Public Safety Education and Training Catalog 2020 | Page 19

Car Fires: Is the Risk Worth the Effort? (3 hours)
The car fire used to be a simple fire – pull the booster line and put the
fire out. Today, the car fire has changed. Filled with toxins, explosive
devices, and shrapnel – a car fire sounds more like a war battle. The
class will discuss the hazards and proper way to handle these fires.
Confined Space Entry Awareness – Part A (3 hours)
This course is intended for any emergency response personnel who
might be required to respond to an incident involving a confined
space. This course provides the student with a basic understanding of
how to define and identify a confined space and regulatory standards
covering the spaces. The course meets the minimum criteria for initial
confined space entry as defined by OSHA.
Confined Space Rescue Operations – Part B (4 hours)
This is an operational course that is a follow up to the Part A course.
This course incorporates existing firefighter and firefighter MFR and
EMTs skills involving patient packaging, rigging and retrieval systems,
SCBA systems and communications systems.
Electric and Gaseous Hybrid Vehicle Seminar (3 hours)
This course describes the variety of safety issues that these relatively
new vehicles may present involving fire and/or rescue emergency
situations either on the roadway or at charging/docking stations
(e.g., garages).
Farm Rescue Course (8 hours)
This course provides the opportunity for the learner to develop
the knowledge and skills needed to access the hazards and manage
various farm rescue incidents.
Fire Behavior Training (4 hours)
This course provides an opportunity to observe fire development
through the growth stage and recognize some potential clues of
impending flashover. Students will learn fire control and ventilation
techniques and practice these techniques under realistic, live fire,
conditions.
Firefighter Personal Escape and Bailout (4 hours)
This course will cover techniques, tools and procedures for the
firefighter to rapidly escape from a structure. Ladder bails, axe
anchor bails, hose line bails, and rescue systems will be covered,
demonstrated and practiced.
Flashover and Survival Techniques for Deteriorating Fire
Conditions (4 hours)
This course is an introductory Flashover course and allows students
to practice hose line survival techniques that should be used to
prevent possible flashover situations. Retreating with a charged
hose line is something that must be practiced. Learn and practice
these techniques under realistic, live fire, conditions in both the
flashover simulator and burn tower.
Hose Line Selection, Advancement, Nozzle and Flow Rates
(3 hours)
This is an interactive classroom session covering hose line selection
and placement, proper pump pressures, overcoming friction loss, and
advancing hose lines. Strategy and tactics will also be discussed by
viewing real world fire incidents to help increase your decision making
at your next fire call.
Principles of Modern Fire Attack (3 hours)
This is a three-hour class introducing the research that Underwriters
Laboratories has conducted over the last decade to reduce firefighter
line of duty deaths (LODD) and improve safety on the fire ground.
Through the gathering of best lessons learned, fire departments can
adjust their policies, tactics, and training to create a safer environment
for firefighters and their communities.
Propane and Natural Gas Emergencies (4 hours)
This course provides students with knowledge of the general properties
of flammable gases including natural gas, propane and other liquid
flammable gases; including the effects of temperature and pressure as
they relate to firefighting; the behavior of natural gas and propane in
firefighting; and general safety in handling both gases.
Proper Size-Up Procedures (3 hours)
Today, more than ever, proper size-up is a necessity for efficient and
safe operations at any fire. Learn some tricks of the trade that will
make size up easier and more productive.
Rapid Intervention Training (RIT) (28 hours)
This comprehensive course is an operation-level rapid intervention and
self-survival training course. Participants will complete training on how
to remove themselves or assist their fellow firefighters in emergency
situations. Emphasis will be placed on scenarios that the firefighter can
be faced with on any structural emergency scene.
Responding to Ethanol Incidents (3 hours)
The course focuses on seven areas: the history of ethanol; the physical
and chemical characteristics of ethanol; transportation of the fuel;
storage and dispensing locations; the principles of fire-fighting foam;
ethanol blended fuel emergencies; and bulk storage fire incidents. The
class is 80 percent lecture with small field live fire demonstrations.
Rope Assisted Search Procedures (RASP) (4 hours)
In this program you will specifically learn the technique known as Rope
Assisted Search Procedures or “RASP.” RASP was developed for fire
companies that are assigned the task of conducting searches as a
team in large areas or in areas of many small rooms where firefighter
disorientation can occur.
SCBA Use: Survival and Confidence Course (4 hours)
This hands-on course teaches students SCBA emergency skills such as
SCBA familiarization; developing a donning routine; reduced-profile
techniques; entanglement emergencies; equipment failures; and
out-of-air situations. The training is designed to teach personal
survival skills and enhance SCBA familiarity and confidence.
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For more information or to register, go to register.corporatetraining.nwtc.edu or call 920-498-6373.