It is designed as the initial entry program for firefighter personnel. It introduces firefighting concepts, practices and techniques necessary for success within the fire service.
Basic firefighter provides a foundation of knowledge and skills needed for todays fire service.
This course prepares Emergency Response Personnel to effectively and safely respond to and stabilize incidents involving hazardous materials in an offensive mode. Course content will enable firefighters to recognize the types of events encountered on the fire ground 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 perform self-rescue techniques when disoriented, seperated, or when needing to exit a structure in an emergency. Students must be physically capable of wearing an SCBA and possess current medical clearance for SCBA use. This course trains fire police to perform their duties more effectively. It includes defining and interpretting terms, oath of office, relation to regular police officers, general duties, maintaining safe conditions at an emergency, traffic direction and control, pre-planning, and various laws of interest to the fire service.