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Classes will be announced at a later date.
Classes will be announced at a later date.
This class is designed for all firefighters. The class addresses protective clothing, SCBA, and search and rescue skills for Firefighter I and II certification. It is a physically demanding class. Topics include types and care of protective clothing, hazardous atmospheres, functions, components of SCBA use, maintenance of SCBA’s, safety precautions, emergency situations, search techniques and victim removal procedures.
Special Instructions: Participants must provide their own full firefighter PPE (turn out pants, coat, NFPA structural fire fighting boots, gloves, nomex hood) including SCBA and fire fighting helmet when involved in live fire training. Participants must be able to obtain a proper seal with the SCBA face piece. It is required by UFRA that all male students be clean shaven before attending this class. Students must be in good physical condition and capable of working in a high stress fire fighting environment. All other equipment will be provided.
UFRA will not supply any PPE and failure to bring it to the class venue will eliminate the student from the class.
Dates:
This class will cover the majority of the firefighter I practical skills for forcible entry. It starts out in the classroom for the first hour followed by 3 hours of hands-on skills. The lecture will cover different types of doors, windows and gates. And the different technics of gaining access through them. The lecture portion of the class is not meant to cover the Firefighter I written portion of the certification test in its entirety.
Objectives:
Special Instructions: Full firefighter turnouts (turnout pants and coat, NFPA structural boots, gloves, protective eye wear).
Dates:
This class will give every student a foundation to build from or accelerate their
current understanding of ventilation on the fire ground. Instructors will facilitate
discussions throughout the day on current fire-ground challenges, modern tactics,
how things have changed and yet, how much has remained the same. We have an experienced
and very knowledgeable instructor cadre that will help eliminate the intimidation
of ventilation and show how simple this operation is with a basic understanding of
building construction, fire dynamics and a skill set that will be shared throughout
our time together.
The morning will be spent in a classroom setting introducing rules and tactics to ventilation that will help guide participants on the fire ground. After the classroom session, we will cover tools, their use, and safe operations needed to conduct ventilation of a structure. After lunch, it is hands-on for the remainder of the day.
When we are done, each participant will be able to:
