Data Analysis and Presentation
for Fire and EMS
A 3-day, hands-on class in performance measurement using Microsoft Excel™
Upcoming In-Person Classes
Roswell, GA
Roswell Alpharetta Public Safety Training Center (RAPSTC)
11565 Maxwell Road
Alpharetta, GA 30009
March 19-21, 2024
Dayton, OH
Washington Township (Montgomery County)
8320 McEwen Rd.
Dayton, OH 45458
April 9-11, 2024
Mason, OH
Mason Fire Department
Mason Fire Station 51
4420 Mason Montgomery Road
Mason, OH 45040
April 16-18, 2024
San Diego, CA Area
National City Fire Department
1243 National City Blvd
National City, CA 91950
April 23-25, 2024
Seattle, WA Area
Marysville Fire Station 62
10701 Shoultes Road
Marysville, WA 98270
May 13-15, 2024
Sarasota, FL
Sarasota County Fire Department
2070 Waldemere St
Sarasota, FL 34232
May 22-24, 2024
San Bernardino, CA
San Bernardino County Fire Department HQ
958 S. Tippecanoe Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92408
June 24-26, 2024
Classes are limited to 20 people.
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Boost your insights using tools you already have.
The class will use Excel™ for hands-on instruction and includes lecture, demonstration, and guided discussion.
Among the things covered are:
- An introduction to statistics for Fire and EMS (without the difficult math).
- Templates and formulas to get you up to speed quickly with your own department data.
- Visual representations (tables and graphs) which to use and when.
- Understanding the differences between large and small data sets and the special considerations with small data.
- Best practices in Fire and EMS data quality.
- How to set realistic performance objectives.
- How to identify outliers in data.
- Standards of cover: all the quantitative tools you'll need to work with accreditation peer teams.
- How to calculate effective response force and unit concentrations.
- Making percentiles, quantiles and cumulative frequencies simple.
- How to calculate measures that involve arrival times on scene.
- Unit and system reliability.
- A comprehensive yet palatable rundown of practices for use of statistics in fire service performance measurements, including compliance with NFPA 1710 and 1221: what works and what doesn't.
Instructor:
Paul Rottenberg, MBA, MPH
COMPANY PRINCIPAL
Paul Rottenberg is the President of FireStats, LLC. He first introduced this course in 2004 and has been teaching it throughout the United States since then, adapting the curriculum with technology, regulations, and practices within the Fire and EMS communities.
Paul has an MBA from the University of San Francisco and a Master's in Public Health from UCLA.
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