budget Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to develop a fire and life safety education budget, given schedules and guidelines concerning its preparation, so that capital operating and personnel costs are determined and justified. JPR: Demonstrates understanding of local budgetary processes. 2. Identifies program needs. 3. Follows preparation guidelines. 4. Follows budgetary timeframes. 5. Collects, organizes and formats budget information. Tasks: Develop a fire and life safety education budget so that capital operating and personnel costs are determined and justified. The candidate, given appropriate schedules and guidelines, shall develop a fire and life safety education budget. Equipment Required: budgetary preparation guidelines, budgetary schedules C 6. Develops budget that determines operating and personnel costs. C 7. Develops budget that justifies operating and personnel costs. 5

4 SKILL SHEET # 2 Formulate Alternate Systems of Program Development Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to formulate alternate systems of program development and delivery, given interagency networks, funding sources, and volunteer recruitment, so that the fire and life safety strategy is sustained in the community through nontraditional approaches. JPR: Equipment Needed Tasks: Formulate alternate systems of program development and delivery that sustains fire and life safety strategies in the community through nontraditional approaches. The candidate, given interagency networks, funding sources, and volunteer recruitment, shall formulate alternate systems of program development and delivery so the performance steps are completed. Information on interagency networks, various funding sources, and volunteer recruitment policies and/or tactics 1. Researches nontraditional approaches of program delivery. 2. Researches community resources and organizations. 3. Utilizes volunteer recruitment methods to obtain assistance. 4. Coordinates and trains volunteers to provide assistance. C 5. Formulates alternate system of program development and delivery. C 6. Formulates a system that sustains fire and life safety strategies. C 7. Utilizes non-traditional approaches. 5

5 SKILL SHEET # 3 Develop Organizational Strategy Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to develop a comprehensive organizational fire and life safety education strategy, given a systematic planning process and relevant information, so that program goals, design, resources, implementation, and evaluation methods are included. JPR: Tasks: Develop a comprehensive organizational education strategy that includes program goals, design, resources, implementation measures and evaluation methods. The candidate, given a systematic planning process and relevant information shall develop an organizational fire and life safety education strategy, ensuring the performance steps are met. Equipment Required: systematic planning process guidelines, relevant information from local AHJ or sample community requiring fire and life safety educational programs 1. Identifies needs of the organization. 2. Identifies program goals. 3. Identifies needed resources. C 4. Develops a strategy that includes implementation measures. C 5. Develops a strategy that includes program goals and design. C 6. Develops a strategy that includes evaluation methods. 4

6 SKILL SHEET # 4 Create a Coalition Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to create a fire and life safety education coalition, given a working knowledge of multi-jurisdictional organizations and agencies, a list of the fire and injury priorities, and policies for interagency partnerships, so that targeted fires and/or injuries are mitigated. JPR: Tasks: Create a fire and life safety educational coalition that mitigates targeted fire and life safety issues. The candidate, given knowledge of multi-jurisdictional organizations and agencies, a list of fire and injury priorities, and policies of interagency partnerships shall create a coalition so the performance steps are completed. Equipment Required: knowledge of multi-jurisdictional organizations and agencies, a list of fire and injury priorities, and policies on interagency partnerships 1. Demonstrates knowledge of multi-jurisdictional organizations and agencies. 2. Demonstrates understanding of interpreting fire and injury priorities. 3. Demonstrates understanding of interagency partnerships policies. C 4. Creates a coalition that mitigates targeted fire and life safety issues. 3

7 SKILL SHEET # 5 Project Future Needs Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to project future fire and life safety needs, given current and emerging trends and issues, so that proactive planning is accomplished within the organizational mission. JPR: Tasks: Project future fire and life safety needs. The candidate, given current and emerging trends and issues, shall project future fire and life safety needs, so that the performance steps are completed. Equipment Required: current and emerging trends and issues 1. Collects and analyzes local loss and injury data. 2. Collects and analyzes emerging trends and issues. 3. Demonstrates proactive planning activities. C 4. Develops future fire and life safety need projections. C 5. Recommends proactive planning measures within the organizational mission. 3

8 SKILL SHEET # 6 Propose a Public Policy Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to propose a public policy, given a fire and life safety issue and policy development guidelines, so that justification for the policy is provided, the issue is explained, and the policy identifies solutions that include economic incentives, impacts, and/or benefits from adopting the policy. JPR: Tasks: Propose a public policy. The candidate, given a fire and life safety issue, and policy development guidelines shall propose a public policy so that all performance steps are completed. Equipment Required: specific fire and life safety issues, policy development guidelines relative to the AHJ 1. Demonstrates knowledge of specific fire and life safety issues. 2. Demonstrates knowledge of economic incentives. 3. Demonstrates understanding of procedures for legislative implementation at the jurisdictional level. C 4. Provides justification for the policy. C 5. Develops a policy with solutions that include: economic incentives. organizational impacts. community impacts. benefits from policy adoption. 3

9 SKILL SHEET # 7 Develop a Marketing Plan Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to develop a marketing plan, given community risk issues and identified fire and life safety education goals, so that an awareness of the importance of fire and life safety is created within the community. JPR: Reviews community risk issues. 2. Reviews fire and life safety education goals. Tasks: Develop a marketing plan that addresses fire and life safety goals and increases awareness within the community. The candidate, given community risk issues and fire and life safety education goals shall create a marketing plan so that the performance steps are completed. Equipment Required: given community risk issues and fire and life safety education goals C 3. Develops a marketing plan that meets fire and life safety education goals. C 4. Ensures developed marketing plan will increase community awareness of fire and life safety issues. 3

10 SKILL SHEET # 8 Create Educational Messages Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to create educational messages, given an identified community risk, so that the messages are accurate, specific to the audience, and congruent with nationally standardized campaign themes and messages reflecting current best practices. JPR: Tasks: Create educational messages that reflect nationally standardized campaign themes and messages reflecting current best practices. The candidate, given an identified community risk, shall create educational messages so that the performance steps are completed. Equipment Required: identified community risk, specific audience(s) 1. Demonstrates knowledge of nationally standardized campaign themes. 2. Demonstrates knowledge of current best practices relevant to the identified community risk. 3. Demonstrates understanding of epidemiology of injury. 4. Demonstrates ability to recognize and adapt to specific audience needs. C 5. Utilizes appropriate information to create an educational message that reflects nationally standardized campaign themes and current best practices. 3

11 SKILL SHEET # 9 Establish Administrative Policies Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to establish administrative policies for the fire and life safety education program, given an organizational mission and federal, tribal, state, provincial, and local regulations, so that program policies are stated and support the organizational mission. JPR: Tasks: Establish administrative policies for the fire and life safety education program. The candidate, given an organizational mission and local regulations, shall establish administrative policies so that the performance steps are completed. Equipment Required: organizational mission, local regulations 1. Demonstrates understanding of organizational mission. 2. Demonstrates understanding policy development processes. C 3. Develops standard operating procedures and guidelines for the education program. C 4. Ensures the policies and program reflect the organizational mission. 3

12 SKILL SHEET # 10 Create a Training Program Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to create a training program for fire and life safety educators, given identified JPRs and training program goals, so that the educators are able to carry out the JPRs and the training program goals are achieved. JPR: Tasks: Create a training program for fire and life safety educators. The candidate, given identified JPRs and training program goals, shall develop a training program so that the performance steps are completed. Equipment Required: job performance requirements specific to fire and life safety educators, training program goals 1. Demonstrates understanding of JPRs related to fire and life safety educators. 2. Demonstrates understanding of course development guidelines. C 3. Designs a training program that meets identified JPRs and goals. 2

13 SKILL SHEET # 11 Create an Awareness Campaign Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to create an awareness campaign within the organization, given identified fire and life safety education goals and policies, so that all members are informed of their roles within the organization s fire and life safety education strategy. JPR: Tasks: Create an awareness campaign that informs all members of their roles within the organization s fire and life safety education strategy. The candidate, given identified fire and life safety education goals and policies, shall create an awareness campaign so that the performance steps are completed. Equipment Required: fire and life safety education goals, fire and life safety education policies 1. Demonstrates understanding of organizational mission statement. 2. Demonstrates understanding of effective organizational communication. 3. Demonstrates understanding of organizational policies and education strategies. C 4. Creates an awareness campaign that informs all members of their roles within the organization s fire and life safety education strategy. 3

14 SKILL SHEET # 12 Create Comprehensive Reports Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to create a comprehensive fire and life safety education report(s) for policy makers, given relevant information, so that educational strategies, goals, objectives, activities, impact, budgets, and outcomes are described. JPR: Tasks: Create a comprehensive fire and life safety education report that describes educational strategies, goals, objectives, impacts, budgets and outcomes. The candidate, given relevant information shall create a comprehensive fire and life safety education report for policy makers so that the performance steps are completed. Equipment Required: relevant information from a current fire and life safety education program 1. Demonstrates ability to collect information and analyze data. 2. Demonstrates knowledge of public policy reporting procedures. C 3. Creates a report that describes educational strategies. C 4. Creates a report that describes goals, objectives and activities. C 5. Creates a report that describes program impacts. C 6. Creates a report that describes the program budget. C 7. Creates a report that describes program outcomes. 5

15 SKILL SHEET # 13 Implement Evaluation Methods Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify that the candidate has the ability to implement evaluation methods, given the community s fire and life safety programs, so that the effectiveness of the programs can be determined. JPR: Tasks: Implement evaluation methods that determine the program s effectiveness. The candidate, given community fire and life safety program data shall implement evaluation methods so that the performance steps are completed. Equipment Required: community fire and life safety program data 1. Demonstrates knowledge of evaluation methods. 2. Collects the appropriate data and analyzes accordingly. C 3. Implements evaluation methods that determine program effectiveness. 2

16 SKILL SHEET # 14 Evaluate Education Programs Performance Evaluation: The evaluator shall verify the candidate has the ability to evaluate quantitative and qualitative educational program aspects, given the community risk reduction program(s), so that benchmarks are recorded, customer satisfaction and educational gain are measured, and behavioral change is tracked. JPR: Tasks: Evaluate qualitative and quantitative program aspects. The candidate, given community risk reduction program data shall evaluate quantitative and qualitative educational program aspects so the performance steps are completed. Equipment Required: community risk reduction program data and statistics 1. Demonstrates knowledge of quantitative vs. qualitative data. 2. Demonstrates ability to perform statistical analysis. 3. Conducts research on the community risk reduction program. C 4. Evaluates the following program aspects: customer satisfaction. educational gain. behavioral change. C 5. Evaluates the program to ensure benchmarks are recorded. 4

17 Evaluate Educational Programs Implement Evaluation Methods Create Comprehensive Reports Create an Awareness Campaign Create a Training Program Establish Administrative Policies Create Educational Messages Develop a Marketing Plan Propose Public Policy Project Future Needs Create a Coalition Develop Org. Statement Program Development Fire & Life Safety Budget CERTIFICATION SKILLS SIGN-OFF NFPA Fire Life Safety Educator Skill Sheet Number Skill Sheet Title Text Reference: JB Fire and Life Safety Educator, 2 nd Edition Candidates Names

18 VERIFICATION Test Location: Test Date: Delivery Agency Verification (Printed) Evaluator Name (Print) Evaluator Signature: (Signature)