NYS FIREFIGHTER I -09/2016 (Mon/ Wed) - 2 SEGMENT COURSE SCHEDULE IFSTA Essentials of Firefighting & FD Operations 6TH Edition Curriculum DATE/TIME LOCATION Unit / Time UNIT READING Instructors Exterior Firefighting Operations (BEFO) Course- FF-1 Segment 1 Basic Exterior Firefighting Operations Mon Unit 1 3 hours Orientation - Registration, Attendance, Testing, and Course Overview; Issue take home skills; Intro to Fire Service/FD Organization; [Officer orientation] IFSTA Ch. 1; 2 Two weeks after Unit 1- Mon Unit 2 3 hours FF Safety/ PPE Presentation Ch. 2 & Ch. 6 1 Wed Unit 3 3 hours PPE/SCBA skills 6-I-1, 6-I-10 to 6-I-6, 7 IFSTA Ch. 6 3 Mon Unit 4 3 hours FD Communication/ brief reading assessment IFSTA Ch. 3 1 Wed Unit 5 3 hours Building Construction presentation IFSTA Ch. 4 1 Mon Unit 6 3 hours Fire Behavior (fire control) presentation IFSTA Ch. 5 1 Wed Unit 7 3 hours Portable Fire Extinguishers with live fire 7-I-1, 2, 3 Ch. 7 3 Mon Unit 8 3 hours Ropes/ Knots; Ground Ladder presentation IFSTA Ch. 8/ Ch. 12; pgs. 1 Wed Unit 9 3 hours Ground ladders & Rope Skills 8-I-2 to 8-I-12 Ch. 12 3 Mon Unit 10 3 hours Ground Ladder skills 12-I-2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17 3 Wed Unit 11 3 hours Ladder skills continued; 12-I-4, 5, to 8-I-18 3 Mon Unit 12 Water Supply presentation/ Hose Ch. 14, 15, 16 1 11,
3hours presentation/ Fire Streams presentation Wed Unit 13 3 Hose, water supply, fire stream skills 15-I-3, 4, 15-I-1,2 IFSTA Ch. 15; Ch. 16 3 Mon Unit 14 3 hours Hose Skills 14-I-1 to 4; 15-I-5, 9, 12, 15, 24, 25, 26, 27; 16-I-1 to 3, 17-I-7 4 Wed Unit 15 3 hours Loss Control & Activities 18-I-8 to 11 IFSTA Ch. 18; 1 Mon Unit 16 3 hours Origin and Cause presentation/ Scene Lighting presentation Ch. 19, 479-484 1 Wed Unit 17 3 hours Life safety initiatives/CS Awareness presentation; review IFSTA Ch. 21; pgs. 538-540 1 Mon Unit 18 3 hours Forcible Entry & Tactical ventilation Presentations IFSTA Ch 13 Wed Unit 19 3 hours Forcible Entry Skills 11-I-3 to 8/ Skills review IFSTA Ch 11 3 Mon Unit 20 3 hours Emergency Medical Care/ skills 5, 6, 7, 9-I-17 IFSTA Ch. 22 2 Wed Unit 21 3 hours BEFO written evaluation /Final Skills Evaluation 3 HMFRO Mon Unit 22 4 Haz Mat presentation IFSTA Ch. 23 1 Wed Unit 23 4 hours Haz Mat presentation IFSTA Ch. 23 1 Mon Unit 24 4 hours Haz Mat presentation; Haz Mat activities 24-I-7 to 11 IFSTA Ch. 24 2 Wed Unit 25 4 hours Haz Mat Skills 24-I-1, 24-I-2, Haz Mat written exam; Haz Mat activities continued IFSTA Ch. 24 2 NYS Basic Exterior Firefighting Operations (BEFO) Course Achieved Students must score at least 70% on HMFRO and BEFO written exams and successfully demonstrate all BEFO skills to receive a course completion certificate and proceed onto the SCBA/ Interior Firefighting Operations Course.
SCBA/ Interior Firefighting Operations Course– FF-1 Segment 2 SCBA/ Interior Firefighting Operations Mon Unit 1 3 Introduction/ Orientation/ BEFO review quiz/ PPE& SCBA skills 1 Wed Unit 2 3 hours Fire Control Presentation Chap17 1 Mon Unit 3 3 hours Structural Search Presentation IFSTA Ch. 9 1 Wed Unit 4 3 hours PPE Skills review 6-I-2, 3, 4, 6-I-5; Structure Fire Search, Victim Removal; Skills 9-I-1& 9-I-4 IFSTA Ch. 9 3 Mon Unit 5 3 hours PPE Skill 6-I-12 Drill #1; Victim removal from Ladder; skills 12-I-18 & 12-I-19 IFSTA Ch. 9 & 12 4 Wed Unit 6 3 hours Survival Skills: 9-I-8, 11, 11 A, 12, 12 A, 14, 15, 16 3 Mon Unit 7 3 hours SCBA Emergencies; Task Oriented Air Consumption (air mgmt. exercise) 9-I-9, 6-I-12 Drill #2 4 Wed Unit 8 3 hour Forcible Entry/ Tactical Vent Skills 11-I-3 to 8, 13-I-1 to 3, 13-I-5 to 8, 12-I-12 IFSTA Ch. 11 & 13 3 Mon Unit 9 3 hours Hose, hose advancement skills 3 Wed Unit 10 3 hours Task Oriented Air Consumption make up / Skills review 3 Mon Unit 11 3 Vehicle Skills 17-I-8 4 Wed Unit 12 4 hours Structural fires 1; Skill 17-I-1 A 4 Mon Unit 13 4 Structural Fires 2; Skill 17-I-1 B 4 Wed Unit 14 3 Initial Company Ops – see instructor direction – NO LIVE FIRE 4 Mon Unit 15 3 hours Final Skills Evaluation 3