Department of Fire/Emergency Management

Hands-on Live Fire Evolutions

Registration TBA

Schedule:

TBA           

Locations: TBA

81-Refresher Training

Students participating in this course shall have completed The New York State Firefighting Essentials and Initial Fire Attack courses or equivalent. Nationally recognized Firefighter Level I certification may be substituted for the course prerequisites. Students not possessing these prerequisites will not be allowed to participate for their own safety. * Prerequisites- Signed Training Authorization Letter, Students ages 16&17 must have parent or legal guardians sign as well, complete set of approved turnout gear, approved SCBA w/spare cylinder and personal utility or life rope.

Course content will enable firefighters to recognize the types of events encountered on the fireground that contribute to firefighter disorientation and/or entrapment; to have knowledge of what is necessary to ensure their safety and that of their partners or crew members; and to perform self-rescue techniques when disoriented, separated, or needing to exit a structure in an emergency. All evolutions will evolve live fire suppression operations in accordance with NFPA 1403. This course requires students to perform a number of practical evolutions with self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).

Topics

Fireground safety, ladder ops, water supply, fire behavior, initial fire attack, search/rescue, ventilation

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