See how this degree gives you the advanced training you need to become a skilled administrative leader in fire service administration.
Take your career to the next level with a bachelor's degree in Fire and Emergency Services Administration. Fire and emergency personnel have a long and proud history of providing communities with a wide variety of fire protection, fire prevention, emergency medical, and emergency preparedness services. These organizations need skilled leaders with advanced training in fire service administration.
This online fire service management degree trains you in key administrative areas such as personnel administration, financial management, emergency management, and program evaluation. During your course of study, you will demonstrate your ability to:
effectively integrate academic knowledge into administrative and managerial roles,
collaborate with peers to solve fire and emergency service organizational problems, and
apply your knowledge, skills, and competencies to fire and emergency service situations.
Earn an emergency management degree from a top-tier university that makes your success our cause.
Download a printable flyer with the highlights of this program, including an overview of courses, learning outcomes, and admission and program completion requirements.
Can be completed in two years; most students require three to four years. Most FESA students are currently employed professionals who take an average of two courses per semester. The program completion time is heavily influenced by the number of transfer credits so students are encouraged to take advantage of all opportunities for transfer credit.
Generally, individual courses are 16 weeks in Fall and Spring and 12 weeks in Summer. See each course page for details.
You will earn a Bachelor of Science in Fire and Emergency Services Administration, the same regionally-accredited Colorado State University degree that a student on the Fort Collins campus is awarded.
This degree prepares you with the skills and knowledge needed to assume administrative, management, and leadership positions in a wide variety of fire and emergency services.
This program exceeded my expectation in providing excellent background, education, and current challenges that will help me lead firefighters and fire organizations into a dynamic future. The fire service should be proud in knowing that students who are motivated to further their professional fire careers at Colorado State University will have the broad, yet specific knowledge-base needed.