About the Program
The mission of the MSU Denver Fire and Emergency Response Administration (FERA) degree program is to promote higher education and to enhance the value of the fire and emergency response professions in order to promote a safer community and to reduce the loss of life, property, and the number of physical and emotional casualties from fire and other life-threatening events.
MSU Denver is one of only a few college and university programs in the country to carry the “Certificate of Recognition” from the National Fire Academy-Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education for every FESHE course offered by the university.
Fire and Emergency Response courses at MSU are part of a nationally standardized curriculum based on the National Fire Academy-Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) Model Curriculum and are intended to meet higher education criteria set forth by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC).
Students with completed Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST) certifications are awarded a block of 24 credits. These 24 credits are solely applicable to the Fire and Emergency Response Administration Extended Major and are not applicable to other B.S. or B.A. degree-granting programs at MSU Denver and cannot be utilized in any other way at MSU Denver.
Students can also receive a maximum of 24 credits towards electives with a paramedic certification (24 credits) or EMT Basic Certification (12 credits), Firefighter 1 (9 credits) and/or Hazardous Materials Operation Certificate (3 credits). These credits may be transferred to another program (major or minor) with permission from that department.
Student Outcomes
- Improve language, writing, and communication skills
- Exercise analytical and critical thinking
- Develop awareness of current global management issues in emergency services
- Develop a broad knowledge base of emergency services
- Apply management models compatible with the National Incident Management System
- Understand community risk reduction and mitigation efforts
- Understand the science and data behind fire investigations and tactical operations
- Gain insight into human behavior during emergencies
- Acquire insight into modern political and legal limitations on emergency services
- Understand the need for ethical leadership
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