Data Analysis and PresentationÂ
for Fire and EMS
A 3-day, hands-on class in performance measurement using Microsoft Excelâ˘Â
Upcoming In-Person Classes
St. Louis Area
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Host: St. Charles County Emergency Services
Location:Â Cottleville Fire Protection District (Administration Building)
1385 Motherhead Road
St. Charles, MO 63304
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February 17-19, 2025
Classes are limited to 20 people.
Reserve your spot now!
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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