New Classes for 2011

• The Right Front Seat
• Handling Fire Alarm Systems
• Sprinkler System Basics
• Building Construction
• Impalement's and Machinery Extrication
• Are You Ready
• CDL Pre Class
• Lock-Out-Tag-Out

Incident Command Classes

ICS 100 Incident Command System I100 Elective CEU's (2)
ICS 100 is an introduction to the incident command system. This course is designated to introduce the personnel to the basic ICS structure

ICS 200 Elective CEU's (12)
ICS 200 is designed to enable personnel to operate efficiently during an incident or event within the Incident Command System (ICS). ICS-200 provides training on resources for personnel who are likely to assume a supervisory position within the ICS. This program will have group exercises.  Prerequisite: ICS - 100

ICS 300 Incident Command System I300 Elective CEU's (24)
ICS 300 is an intermediate level command class designed to present ICS modules 7-11. Topics include organization and staffing, organizing for incidents, and event planning. This program will have several group exercises.  Prerequisite: ICS - 200

ICS 400 Incident Command System I400 Elective CEU's (24)

ICS 400 is a an advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, Complex Incidents and MACS for Operational First Responders. This advanced program is designed for senior personnel who are expected to perform in a management capacity in an Area Command or multi-agency coordination system. This course is designed to provide overall incident management skill rather than tactical expertise. This course builds on the ICS 100 through ICS 300 courses. This program will include several group exercises and scenarios. Prerequisite: ICS 300

I-700 Elective CEU's (2.5)
On February 28, 2003, President Bush issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5. HSPD-5 directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident Management System (NIMS). NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all government, private-sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work together during domestic incidents.

Rescue Classes

Confined Space Awareness 4 hrs CEU's (4)
The target audience for this 4 hour introductory course includes personnel who work in the proximity to but do not enter confined space. Participants will be able to identify a confined space and recognize its potential hazards.

Confined Space Operations 16 hrs CEU's (12)
The target audience for this 16 hour operations course includes personnel who work within the confined space. Participants will be able to identify a confined space and recognize its potential hazards. Conduct initial air monitoring and ventilation, isolate any hazards through lock-out tag out procedures, make a safe entry with full PPE and Self contained or Supplied Air with an escape bottle, package a patient, set the rigging for rescue tag lines, belay lines, and rescue haul system using a tripod or whatever appliance used by your jurisdiction.

The target audience for this 40 hour NFPA 1670, 1006 compliant technician course includes personnel who work within the confined space. Participants will be able to identify a confined space and recognize its potential hazards. Conduct initial air monitoring and ventilation, isolate any hazards through lock-out tag out procedures, make a safe entry with full PPE and Supplied Air with an escape bottle, package a patient, set the rigging for rescue tag lines, belay lines, and rescue haul system using a tripod or whatever appliance used by your jurisdiction. This class will include horizontal enrties and vertical entries. This is a challenging course and each student must complete each section to receive a technician certification.

Trench Rescue Awareness 3 hrs
The target audience for this three hour introductory course includes personnel who could work in the proximity of a trench/excavation. This program is a classroom based program which is the introduction to trench rescue. The program contains a presentation, size-up, safety, hazard recognition, lock-out tag out/hazard control. This training will allow you to safely operate at the scene of a trench rescue, set up for and assist incoming trench rescue units and assist you with identifying any additional needs to mitigate the rescue.

Trench Rescue Technician 40 hrs CEU's (TBA)
The target audience for this 40 hour NFPA 1670, 1006 compliant trench rescue technician course includes rescue personnel who could called upon to complete a trench rescue. This program is a classroom and hands on program which is the introduction to trench rescue. The program contains a presentation on the different types of soils, pre-planning, size-up, safety, hazard recognition, lock-out tag out/hazard shoring, patient access, patient packaging, and patient removal systems and rigging. This is an intense class and participants must complete all sections to receive a technician certification.

Low Angle Rope Rescue 16hr CEU's (10)

The target audiences for this 16 hour introductory rope rescue course are firefighters and EMT's. This class will be the basis of all rope rescue certification courses. In this course you will learn knots, rigging systems including anchor points, hauling and lowering systems, patient packaging as well as the care and maintenance of equipment.

Rope Rescue Operations 40 hr CEU's (TBA)

The target audiences for this 40 hour NFPA 1670, 1006 compliant operations rope rescue course are firefighters and EMT's. In this course you will learn knots, rigging systems including anchor points, hauling and lowering systems, patient packaging as well as the care and maintenance of equipment.

Vehicle Extrication I 20 hrs CEU's (15)

This course will provide the emergency responder with the understanding of the challenges associated with vehicle extrications. The 20 hours program is broken down into 10 hours of classroom time and 14 hours of hands on application to meet the needs of vehicle extrication for firefighters and EMT's. The course will cover the following areas: common terminology, kinematics of trauma, patient packaging, vehicle technology and new vehicle technology, stabilization, hydraulic rescue systems, sawzalls, air chisels, and extrication techniques. In completion it covers the fundamentals of extrication and is a pre-requisite for vehicle extrication II.

Vehicle Extrication II 16 hrs CEU's (11)

This course will provide the emergency responder with the understanding of the challenges associated with the advanced vehicle extrications. The 16 hours program is broken down into 4 hours of classroom time and 12 hours of hands on application. In its completion the student will be familiar with the following areas: Trauma associated with crushing injuries and impalements, rapid patient packaging, winch usage, advanced stabilization, extrication scenarios involving impalements, and advanced extrication techniques. The course is designed to provide the rescuer with an advanced knowledge of vehicle extrication in today's world. Pre-requisite: vehicle extrication I

School Bus Extrication 16 hrs CEU's (10)

This course will provide the emergency responder with the understanding of the challenges associated school bus extrications. The 16 hours program is broken down into 4 hours of classroom time and 12 hours of hands on application. In its completion the student will be familiar with the following areas: Bus anatomy and terminology, door removals, rear wall blow outs, side wall blow outs, interior operations, dash displacement, steering column pulls, seat removals, roof operations for gaining access and more... The course is designed to provide the rescuer with an advanced knowledge of school bus extrication in today's world. Pre-requisite: vehicle extrication I

Big Rig Extrication 16 hrs CEU's (TBA)

This course will provide the emergency responder with the understanding of the challenges associated big rig extrications. The 16 hours program is broken down into 4 hours of classroom time and 12 hours of hands on application. In its completion the student will be familiar with the following areas: Big Rig anatomy and terminology, door removals, rear wall blow outs, side wall blow outs, interior operations, dash displacement, steering column pulls, seat removals, roof operations for gaining access and more... The course is designed to provide the rescuer with an advanced knowledge of big rig extrication in today's world. Pre-requisite: vehicle extrication I

Swift Water Rescue Awareness and Operations

In this 2 day class you will receive classroom and hands-on training. We work on getting comfortable swimming around in swift water,
understanding how to set up a variety of unique rescues, limitations of certain common rescue techniques, and managing a rescue, among other things.

Open Water Rescue Awareness and Operations
The Open Water Rescue courses that can be offered are both awareness and operations level training. These classes can be combined into one intense two day program. Topics covered include rescue philosophy and safety, team and scene management, basic hydrology and hazards, medical considerations, pre-planning your water hazards, water rescue knots, reaching and throwing rescues, boat based operations, contact rescues and managing combative victims, basic search management and search patterns, victim assessment and stabilization, spinal injuries, and much more. It's two-day format includes a half-day of classroom study and one and one-half days of in-water skills practice.

Technical Rescue for the First Due Company Officer
This course introduces the company level officers to the unique challenges presented by a Technical Rescue Incident. These include
initial scene control, establishing a unified incident command and securing the appropriate technical rescue mutual aid. The course will
discuss NFPA and OSHA requirements for technical incidents and the roles and responsibilities of the first due companies. Special focus will be placed on trench and collapse rescues incidents. Topics include: building construction, typical collapse patterns, the five phases of collapse rescue, parts of a trench, shoring principals, rescue procedures and more

Ice Water Rescue Awareness, Operations and Technician levels
This course runs the gamut and will take the rescuer to any of the three desired levels of training. We offer the awareness for general
knowledge, next we would move into the operations which will cover the shore work aspect and then we move on to the technician level which is working on the ice and retrieving and packaging a patient for removal.

Other Rescue Classes:

Rapid Intervention Crew
Rapid Intervention for The Company Officer>>>>>> COMING SOON
EMS Stairwell Belays (for lowering a patient from an upper floor).

Stairwell Belays
This 8 hour class is geared towards emergency medical and fire
departments. This course will cover how to safely belay a patient down a
stairwell, and how to properly haul a patient up a stairwell. The
students will conduct hands on evolutions at a building of their
discretion. During this class the student will learn ropes and knots,
anchor points, belay systems and hauling systems. Please be advised that
this is not a rope rescue course, this is simply a class to assist EMT's
and firefighters to properly remove a patient via a stairwell using a
stokes or a SKED.

OTHER FIRE CLASSES:

Ground Ladders
Forcible Entry
Engine Company Operations
Truck Company Operations
Firefighter Safety/Survival
Pre-Planning
CEVO Fire II
Building Construction
Strategy and Tactics
Basement Fires
Fire Extinguisher Training
Lock Out/Tag Out
Basic Fire Investigation
Harassment Training
Vehicle Firefighting
Hi-Rise Operations
Ventilation Practices
Salvage and Overhaul