Students will also experience self-survival techniques such as the ladder bail out, personal rope escape, and all breaching. All evolutions are conducted with fall protection and with strict safety precautions.
Practical evolutions are very physical and strenuous.
This certification assures that the student will have a working knowledge of firefighting tactics, personal protective gear, SCBA, search and rescue, hose handling, use of forcible entry tools, ladders, fire behavior, and building construction. The student is responsible for providing personal protective equipment and SCBA for the live training exercises. SCBA may be provided by MFRI upon request. Students must be in good physical condition. Both Joe and Mike are Level II instructors for the State of Maryland.