About
Scott Cranford
30 Years Fire and EMS experience. 15 years as Training Officer with a majority of those years serving with the Joplin, Missouri Fire Department. My passion has always been the Fire Service, and now having the chance to pass along what I have learned, it is the greatest opportunity to serve yet! During this time I have started 4 training entities within the State of Missouri, served as lead instructor for serveral Firefighter 1 & 2 and EMT programs.
I take great pride in graduating the Nation’s most prestigious fire training institution, the National Fire Academy, in December of 2014 for the designation of Exectutive Fire Officer. Shortly thereafter, I attended Anna Maria College out of Paxton, MA where I received a Masters of Public Administration with a major in Fire Service Managment in December of 2016. My experience has brought me to here in life. It is my passion to “pass it on”. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you!
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Projects Completed
ScottCranfor.com Fire and EMS Consultation is in process of serving several communities and two statewide associations.
110%
Company Growth
In just a short time, ScottCranford.com has grown more than twice its size, and we look forward to continue this growth through training and consultation.
30+
Years of Experience
Over 30 years in local government with a Masters of Public Administration in the Fire Service, ScottCranford.com has training information in all aspects of the Fire and EMS Services.
Areas of Expertise
Here are a few of the areas of expertise for which a vast career has given the skills and abilities to achieve many training goals.
01
Training Records Management
It is extremely important to track personnel’s licenses, certifications, and qualifications in order to maintain eligibility for employment, technical teams, and re-licensure requirements.
02
Fire Service Budgeting
Finances and planning is vital for any program. Training can be very expensive; especially if it is a large-scale exercise. Entire training programs require a great deal of forethought in needs as well as the ability to forecast economic trends.
03
EMS Initial and Coninuing Education
EMS guidelines and protocols are very much different. Many new administrators do not know how to design and implement new policies, guidelines and/or protocols, and what the difference between each document type may be.
04
Fire Service Training, Planning & Oversight
Conducting training is hard enough, planning for everything, ensuring everyone is safe at all times, and then giving constructive feedback, repeating if necessary, and then documenting it properly, all can be overwhelming for the new training officer.
05
Promotional Processes for Personnel
If you are going to train or supervise the setting up of training, it is only natural that you are a part of the conduction and/or developing “promotional training processes”. Yes, you may play a significant role in changing someone’s life forever in the job and role they perform. Work to be fair using valid processes and current, relavant information in your promtional test processes.
06
Website Creation and Maintenance
II have been creating and developing websites for 25 years now, and I very much enjoy helping others do the same. Frank Lipski of the Modern Fire Instructor helped to spark my interest in putting those skills to Fire Service Instruction. I have since shared my work with thousands over a career. I learned also, to develope and create custom videos and graphics that bring home custom content of my firefighters do work in training. There families have loved to see this over the years!
Our Vision
Sharing expertise, knowledge, and wisdom with fire and EMS training officers throughout the World. To improve or develop training plans to the purpose of reducing training gaps, improving content retention, and promoting life-long-learning in one’s craft.
Is Your Training Repetitive and Boring
Pay Attention to Trends
People don’t want a 50 or 100-slide presentation to tell them what they already know. Do a simple re-hash of the basics and focus on the NEW. Then, get to work with a practical run through as realistic as you can make it safely!
How Do You Keep Them Engaged
Learn How to Keep it Interesting
You have to be connected to current trends, magazines, and you need the down low on “who’s who” in the Fire and EMS service of today. Find out why these people are successful in bring back the BUZZ on a particular topic.
How Do You Design Training and Coordinate
Here is the Real Work in Training
Why is this the work you say. It takes great effort to find talent that is willing and respected to put on the training you want.