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This introductory level course is designed to provide the student with the theoretical and practical training to function as an integral member of a firefighting team.

It meets and/or exceeds National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1001 Professional Standards.

Firefighter Orientation; Firefighter Safety and Health; Fire Behaviour; Building Construction; Firefighter Personal Protective Equipment; Portable Fire Extinguishers; Ropes and Knots; Rescue and Extrication; Forcible Entry; Ground Ladders; Ventilation; Water Supply; Fire Hose; Fire Streams; Fire Control; Fire Detection, Alarm and Suppression Systems; Loss Control; Protecting Fire Scene Evidence; Fire Department Communications.

Prerequisites - FIRE 0041 (Advanced Medical First Responder Level I (40 hours))

NOTE: Successful completion of NFPA 472 Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations is required in order to receive Certification in NFPA 1001 – Firefighter – Level I

Duration - 25 days

Lectures - 10 days

Practical Exercises - 15 days

This course is designed to give students the knowledge to operate and to maintain a fire pumper in safe working condition.

The Driver/Operator; Types of Fire Apparatus Equipped with a Fire Pump; Introduction to Apparatus Inspection and Maintenance; Operating Emergency Vehicles; Positioning Apparatus; Fire Pump Theory; Operating Fire Pumps; Static Water Supply Sources; Relay Pumping Operations; Water Shuttle Operations; Foam Equipment and Systems; Apparatus Testing; What is Water and Where it Comes From; Fire Hose Nozzles and Flow Rates; Theoretical Pressure Calculations; Fire Ground Hydraulic Calculations.

Prerequisites - Entry into the Fire Rescue Program

NOTE: Successful completion of NFPA 1001 - Firefighter - Level I is required for those participants who intend to complete the NFPA 1002 testing for Fire Pumper Driver/Operator

Duration - 15 days

Lectures - 5 days

Practical - 8 days

Testing - 2 days

This course is designed to provide the student with the theoretical and practical training to function as an integral member of a firefighting team.

It meets and/or exceeds National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1001 Professional Standards.

Building Construction; Rescue and Extrication; Water Supply; Fire Hose; Fire Streams; Fire Control; Fire Detection, Alarm and Suppression Systems; Protecting Fire Scene Evidence; Fire Department Communications; Fire Prevention and Public Fire Education; Live-Fire Scenario Training; Aerial Ladder Climb; Physical-Fitness Testing; Professional Development.

Prerequisites - FIRE 0011 (Firefighter - Level I)

NOTE: Certification in NFPA 1001 Firefighter Level I is required only for those participants who intend to complete the NFPA 1001 Firefighter Level II certification testing.

Duration - 20 days

Lectures - 4 days

Practical Exercises - 4 days

NFPA Level II Testing - 2 days

Live-Fire Scenario Training - 6 days

Aerial Ladder Climb - 1 day

Physical Fitness Testing - 1 day

Professional Development - 2 days

This is an introductory level course designed to enable students to identify dangerous goods incidents and to properly respond to hazardous materials situations under the guidelines of Hazardous Materials Operations.

Chemical Properties and Hazardous Materials Behaviour, Incident Management; Strategic Goals and Tactical Objectives; Terrorist Attacks, Criminal Activities and Disasters; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); Decontamination; Product Control; Air Monitoring and Sampling; Victim Rescue and Recovery; Evidence Preservation and Sampling; Illicit Laboratories.

Prerequisite - FIRE 0036 (Hazardous Materials Awareness)

NOTE: To be certified to the NFPA 472 - Hazardous Materials Operations Level, successful completion of NFPA 472 Hazardous Materials Awareness is required.

Duration - 7.5 days (45 hours)

Theory - 5.5 days (33 hours)

Practical Exercises - 1 day (6 hours)

Testing - 1 day (6 hours)

This is an introductory level course designed to enable students to identify dangerous goods incidents and properly perform isolation and evacuation procedures.

Introduction to Hazardous Materials; Hazardous Materials Identification; Awareness-Level Actions at Hazardous Materials Incidents.

Prerequisite - Entry into the Fire Rescue Program

Duration - 2.5 days (17.5 hours)

Theory - 1.5 days (10.5 hours)

Practical Exercises - 0.5 days (3.5 hours)

Testing - 0.5 days (3.5 hours)

This is a Technical Rescuer Course that introduces the student to the theoretical, practical, and advanced aspects of Vehicle Rescue Techniques.

This course incorporates the Awareness, Operations, and Technician Level requirements to meet the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1006: Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications, 2017 Edition – Chapter 8 Vehicle Rescue

Awareness Level:

Vehicle Incident safety

Operations Level:

Personal Protective Equipment, Hazards, and Hazard Mitigation; Incident Management Responsibilities; Tools and Equipment; Victim Management Passenger Vehicles; Passenger Vehicle Stabilization Operations; and Passenger Vehicle: Victim Disentanglement and Extrication

Technician Level:

Personal Protective Equipment, Hazards, and Hazard Mitigation; Incident Management Responsibilities; Tools and Equipment; Victim Management Commercial/Heavy Vehicles; Commercial/Heavy Vehicle Stabilization Operations; Commercial/Heavy Vehicle Disentanglement; and Special Extrication Situations

Prerequisites - Advanced Medical First Responder Level I (40 Hour)

NOTE: Certification will not be received for Technician Level until successful completion of Operations Level; also Certification for Operations Level will not be received until successful completion of Awareness Level

Duration - 10 days

Classroom - 5 days

Practical - 5 days

This is a Technical Rescuer Course that introduces the student to the theoretical, practical, and advanced aspects of Rope Rescue Techniques.

This course incorporates the Awareness, Operations, and Technician Level requirements to meet the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1006: Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications, 2017 Edition – Chapter 5 Rope Rescue.

Awareness Level:

The High-Angle Environment; Rescue Organization; Medical Considerations in Technical Rescue; Hauling Systems; Helicopter Rescue Operations

Operations Level:

Personal Equipment and Protection; Rope Related Equipment; Care and Use of Rescue Rope and Related Equipment; Basic High-Angle Hardware; Knots; Anchoring; Belaying of One Person Loads; Rappelling; Basic Ascending Techniques; Rescue Organization; Medical Considerations in Technical Rescue; Rescue Belaying; Pickoff Rescue Techniques; Use of Litters in High-Angle Rescue; Low-Angle Evacuation; High-Angle Lowering; Hauling Systems

Technician Level:

Pickoff Rescue Techniques; Use of Litters in High-Angle Rescue; High-Angle Lowering; Hauling Systems; Highlines

Prerequisites - FIRE 0041 (Advanced Medical First Responder Level I (40 hours))

NOTE:Certification will not be received for Technician Level until successful completion of Operations Level; Certification for Operations Level will not be received until successful completion of Awareness Level

Duration - 20 days (including NFPA testing)

Classroom - 10 days

Practical - 10 days

This is a Technical Rescuer Course that introduces the student to both the theoretical and practical aspects of Confined Space Rescue Techniques.

This course incorporates the Awareness, Operations, and Technician Level requirements to meet the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1006: Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications, 2017 Edition. Chapter 7 - Confined Space.

Awareness Level:

Confined Spaces and Their Hazards; Confined Space Entry Requirements; Using the Incident Command System; Ventilation and Inerting; Safety; Rescue; Standard Operating Procedures; Rescue Equipment

Operations Level:

Air Monitoring; Lockout/Tagout; Using the Incident Command System; Strategic Rescue Factors; Ventilation and Inerting; Safety; Rescue; Standard Operating Procedures; Rescue Equipment

Technician Level:

Strategic Rescue Factors; Rescue; Standard Operating Procedures; Team Evaluation

Prerequisites - Advanced Medical First Responder Level I (40 hours) and/or equivalent

NOTE:Certification in NFPA 1006 Confined Space Awareness must be successfully completed before receiving certification in NFPA 1006 Confined Space Operations. Certification in NFPA 1006 Confined Space Operations must be successfully completed before receiving certification in NFPA 1006 Confined Space Technician

Classroom - 5 days

Practical - 5 days

Total - 10 days (70 hours)

An approved training provider will deliver this 5-day course.