There are several colleges offering degrees in fire protection,

Wildwood - There are several colleges offering degrees in fire protection, which includes executive fire officer, disaster response, weapons of mass destruction and so forth. Seems many have forgotten that the fire service has the most diverse responsibility of all when all types of disasters occur, and are expected to respond with professionalism and skill. Each "first responder" obtains the level of training either required by their department or go way beyond to achieve their personal goals of competency.