Course Overview

This course provides foundational and advanced training in fire communications for emergency dispatchers and fire responders. Through real-life examples, discussions, and scenario practice, participants will learn to effectively manage fire service communications from call intake to incident resolution.

Learning Objectives

Understand the lifecycle of a fire call from intake to dispatch.

Differentiate between calltaking and dispatching functions.

Apply proper radio etiquette and terminology.

Identify and overcome common communication challenges.

Discuss effective scene size-ups and maintain clear incident communications.

Coordinate mutual aid responses efficiently.

Appropriately utilize and request dispatch resources.

Demonstrate learned skills in simulated scenarios.

Each year, we continue to lose approximately 100 firefighters in the line of duty. Running out of air after becoming lost and disoriented, while performing a search, is the second leading cause of firefighter deaths and injuries while operating on the fireground. Most of the time the event occurs in the first 20 minutes of being on scene and is associated with the stretching of the initial handlines. The search of a burning structure is a firefighting basic and falls into the category of subject areas that firefighters should spend a majority of their training time.

Modern environments deal firefighters a much different look than what environments presented thirty, twenty or even ten years ago. This session will review the basics of conducting primary and secondary searches in today’s structures. The changing dynamics of contemporary structures and the challenges they pose to response personnel will be discussed. The modern day environment is poses more problems than are addressed in an ordinary firefighter book. We have to look at the ever changing products and materials they are made of. Training and strategies for performing and managing effective and efficient searches under extreme conditions in contemporary structures will serve as a focal point for this dynamic and challenging program combining lecture and complex tactical scenarios for learning application.

As the job of firefighting changes, performing aggressive searches for trapped occupants is becoming more of a high risk potential. The subject areas of risk versus benefit analysis and size-up are directly related to the effectiveness of search efforts on the fireground. This power packed program will focus on their importance but will try to concentrate on the actual operations and hazards faced by firefighters on a search operation once committed to the interior.

Day 1:

            Lecture in AM and

Skills and Practical in PM

Day 2:

            Scenarios in AM

Students:

Need to be firefighter 1 or signed off by chief 

Have full PPE with SCBA and spare cylinder

In this presentation, we will review the seven drug categories, providing examples of the types of drugs that fall under each category, and delve in-depth into understanding the clues and indicators of drug/alcohol impairment that a Firefighter may encounter at scenes they respond to. At the conclusion of the presentation, there will be time for a Q&A.

The class is designed to provide responders who may be working near water or flood conditions with sufficient knowledge to be aware of hazards created by this environment and develop an understanding of water rescue techniques.   The class will allow responders to support rescue teams that may be called to assist in flooding incidents.  There are no pre-requisites, recertifies at Water and Flood Awareness Level. 

Course Overview

This course provides foundational and advanced training in fire communications for emergency dispatchers and fire responders. Through real-life examples, discussions, and scenario practice, participants will learn to effectively manage fire service communications from call intake to incident resolution.

Learning Objectives

Understand the lifecycle of a fire call from intake to dispatch.

Differentiate between calltaking and dispatching functions.

Apply proper radio etiquette and terminology.

Identify and overcome common communication challenges.

Discuss effective scene size-ups and maintain clear incident communications.

Coordinate mutual aid responses efficiently.

Appropriately utilize and request dispatch resources.

Demonstrate learned skills in simulated scenarios.

Everybody has them. Small towns, big towns and large cities. Senior care facilities. It’s where folks gowhen they can no longer care for themselves and they can be there for a myriad of reasons.These facilities take on various shapes and sizes and come with different names. NFPA defines seniorcare facilities as those that are responsible for the treatment of persons with physical, mental illness,disease or infirmity of aged persons. These may consist of sleeping accommodations for individualswho may be incapable of self-preservation due to physical or mental disabilities/limitations. Somemay have security measures that limit freedom of movement.They include independent-living facilities, assisted-living facilities, limited-care facilities, long-term carefacilities and now hybrid facilities which are large facilities that can handle all four groups including Alzheimer’s patients.A fire incident in one these facilities will be resource intensive. Many, if not all, of the occupants willdepend on others to keep them safe. Fireground operations may take on a different complexion compared to a “bread and butter” house fire.

The program includes:

• Review of building construction and fire protection features

• Strategic decision making

• Tactical considerations

• Incident command functions

• Mass casualty incident potentials

• A review of notable fire incidents and case studies involving these occupancies.

• Review of sample standard operating guidelines

• In classroom fire simulation exercises.