Fire & Rescue Service Management
The MSc Fire and Rescue Service Management focuses on managerial decision-making in risk critical situations within the fire and rescue service, in both an operational and non-operational context.
Why study with us
- You’ll benefit from potential short-term placements within fire and rescue services, along with unique access to Washington Hall, the UK’s international fire, training and development centre.
- Benefit from our new £35m Engineering Innovation Centre, including purpose-built fire laboratories, supported by computational fluid dynamics facilities, analytical and material characterisation facilities for fire chemistry and fire safety engineering.
- Opportunities for exchange visits to Hong Kong Fire Service and also opportunities to work with International partners to develop fire and rescue service infrastructure in those countries where there are limited resources available.
What you'll do
- You’ll have access to a wide range of analytical instrumentation in the Faculty’s Analytical Unit.
- You’ll be tested in command simulations representative of those applicable to the emergency incident domain.
- You’ll benefit from our new £35 million Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC) which features a state-of-the-art Fire Laboratory.
Module Overview
Course Delivery
This course is taught face-to-face at one of our UK campuses.
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Academic expertise
The course has exchange links with Hong Kong Fire Service and also collaborates with Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Future careers
The MSc Fire and Rescue Service Management offers tools and strategies which allow Fire and Rescue Service managers to generate, evaluate, and select among decision options.
Study in our Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC)
During your studies with us you’ll benefit from our new £35 million EIC building which provides an integrated teaching space in state-of-the-art facilities.
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Scholarships and Bursaries
We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.
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This course is based in the School of Engineering located in the Faculty of Science and Technology
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