Certificate in Advanced Fire Service Administration

The Certificate in Advanced Fire Service Administration is offered fully online. It consists of two (2) required courses and a choice of electives. The certificate will help fire service officers further develop their administrative and managerial skills, while allowing the flexibility to choose courses that will be relevant to their own departments.

Courses

This certificate consists of two (2) required courses and a choice of electives. Click on each course name for more details and specific learning outcomes:

Required courses:

• OLCD-FIRE0036 Incident Command: Thinking and Acting (12 weeks / 36 hours)
• OLCD-PALS0031 Organizational Behaviour (12 weeks / 36 hours)

Electives (Choose from the options below to total at least 66 hours):

• OLCD-FIRE0010 Disaster Management and the Fire Department (12 weeks / 36 hours)
• OLCD-FIRE0011 Emergency Medical Service Management and the Fire Department (12 weeks / 36 hours)
• OLCD-FIRE0033 Wildfire and Climate Change Adaptation Management (6 weeks / 18 hours)
• OLCD-LGOV0015 Municipal Law (6 weeks / 18 hours)
• OLCD-ADED0039 Indigenous Teaching and Learning Perspectives (3 weeks / 12 hours)
• OLCD-IDEA0001 Understanding EDI: An Organization Imperative (3 weeks / 20 hours)
• OLCD-PALS0012 Leadership Dynamics (12 weeks / 36 hours)
• OLCD-PALS0033 Introduction to Occupational Stress and Resilience for First Responder Leaders (6 weeks / 18 hours)

Please note: The Certificate requires a passing grade of 70% in each course. See each course for applicable tuition fees and schedule. Some courses fill up quickly, and registration in one course does not guarantee your spot in another. You must register for each course individually to reserve your spot. Courses can be taken in any order. Courses can only be used towards one certificate. 

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for the Certificate in Advanced Fire Service Administration are the Certificate in Fire Service Leadership and the Certificate in General Fire Service Administration.

Language Requirement: University-level English language proficiency required in writing, speaking and reading comprehension. It is recommended that students have an IELTS Academic score of 6.5 overall or a TOEFL-IBT score of 90 overall for this program. Please see the following guidelines from Dalhousie University for more information: English Language Requirements For Undergraduate Admissions - Admissions - Dalhousie University.

Program Delivery

The program is delivered through the flexibility and convenience of Dalhousie's enriched and engaging online learning platform (OpenDal). Courses include group activities, live streaming lectures and project work. Course delivery is designed to provide maximum benefit and flexibility through online study.

Who Should Take This Certificate?

• Graduates of the Certificate in General Fire Service Administration

Career Opportunities

The Certificate in Advanced Fire Service Administration can help:

• provide participants with skills that enable them to be better managers and leaders within their fire departments.
• instill a breadth and depth of knowledge that will enable participants to better manage their fire departments.

Recognition of Prior Learning

It may be possible to receive advanced standing in this certificate based on your prior learning from work or life experience. We provide two types of recognition of prior learning:

• Prior Certified Learning: Assessment of prior coursework or training through a provider, that is neither a university or college, for the purpose of advanced standing. Examples of certified learning may include military courses, accredited certificates, workplace training programs, etc.
• Prior Experiential Learning: Assessment of previous work and life learning that may be equivalent to learning outcomes of university courses / programs, for the purpose of advanced standing. Relevant prior learning may come from work or volunteer experience, participation on committees or boards, independent study, etc.

To discuss how to use your prior learning to apply for advanced standing, please contact rpl@dal.ca.