Spring 2008 School
April 19^th & 20^th

Location:

Winslow High School

Danielson Street

Winslow Maine

Registration

A separate registration form must be completed by each applicant, and signed by department Chief.  Registrations must be accompanied by any required prerequisite documentation (including proof of fit-testing for all courses requiring SCBA).  Registration deadline is March 28^th.  Mail completed registration forms to:  CMFAS, PO Box 143, Waterville, ME 04903-0143.  You may also fax registrations to (207)238-9229.

 The School may not be able to accommodate course changes, cancellations or refunds after March 28^th.  Students not attending a confirmed course will be charged the regular fee.  If necessary, the School may cancel courses and place students in their alternate course choice.  If no student choice is available, refunds will be issued.  Many courses have limited enrollment, so it is strongly recommended that registrations are submitted early, and second and third choices indicated.  If you have questions, or have not received a confirmation letter by April 11^th, please call (207)238-9229 or (207)680-4734.

 Students must be 18 years of age to participate in any “hands-on” course.  Please note any prerequisites and equipment requirements for your selected course. *PPE means full protection equipment.  *SCBA means airpack and spare cylinder that meets standards, and student has met state respiratory protection requirements, including medical exam and fit test.  No beards are permitted in courses requiring SCBA.

Meals & Lodging

Lunch is included in the program fee for both days.  All other meals and overnight accommodations are the responsibility of the student.

Apparatus Incentive

If your department is able to provide apparatus, the driver will be paid $80 per day of use, and the truck will be refueled.  Please call Cleveland Brown at 314-1876, or John Gromek at 680-4735 about apparatus.

Win $100 !
A $100 cash prize will be awarded in a drawing of all students whose registrations are postmarked or faxed by March 28^th.

 

Two Day Courses                      $115.00 ~ Includes Lunch Both Days

Jones & Bartlett
Fundamentals of Firefighter Skills
Books are available at www.jbpub.com

 

1 ►  Block 1:  General Knowledge
History & Orientation   Fire Service Communications   Incident Management Systems   Fire Behavior.  Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5.  Book required.

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

3 ►  Block 3:  Fundamentals
Portable Fire Extinguishers   Fire Fighter Tools & Equipment   Ropes & Knots.  Chapters 7, 8, 9.  Book, PPE and SCBA required.

4 ►  Block 4:  Initial Attack Skills
Forcible Entry   Ladders.  Chapters 11, 12.  Book, PPE and SCBA required.

5 ►  Block 5:  Tactical Support Skills
Search & Rescue   Ventilation.  Chapters 13, 14.  Book, PPE and SCBA required.

6 ►  Block 6:  Hose / Water Supply
Water Supply   Hose, Nozzles, Streams & Foam.  Chapters 15, 16.  Book, PPE and SCBA required.

7 ►  Block 7:  Suppression
Salvage & Overhaul   Fire Suppression.  Chapters 18, 21.  Book, PPE and SCBA required.

8 ►  Block 8:  Fight Fire Smart
Building Construction   Pre-incident Planning   Fire Prevention & Public Education   Detection, Protection & Suppression Systems   Fire Cause Determination.  Chapters 6, 22, 35, 36, 37.  Book required.

9 ►  Block 9:  EMS / Vehicle Rescue
Fire & Emergency Medical Care   Emergency Medical Care   Vehicle Rescue & Extrication.  Chapters 23, 24, 25.  Book, PPE and SCBA required.

10 ►  Specialized SCBA
Best of the best!  1995 Module 2 SCBA objectives.  Designed to familiarize firefigthters with SCBA.  Drills include:  proper donning, limitations, safety, search & rescue.  Requrements:  PPE, SCBA, spare bottle, and written documentation of fit-testing.  This is not Jones & Bartlett Block 2, and can not be used as a bridge to Block 2.

11 ►  Fireground Safety & Survival
(Held in Oakland)
This course emphasizes the importance that firefighter safety is everyone’s responsibility. Areas covered are: firefighter attitude, protective clothing, fire apparatus response, and fireground awareness.  PPE required.

12 ►  Structural Fire Attack
Class A Burn.  For the firefighter who is SCBA certified and wants refresher on basic familiarization with live firefighting.  This course will include hoselines, nozzles, line extension, search and rescue, and live structural fire attack in a room.  Firefighters learn safe interior attack techniques, support operations, ICS, RIT history, salvage and overhaul.  PPE and SCBA required. Students will be travelling to Wiscasset on Sunday.

13 ►  Firefighter Self Rescue
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.

14 ►  RIT / Save Your Own
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.

15 ►  Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
(EVOC / AVOC)
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.

16 ►  Pumps –I
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.

17 ►  Vehicle Extrication
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.

18 ►  High Angle Rescue
Intense hands-on course will introduce students to high angle rescues and rescues from heights, including rope use and hardware, repelling, stokes rigging, etc.  Students will need clean leather gloves and helmet.

19 ►  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.

20 ►  Hazardous Materials Operations Level
Provides emergency responders with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage on-scene operations involving hazardous materials primarily through defensive measures. This training must be completed by all who respond to known or potential releases of hazardous substances and initiate defensive measures or take command. The course focuses on protecting persons, property, and the environment from the effects of the release. Activities include incident analysis, risk assessment, personal protection, decontamination methods, and defensive tactical operations. Prerequisite: awareness level training.

21 ►  ISO:  Incident Safety Officer
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.

22 ►  HSO:  Health and Safety Officer
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.

23 ►  ICS-300 (NIMS)
Provides training on, and resources for, personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS).  Target audience includes all who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents.  Course expands upon information covered in ICS 100 and 200.  Course also allows those identified personnel, including public health personnel, to comply with ICS level 300 training.  This is a requirement for those jurisdictions that choose to comply with the NIMS to ensure they continue receiving federal preparedness funding grants.  Recommended that jurisdictions identify middle management who are going to be acting in the role of incident commander or section chief during an event, to take the ICS-300 course.  Prerequisites:  ICS-100 and 200.

 One Day Courses          ~        $60

24 ►  ICS-100 & ICS-700
One Day Class – Saturday Only
ICS-100:  Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS), and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training.  Describes the history, features and principles, and organized structure of the Incident Command System.  Also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
ICS-700:  Introduces NIMS and explains the purpose, principles, key components, and benefits of NIMS.

25 ►  Lifeflight of Maine Ground Safety Training
One Day Class – Sunday Only
1½ hour classroom lecture on when to call for Lifeflight, selecting landing zone, setting up landing zone, providing safety near helicopter, global positioning, and night landings.  1½ hour field training with helicopter (depending on weather and availability), setting up a test landing zone and  communicating with crew, packaging and loading patients, review of provider safety.