FESA 433 - Fire and Emergency: Human Resources

Prerequisite

FESA 333 (Proposals/Reports in Fire Service Management); FESA 336 (Fire Emergency Services Management).

Description

A human resources management overview applied to fire and emergency service organizations. Theory, policies, procedures, and practices related to the management of publicly employed emergency personnel are examined. Concentrated analysis of complex workforce development matters include: dealing with labor relations, managing diversity, establishing recruitment and selection methods, applying progressive discipline, and effectively dealing with ethical issues.

This course can be applied towards:

• Fire and Emergency Services Administration (B.S.)
• Fire and Emergency Services Administration Certificate

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• Fire Service Personnel Management (2005)
  Edwards
• Public Personnel Administration (2003)
  Hays

Instructors

Shawn Bayouth
Shawn.Bayouth@colostate.edu

Ph.D. Candidate Industrial Technology, Iowa State University; M.S. Human Resource Development, Indiana State University; B.A. Fire Administration and Management, Western Illinois University; A.A. Fire Administration, Johnson County Community College.

Shawn Bayouth has been with the Ames Fire Department as a Deputy Chief of Support Services since 2007. His varied background includes adjunct instructing of fire sciences classes for Colorado Mountain College, Battalion Chief in Avon, CO, Human Resource Specialist II for Vail Resorts, and Assistant Chief of Training in Urbandale, IA. Shawn is a Nationally Certified Paramedic, a graduate of the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy in Emmetsburg, MD, and is one of only 550 worldwide to be awarded the professional designation of "Chief Fire Officer (CFO)" through the Center for Public Safety Excellence. His research interests include human resource development and safety decision making systems as it relates to firefighting.