Addison County Regional Fire School

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.