This class will cover Awareness and Operations rope rescue techniques as required to meet NFPA 1006. Students shall be physically capable of performing and demonstrating the skills required for meeting NFPA 1006.

This class will cover Awareness, Operations and Technician rope rescue techniques as required to meet NFPA 1006. Students shall be physically capable of performing and demonstrating the skills required for meeting NFPA 1006.

This course provides emergency response personnel with the information and skills needed to recognize, evaluate, and control an incident involving the release or potential release of hazardous materials. It is intended for members of hazardous materials response teams.

The focus of the course is on recognizing and evaluating a hazardous materials incident, organizing the response team, protecting response personnel, identifying and using response resources, implementing basic control measures, refining decision-making skills, and protecting the environment and public. Fire suppression techniques are not part of the course.

This class will cover 29 CFR 1910.146 Permit Required Confined Spaces and NFPA 1006, Standard for Technical Rescuer. The class will work its way through the equipment and procedures required to execute a rescue from a confined space. Vertical and horizontal spaces will be displayed and made available to execute rescues. Air quality monitoring, rope rescue, rescue tripod, basic to advanced rigging, ventilation, lock/out tag out and incident command system will all be covered as part of this course.

This course is designed for the Fire Officer who is ready to assume more of a leadership role by moving into the middle-management level of his/her department. This course expands on the knowledge-base attained in Fire Officer I and also adds additional material including Management, Government Structure, and Departmental Budget Planning and Management. This course is based on the content of NFPA 1021: Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications.

This combined course reviews the NFPA 1002, Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications job performance requirements for both the pumper and water supply operators. Students will understand the responsibilities of firefighters who are assigned to drive and operate department vehicles that are equipped with a fire pump and carry water. Topics include general principles of pump operations, safe driving techniques, positioning apparatus to maximize efficiency, pump theory, hydraulic calculations, water relay, foam and shuttle operations, apparatus maintenance, inspections and testing.