National FESHE Bachelor’s Model Curriculum Online

Complete the National FESHE Bachelor’s Model Curriculum and Earn Your Degree Online

Increasingly, chief and mid-level officers in fire departments around the country are required to hold a bachelor's degree. The Degrees at a Distance Program (DDP) is an online degree program sponsored by the National Fire Academy (NFA), which has agreements with seven accredited colleges and universities throughout the country to offer bachelor's degrees with concentrations in fire administration and fire prevention technology.

While independent study and distance learning have appealed to working adults nationally in growing numbers for the past few years, DDP is particularly attractive to fire service personnel whose fire departments' shift work normally makes classroom attendance difficult. DDP provides an alternative means for fire service personnel to earn a bachelor's degree or to pursue college-level learning in a fire-related course concentration without the requirement of having to attend on-campus classes.

In addition to offering the NFA-developed Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) Bachelor’s curriculum, the schools also have agreements with the fire science associate’s programs whose students transfer in having taken the preparatory lower-level FESHE courses. With all the instruction delivered completely over the Internet, access to courses is easy and learning is enjoyable. Students engage in online learning activities in which they collaborate with each other, engage in debate and discussion through postings, research related Web sites, and complete projects that are relevant to their own jobs and fire departments.