Certificate of Achievement

Basic Defensive Firefighting or SERT Competency Checklist

The Basic Offensive Firefighting course builds on the knowledge and skill set introduced to the student during the Basic Defensive Firefighting course. The course covers more advanced firefighting topics and introduces the student to offensive firefighting techniques. The course must be completed before firefighters are allowed to perform field operations for their fire department.

• Enable students to understand advanced principles of fire science and behaviour.
• Enable students to operate and use all types of tools, appliances, and protective equipment associated with offensive firefighting operations and fire control.
• Enable students to recognize potential health and safety hazards associated with offensive firefighting operations.
• Enable students to conduct offensive fire attacks.
• Enable students to perform ventilation operations for offensive firefighting operations.

ATTENTION: Your acceptance notification will be E-mailed to the E-mail account you provide during the registration process. Please remember to check your Junk E-mail folder for any communications that may have been filtered to that location.

Minimum class sizes are required to deliver courses, should these minimums not be achieved classes could be postponed or rescheduled.