Course: Initial Fireground Decision-Making/The Sixth Minute:
Decisions that are made in the initial phases of an emergency will impact the overall operations and the eventual outcome.
Initial Fireground Decision-Making is a course that covers the concepts of: size up, command, control & communications and determining initial strategies and tactics. It also covers leadership and command presence. The course will also cover operational modes and engine and ladder company operations. This material is covered with the underlying theme of firefighter safety.
- Instructor: Green Mountain Associates
- Training Prerequisites: None.
- Equipment: None
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Course: Advanced Pumps
This course expands on earlier course on pumps and pump operations. Students will continue their development of their understanding of pumps and priming and have an opportunity to put theory into practice. Maintenance, trouble shooting and pump damage control and avoidance will be emphasized throughout the course. Drafting, portable pump operation and relay pumping will be explored and practiced.
- Instructors: Green Mountain Associates
- Prerequisites: Intro Pumps
- Equipment Required: PPE
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Course: Rookie Course:
An Introduction to the Fire Service. Welcome to the greatest fraternity on earth. Community service, selflessness & brotherhood are the hallmarks of firefighters. Firefighting has great rewards, but it is also hazardous. New firefighters must learn the basic skill of the job and how to do the job safely. This course will give new firefighters an introduction to these basic skills on how to do firefighting safely.
Topics to be covered:
Orientation to and History of the Fire Service, Fire Department Organization & Chain of Command, Jobs & Tasks of Firefighters, Safety & Protective Equipment, Fire Service Terminology, Chemistry of Fire & Fire Behavior, Classes of Fires & Fire Extinguishers, Fire Apparatus Overview and Orientation, Hose & Appliances Orientation, Ground Ladders, Hand Tool Identification & Orientation, Ropes & Knots.
This class should be the first step in a firefighter’s career and in a firefighter’s progression of training.
Students should bring their Firefighter’s protective clothing and be physically able to carry out the physical rigors of firefighting.
- Instructors: Green Mountain Associates
- Equipment Required: PPE
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Course: R. I. T.
R.I.T. Rapid Intervention Teams or FAST, Firefighter Assistance Search Teams are designed to rescue and assist firefighters in trouble on emergencies scenes.
This course will address the fundamentals of R.I.T. operations in Mayday situations.
This course will provide firefighters with knowledge and training to organize and conduct R.I.T. or fast operations through both classroom and practical hands-on training.
Firefighters signing up for this course should be trained and capable of using self-contained breathing apparatus in a strenuous working environment.
- Instructors: Green Mountain Associates
- Prerequisites: SCBA
- Equipment Required: PPE
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Course: Firefighter Rehab
Exposure to heat, cold, dehydration & the physical rigors of firefighting operations have significant negative impact on the health, safety & effectiveness of firefighters & other emergency responders.
This course prepares responders to recognize & identify the signs and symptoms related to the toll on firefighters from the various physical and environmental aspects of emergency operations. The course also covers the setting up and operations of rehab operations.
Participants should be prepared to participate in rehab activities as part of this course.
- Instructors: Green Mountain Associates
- Prerequisites: None
- Equipment Required: PPE
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Course: Engine Company Operations
The engine companies are the basic operational units of every fire department and provide the primary extinguishing agent water, and personnel and delivers them to the fire. To supply water and use it properly the firefighter must have considerable skills and knowledge.
This course will include: the basic mission of engine companies, engine company operations, strategies and tactics for engine companies, size up and smoke signals, and operational pointers for engine companies.
Practical & skills sessions will include: hose loads and deployment, hose advancement and nozzle skills, engine company hose team skills and practice.
Practical sessions require physical exercise and only firefighters physically capable of demanding physical effort should participate. PPE is required.
- Instructors: Green Mountain Associates
- Prerequisites: None
- Equipment Required: PPE