Air Force Fire & Emergency Services

Strategic Financial Management

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Overview

Strategic Financial Management for Air Force Fire & Emergency Services is a comprehensive course designed specifically for Air Force F&ES leaders. The course provides students with the knowledge and practical understanding needed to navigate Department of Defense and Air Force budgeting processes, strengthen financial leadership, and make informed resource decisions at the installation level.

Students will learn how fiscal requirements move through the Air Force system, how to better communicate and defend organizational needs, and how to align limited resources with mission priorities, operational risk, and long-term readiness.

1.5 days of instruction

DURATION

Virtual or On-site

METHOD

No Limit

Max CLASS SIZE

12 hours

TOTAL HOURS

*Student handbook is included

Who Is the Course For?

This course is designed specifically for current and emerging Air Force Fire & Emergency Service leaders, including:

  • Fire Chiefs

  • Deputy Fire Chiefs

  • Assistant Chiefs

  • Flight Chiefs

  • Fire & Emergency Services Leaders

  • Budget & Resource Managers

This course is particularly valuable for operational leaders moving into positions where they are responsible for developing requirements, managing resources, defending organizational needs, or contributing to installation-level financial planning.

What’s Covered?

Topics include:

  • DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Process

  • AFIMSC Fiscal Cycle Processes and Key Benchmarks

  • Fire & Emergency Services Activity Management Plan (AMP) Review

  • Strategic Planning for Fire Chiefs

  • Budget Development and Resource Prioritization

  • Financial Decision-Making and Performance Management

  • Developing and communicating defensible resource requirements

  • Aligning funding priorities with mission requirements and organizational risk

  • Maximizing the impact of available resources

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

Understand and apply the DoD PPBE process within Fire & Emergency Services

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Navigate AFIMSC fiscal processes, timelines, and key benchmarks

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Develop and evaluate an effective Activity Management Plan

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Build strategic plans that align resources with mission requirements and risk

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Improve financial stewardship and resource allocation

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Make more informed resource and budget decisions

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Strengthen organizational readiness and mission support

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Strategic Financial Management is a 12-hour course designed to help Air Force Fire & Emergency Services leaders understand budgeting processes, develop defensible resource requirements, prioritize limited funding, and connect financial decisions to mission readiness.

    The course translates Department of Defense and Air Force financial processes into the operational context of installation-level Fire & Emergency Services leadership.

  • The course is designed for current and emerging Air Force Fire & Emergency Services leaders, including:

    • Fire Chiefs

    • Deputy Fire Chiefs

    • Assistant Chiefs

    • Flight Chiefs

    • Fire & Emergency Services leaders

    • Budget and Resource Managers

    It is particularly valuable for personnel moving into positions that require them to develop requirements, manage resources, defend organizational needs, or participate in installation-level financial planning.

  • The curriculum is designed specifically around Air Force Fire & Emergency Services responsibilities, financial processes, and organizational structures. It may also benefit personnel who directly support Air Force F&ES budgeting, planning, performance management, or resource allocation.

  • No formal prerequisite is identified. However, the course is most useful for current or emerging leaders who have some familiarity with Fire & Emergency Services operations and are responsible for, or preparing to become responsible for, planning, budgeting, requirements development, or resource management.

  • The course consists of 12 instructional hours delivered over approximately one and a half days.

  • Yes. Strategic Financial Management can be delivered virtually or on-site at your installation. Probie will work with your organization to determine the delivery format that best supports your personnel and schedule.

  • There is no maximum class size for either classroom or virtual delivery. Departments can train leadership teams together, subject to scheduling, instructional, and facility requirements.

  • Course topics include:

    • The DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process

    • AFIMSC fiscal-cycle processes and key benchmarks

    • Fire & Emergency Services Activity Management Plan review

    • Strategic planning for Fire Chiefs

    • Budget development and resource prioritization

    • Financial decision-making and performance management

    • Developing defensible resource requirements

    • Aligning funding priorities with mission needs and organizational risk

    • Maximizing the impact of available resources

  • Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution is the Department of Defense framework for connecting strategic priorities with programs, budgets, and resource execution.

    The course helps Fire & Emergency Services leaders understand how this process affects installation-level requirements and how organizational needs move through the broader funding system.

  • Yes. Participants learn how to develop and evaluate an effective Fire & Emergency Services Activity Management Plan and connect it to strategic priorities, resource requirements, organizational risk, and mission readiness.

  • No. The course focuses on strategic financial leadership rather than bookkeeping or technical accounting.

    Participants learn how to build requirements, communicate organizational needs, evaluate priorities, support budget decisions, and use available resources more effectively.

  • Participants will be better prepared to:

    • Apply the DoD PPBE process within Fire & Emergency Services

    • Navigate AFIMSC fiscal timelines and benchmarks

    • Develop and evaluate an Activity Management Plan

    • Build strategic plans around mission needs and risk

    • Communicate and defend resource requirements

    • Improve financial stewardship and resource allocation

    • Make more informed budget decisions

    • Connect financial planning to organizational readiness

  • Each participant receives a student handbook containing course information and supporting instructional material.

  • Yes. The course can be delivered virtually or on-site and has no specified maximum class size. This makes it suitable for installations that want Fire Chiefs, Assistant Chiefs, Flight Chiefs, and resource personnel to develop a shared understanding of financial planning and priorities.

  • Contact Probie Fire Training with your preferred dates, delivery format, location, estimated number of participants, and organizational needs. Probie will work with your team to coordinate either an on-site or virtual course.

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