Fire Training

Dates: March 4 & 6, 2025
Time: 1830 - 2130 each night
Instructor: John Gilmore, NYS SFI
Description: The modern Fire Behavior course is designed to address the cognitive knowledge aspect of NFPA 1403's new competencies and has been titled in line with today’s industry terminology. When NFPA last updated its Conducting Live Fire Training standard, several “Modern Fire Behavior” competencies were added to the original eleven. The course utilizes those required training topics as its road map and attempts to better prepare firefighters for the fire behavior they encounter today.
Audience: Line Offciers, Training Officers, Safety Officers, Firefighters
Pre-requisites: FF1 or equivalent
Registration: MUST be done on the Acadis OFPC Training portal - preregister here: MODERN FIRE BEHAVIOR

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Dates: March 4, 11, 18, 26, April 1 1800 - 2200hrs each night
             Saturdays April 5, 12 0900 - 1700 each day
Instructor: Mark Degraw, NYS SFI
Description: Designed to follow the NFPA 1002 (2017 edition) Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications, provides the student with knowledge necessary to operate, inspect and maintain aerial devices. Course content includes emergency vehicle operations review, classification and typing, vehicle inspection, operation of various types of aerial devices including platforms and ladders, proper location of placement and setup at an incident including spotting and stabilizing. Fire departments must possess an aerial device to offer this program enabling students to fully operate this device.
Pre-requisites: BEFO or equivalent
Pre-registration: MUST be done on the Acadis OFPC Training portal - preregister here: Apparatus Aerial Operator
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Date: April 19, 2025 - 0830-1630hrs
Description: This will be an 8 hour refresher training of Interior Fire Operations Units 12 & 13 - Structural Fire
Pre-requisites: FF1 or equivalent
Pre-registration: MUST be done on the Acadis OFPC Training portal - preregister here: IFO REFRESHER
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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
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