Fire Safety

Course Code: EL-FS-COMP-0

Credit/Contact Hours: 3

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 09/30/2016

Learning Objectives:
Describe three possible fire hazards in a facility or agency.
Identify two fire protection systems and an example of each one.
Explain the four steps to take when you discover a fire.

Staff Writer: Joanne Cohen, RN

Ms. Cohen is a senior clinical healthcare executive with over twenty years of clinical management and regulatory compliance experience. She is responsible for research, development and management of the Essential Learning curricula that addresses state and national training requirements for healthcare service providers. She is knowledgeable in JCAHO, CARF and COA standards as well as many state staff training requirements and stands ready to help our member organizations effectively use the Essential Learning system to meet regulatory training standards.

Instructor: Diane Ritters, M.Ed., MA

Ms. Ritters has been an educator for over 16 years. She was responsible for developing and conducting training for employees in human service organizations, especially direct care staff. In her current role as a consultant, she continues to provide training and development resources for human service providers.

The course planning committee members and instructor(s) have declared no conflict of interest related to the content of this course. Approval of this course for CE does not imply endorsement by Essential Learning or any listed accrediting agencies any commercial products displayed in conjunction with this course.

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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.