This 1 day course will be a round table discussion format, the goal is to promote a lot of conversation and dialog around emerging topics and trends in the fire service. Morning half of the day will discuss topics such as, current safety topics in the fire service, retention / recruitment, Mentoring/ coaching evolves leadership and relationship dynamics - navigating difficult conversations. The afternoon will be joined by Julie Fitzgibbons (with Chief Doug Cline) to tackle the subject of firefighter resilience and stress. More Information will be on coursestorm shortly. Attendees are encouraged to bring questions with them for the day and be interactive in the conversations. 

This half day course:

1st Due without a Crew Short-handed Firefighting - Fire Departments all over the United States are seeing a significant decline in the number of Volunteer Firefighters. In 1984 there were 897,759 Volunteer Firefighters responding to 11- Million calls. In 2014 there were 788,850 Volunteer Firefighters responding to 31-Million calls. This program will review the safety challenges of managing a structure fire with limited personnel. Realistic expectations of fire attack and the importance of line choice, placement and deployment. Modern fire behavior, risk analysis and lightweight construction.

This 1 day course explains the purpose and importance of ventilation.  It describes when to perform ventilation, where to ventilate, and how to perform ventilation operations, and stresses the importance of coordinating ventilation with other fire suppression activities.  Topics include fire behavior and building construction as it relates to ventilation, how to perform the various types of ventilation within a structure, and the effects of ventilation on heat, smoke, toxic gasses, and fire development.  This course includes skills practice including negative-pressure ventilation, positive-pressure ventilation, hydraulic ventilation, roof ventilation with a power saw, and performing readiness checks on power saws.

Prerequisites:  None

Minimum Age:  18 years due to the use of power equipment

Personal Protective Equipment and SCBA are required

Classroom and Live Fire Demonstration- HCT's F-500 Encapsulator Agent's engineered advantage is based on the high performance, three-dimensional firefighting capabilities of micelle encapsulation. This combination of attributes provides for quick knockdown and rapid heat reduction, providing permanent burnback resistance. F-500 encapsulates hydrocarbon liquids and vapors rendering fuel non-flammable and non-ignitable while interrupting free radical coalescence, inhibiting the formation of toxic soot and smoke. All of this leads to enhanced firefighting performance with increased life safety and reduced property damage, while minimizing water use and the subsequent water damage and runoff created. 

 This half day course:

Residential Fire Tactics & Strategies - This program will focus on tactical considerations for residential structure fires by reviewing the core fireground objectives of firefighter safety, saving lives and saving property. Understanding modern fire behavior, residential building construction and risk benefit analysis are critical elements of a successful incident. This program will use fire service curriculum, case studies, photos, videos and personal experiences of over 33-years in the fire service.

This 1 day course will cover a summary of these topics in relation to active shooter type incidents:

1.Safety on the Fireground

2.Responding to scenes and analyzing pre-arrival information for safety

3.Situations worth staging vs responding

4.Previous incidents involving purposeful fires to attract service response for an attack

5.Overview of the ALICE program and other similar formats taught in local schools for familiarization of law enforcement response and actions being accomplished within a school when faced with active shooter or similar emergency.

This vehicle fire 1 day course covers the dangers that are present in new vehicles due to the crash safety features now installed and the changes in the materials used in the construction of modern cars and trucks. The course will explain why we need to change the tactics previously taught to better ensure the safety of firefighters putting out vehicle fires today. The morning session is classroom and the afternoon session will be live fire work burning several vehicles.

Full PPE and SCBA required 

Classroom and Live Fire Demonstration- HCT's F-500 Encapsulator Agent's engineered advantage is based on the high performance, three-dimensional firefighting capabilities of micelle encapsulation. This combination of attributes provides for quick knockdown and rapid heat reduction, providing permanent burnback resistance. F-500 encapsulates hydrocarbon liquids and vapors rendering fuel non-flammable and non-ignitable while interrupting free radical coalescence, inhibiting the formation of toxic soot and smoke. All of this leads to enhanced firefighting performance with increased life safety and reduced property damage, while minimizing water use and the subsequent water damage and runoff created.