Fall 2009 School
October 24th & 25th

Books are available at www.jbpub.com

History & Orientation   Fire Service Communications   Incident Management Systems   Fire Behavior. Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5. Book required. NIMS 700 also included in this class.

Fire Fighter Qualifications & Safety   Response & Size-Up   Fire Fighter Survival   Fire Fighter Rehabilitation. Chapters 2, 10, 17, 19. Book, PPE and SCBA required.

Portable Fire Extinguishers   Fire Fighter Tools & Equipment   Ropes & Knots. Chapters 7, 8, 9. Book, PPE and SCBA required.

If conditions suddenly deteriorate inside a building, are you prepared to get yourself out of an upper floor? If you get separated from your crew, do you know how to save yourself? Are you prepared to breach a wall, or disentangle yourself from wires or a mattress spring? Are you carrying the right equipment? Are you confident in your ability to bail out of a window onto a ladder or rope under extreme fire conditions? This program will teach lifesaving techniques to get you out of those unplanned situations you may find yourself in. Topics to be discussed and practiced are the SCBA low profile maneuver, wall breaching, disentanglement procedures, as well as emergency exit techniques using both ladders and escape ropes. PPE and SCBA required. Helmets must have a chin strap and be NFPA compliant. This is a hands-on class, participation is expected. This class is not for beginners.

When things go bad fast for an interior working crew, their best bet is a trained RIT team waiting outside to help them. This class will give firefighters an inside look at some of the new, and classic, techniques of rescuing a downed firefighter. It will also be an intense two-day hands-on experience that will hopefully fill the firefighter’s toolbox with ideas that can be used in an emergency. PPE and SCBA required. All equipment must be NFPA compliant.

Students learn the principles of safe emergency response. Subjects covered include: firefighter injury/fatality data, liability protection, vehicle dynamics, inspection, and maintenance. Practical driving competency course maneuver exercises.

Covers the principles of hydraulics and the basic operation of fire department pumpers. This training limits pumping capacity to 500 gpi for safety reasons. Drills include: positioning apparatus, pumping from tank, pumping from hydrants, pumping from draft, and using pressure control devices. Includes classroom and practical exercises. PPE required.

Designed for students who have completed Pumps-I, this advanced course is designed for experienced pump operators to practice moving large volumes of water. Large diameter hose and master stream devices will be used extensively. Topics include: hydraulics, terminology, pumping from hydrants, tandem pumping, drafting operations, relay operations, and supplying aerials. PPE required.

Upper level rescue operations, and general overview and operations of aerials. PPE required.

Covers basic knowledge in advancing firefighting technology. Class includes foam classification, foam chemistry, concentrate requirements, foam fire flows, proportioning equipment, hand line operating and application principles, and an intro to compressed air foam systems. Course assumes students are familiar with engine operations and car fires. Combines classroom instruction and "hands-on" fire behavior with car fires. PPE and SCBA required.

This course will provide the student with the study of the tools and techniques of extrication and rescue utilizing basic hand tools as well as the most sophisticated rescue equipment. Both classroom and hands-on instruction will be used with the emphasis on hands-on work. PPE required.

12 Ø Arson Detection for the First Responder Designed specifically to provide a clear definition of the role of initial responder organizations, and to provide essential knowledge to enable them to recognize the potential of an intentionally set fire, preserve evidence, and properly report the information to appropriate officials. The course includes the following basic topics: fire behavior, critical observations of the first responder, fire cause, scene security and evidence preservation, legal considerations, and how to report findings properly to appropriate officials.

Examines the Incident Safety Officer’s role within a command structure at emergency response situations. Participants will be able to identify and analyze incident scene safety concerns and communicate recommended solutions to the command authority.

Examines the Health & Safety Officer’s role in identifying, evaluation, and implementing policy and procedures that affect health and safety aspects of emergency responders. Risk analysis, wellness issues, and other occupational safety issues will be the main emphasis of this course.

Designed to develop a better understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a Company Officer in preparing their company for incident operations. In addition, to clarify the transition from firefighter to company officer and the new roles relating to leadership and safety. Designed for company officers, acting company officers, or senior firefighters responsible for the management of a single fire company at an emergency incident. Thos officers who are responsible for company readiness, personnel safety, and leadership as it relates to company operation.

Students completing this course will be able to explain the purpose and use of the Communications Model and the Quick Access Pre-fire Plan (QAP) in tactical operations at fire incidents; define the relationship between incident priorities, strategy, tactics, and implementation in the Command Sequence; select the appropriate strategic mode based upon consideration of risk/benefit and available resources; describe the siz steps required to implement the Tactical Action Model and the factors on which apparatus placement is based; select appropriate ventilation tactics and develop a rescue action plan; select appropriate extinguishment activities; select and deploy the appropriate hose lines to accomplish fire confinement and extinguishments; describe the correct procedures for deployment of a hose line from a standpipe system; identify tactical considerations for providing a water supply to meet incident needs; identify principles and tactics for establishing water supplies from municipal sources, static sources, and portable sources, for protecting exposures, fir achieving salvage, and for achieving overhaul; identify the special construction factors of single-family dwelling involved in fire; demonstrate the ability to use the Communications Model; determine appropriate strategy, select correct tactics, and operate within an appropriate Incident Command System (ICS) organization at a fire in a single-family dwelling.

Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), infection contraol, basic first aid, AED & bleeding control.

This course will cover what ventilation is, why we do it, and how to obtain proper ventilation when using positive pressure ventilation. The use of positive pressure ventilation for offensive, defensive, and post suppression operations will be discussed. The course will have the students involved in hands-on exercises performing the skills listed for ventilating a building mechanically. A combination of classroom lecture, field demonstration, and skills practice will be used. At the end of this course students should be able to understand why ventilation is needed and the different means of obtaining adequate ventilation. They should be able to safely and efficiently perform positive pressure ventilation, and they should also be able to recognize the advantages and disadvantages of positive pressure ventilation so they may operate safely at an incident.

Use of and when they don’t work.