Online Executive Fire Administration (PSLA)

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Lead change and implement innovation in fire and emergency services organizations through the Executive Fire Administration concentration in the Master of Arts in Public Safety Leadership and Administration (PSLA) degree program.

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ASU Online offers start dates every 7.5 weeks.
Multiple enrollment sessions throughout the year.
Required number of credits to complete this degree.

College of Public Service and Community Solutions

The executive fire administration concentration is a part of the Master of Arts in Public Safety Leadership and Administration is offered by the College of Public Service & Community Solutions through ASU Online. The 33-hour program can be completed in as little as one year. A culminating experience is a required element in the program. These mentored, applied projects tie theory to practice. In doing so, they represent opportunities for students to make direct and positive impacts in their home communities.

Students pursuing the executive fire administration degree will have a practical understanding of technical, managerial and public policy aspects of fire administration and community risk reduction. The EFA curriculum includes public policy, budgeting and finance, emergency services operations analysis and innovation in fire and emergency services. Students have the flexibility to explore related topic areas such as emergency medical services, homeland security and emergency management.

The capstone applied project course allows students to apply concepts and methods learned in the PSLA program toward a solution to a practical fire service operational, fiscal, or public policy problem. EFA graduates will gain leadership skills to influence the future of fire service organizations. Individuals earning an PSLA are well prepared to perform managerial duties in federal, state and local fire departments, emergency management agencies, fire protection engineering firms, the insurance industry and related organizations.

ASU College of Public Service and Community Solutions:

  • Research is the forefront of all academic activities with 20 research centers for advancing research and discovery around challenges that affect us globally
  • Home to ASU’s most diverse student body —and the largest community of first-generation college students
  • #1 university in the U.S. for innovation
  • Named a prestigious global university
  • #2 university in the country for online undergraduate degree programs

Calendar

Next Start Date:

03/11/19
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Featured Courses

PAF 505: Public Policy Analysis

Program Core: Institutional and formal analysis of policy processes, decision making, and problem solving; values, ethics, and the uses of policy analysis.

PAF 506: Public Budgeting and Finance

Program Core: Legal, social, economic, political, institutional, and ethical foundations of governmental finance, budgets, and budgeting.

PAF 507: Public Human Resource Management

Program Core: Personnel systems, behavior and management of people in public organizations, collective behavior, unionism, conflict management, motivation, productivity, and ethics.

PAF 508: Organization Behavior

Program Core: Presents skills necessary to develop policies, strategies, programs, and organizational structure of an all hazards/all risk homeland security program.

PAF 571: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Analysis

Program Core: Provides foundational information related to application of GIS technology to meet various needs within governmental operations, administration, and public policy.

CPP 593: Applied Project

Program Culminating Experience: Preparation of a supervised applied project that is a graduation requirement in some professional majors.

CPP 530: Leadership & Innovation in Public Fire Services

Concentration Core: Provides current and future fire service leaders with an understanding and the skills necessary to manage creativity and foster a culture of innovation in public fire and emergency services. The approach is to treat the fire officer as an entrepreneur who identifies ideas and opportunities, then builds a business case for innovation.

CPP 560: Emergency Services Operations Analysis & Planning

Concentration Core: Applies common data analysis tools and techniques appropriate to risk assessment, deployment analysis and performance measurement to evaluate an organization's abilities to respond to community risk.

PAF 560: Community Resilience

Concentration Core: Examines community resilience from a systems perspective, embracing governments, private, nonprofit and civic roles. Presents research, case studies, and strategies for policy planning and implementation. Provides an understanding of how community members respond to the need to prepare for, endure and recover from disasters and the ability to utilize multiple communication methods to help community members before, during and after these emergencies.

Faculty

The impressive faculty in the College of Public Service & Community Solutions are inspiring the next generation of public service leaders through real-world solutions to issues around child welfare, safety, city management, human trafficking and water scarcity.


Recent Faculty Highlights Include:

  • Fellow by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association
  • Director inducted into the National Academy of Public Administration

Program Summary

Total Hours:

33

Related Careers

Graduates with a Master of Public Safety Leadership and Administration in executive fire administration have career opportunities illustrated in the following list. Career examples include but are not limited to those shown in the following list.

  • Municipal fire fighting
  • First-line supervisor of fire fighters
  • Fire inspector
  • Fire-prevention and protection engineers
  • Fire investigator

Requirements

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the College of Public Service and Community Solutions.

Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in criminology or criminal justice, public administration or public service, sociology or social work, public safety or fire service management, parks and recreation management, applied sciences or another closely related field from a regionally accredited college or university.

Applicants must have a minimum of a 3.00 cumulative GPA (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of a student's first bachelor's degree program, or applicants must have a minimum of a 3.00 cumulative GPA (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program.

All applicants are required to submit:

  • Graduate application and application fee
  • Official transcripts
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Written statement
  • Evidence of current employment in an organization in this field or at least two years prior professional experience in this or a related field OR a bachelor's degree in a related area
  • Proof of English proficiency

Additional Admission Information

An applicant whose native language is not English (regardless of current residency) must provide proof of English proficiency.

The written statement, at least one page in length, should describe the applicant's educational and career goals and long-term professional development strategy.

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