Fire Training

Dates: May 21, 22, 28, 29 - 1800-2200 each night
Instructor: James Shine, NYS OFPC HazMat Bureau
Description: Provides the hazardous materials incident commander with the skills necessary to successfully and safely manage the incident. Includes the need for an organized approach to managing hazardous materials incidents, the required elements for an employer’s emergency response plan, site-specific pre-incident emergency planning, incident analysis and the development of site safety plans, strategic goals for hazardous materials incidents, and developing a plan of action and its application and tactical objective to accomplish the strategic goals. This course meets the requirements of OSHA 1910.120 and NFPA 470 Chapters 12 and 13. It is designed for the Operations level officer who will have overall incident command.
Pre-requisites: HMFRO, NIMS 100, NIMS 200
Pre-registration: MUST be done on the Acadis OFPC Training portal - preregister here: HAZMAT IC
If you have difficulty preregistering or are not registered on the Acadis website, the Acadis homepage can be found here: ENVISAGE Acadis®. The homepage has all the tools for forgotten passwords, new registrations, and much more.

Date: Available any time - 6 hours in length
Description: This course discusses the legal authority, and who has the responsibility, to conduct fire investigations. Students learn about fire scene security and their role in the identification and preservation of evidence potentially relevant to a fire investigation. Participants are provided an overview of the fire investigation process to assist in meeting requirements of General Municipal Law § 204d, and so they can recognize instances where a certified fire investigator should be requested.
Pre-requisites: NONE
Registration: MUST be done on the Acadis OFPC Training portal - preregister here:: FILO If you have difficulty preregistering or are not registered on the Acadis website, the Acadis homepage can be found here: ENVISAGE Acadis®. The homepage has all the tools for forgotten passwords, new registrations, and much more.

Dates: Starts May 13th, Tuesdays, 6p-10p each night
Instructor: Ron Wamsley, NYS SFI
Description: Offers knowledge and skills essential to pump operation. Based on objectives from National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator, Chapter 3, this course includes responsibilities of pump operators, hydraulics and friction loss, pump controls and accessories, fire streams, pumper practices, pumping from draft and pump evolutions, and using the fire pump at the fire hydrant.
Pre-requisites: None
Pre-registration: MUST be done on the Acadis OFPC Training portal - preregister here: AOPUMP If you have difficulty preregistering or are not registered on the Acadis website, the Acadis homepage can be found here: ENVISAGE Acadis®. The homepage has all the tools for forgotten passwords, new registrations, and much more.

Dates: June 3, July 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31, Aug 5, 19, 21
All classes start at 6:30pm
Instructor: Melvin Harrington, NYS SFI
Description: This course is designed for the highly motivated, self-directed student with access to high-speed internet who can commit to an aggressive training schedule in a compressed time format. Students will be expected to read three chapters, complete the respective on-line interactive slides shows and score at least 70% on three on-line chapter tests each week. Students will be monitored and assisted by an instructor through email and on-line course contact. Corresponding skills instruction and evaluation will occur at a training facility. This course prepares new firefighters to operate under direct supervision in the exterior or non-IDLH areas of the fire scene only. It is also the prerequisite course for participating in the SCBA/ Interior Firefighting Operations-FF-1 course. Students participate in training covering firefighter personal protective equipment (PPE), self-contained breathing apparatus inspection and cylinder changing, fire department communications, building construction and fire behavior, modern fire control research, portable fire extinguishers, rope and knot tying, ground ladders, forcible entry, tactical ventilation theory, water supply, hose and fire streams, loss control, orientation to fire origin and cause determination, fire prevention and life safety initiatives, confined space awareness, Firefighter post fire decontamination, overview of first aid and buddy care, and Hazardous Materials First Responder Operations.

Required Text: Brady/IFSTA Essentials of Firefighting, 7th Ed. Fee: $40 paid directly to IFSTA for online interactive materials.

Registration:  MUST be done on the Acadis OFPC Training portal - preregister here: BEFO If you have difficulty preregistering or are not registered on the Acadis website, the Acadis homepage can be found here: ENVISAGE Acadis®. The homepage has all the tools for forgotten passwords, new registrations, and much more.