FFP 1301 & FFP 1302 Apparatus Operations and Fire Service Hydraulics: IFSTA Pumping Apparatus Driver/Operator course meeting NFPA 1001 requirements for driver/operators. Covers basic pump theory, effective use of fire streams, fire pump operations, and hydraulic concepts. Complex application situations are covered. Students who complete this course will be able to sit for the State Pump Operators Test.

Pump Operator Refresher Class: This 20-hour course is designed for firefighters preparing to take their Fire Department's Engineer's Test, or for students just needing to review the material again. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the pump operator's responsibilities while operating from the pump panel for a given fire evolution. The student will show that he/she understands how to calculate the proper friction loss while maintaining proper flow and pressures during the evolution.

FFP 1505 Fire Prevention Practices: A study of fire inspection practices, including such items as purpose; definition; Fire Prevention Bureau activities; hazards; fire behavior; fire causes; types of construction including structural features, flame spread, occupancy and fireload; inspection techniques; conducting inspections.

FFP 1510 Codes & Standards: This portion of the program is a vital segment in completing the Fire Prevention Inspector's Certification requirements. This course is designed to familiarize inspectors with the five basic units of NFPA 101. This course includes statewide fire prevention code NFPA 1.

FFP 1540 Fire Protection Systems 1: This is a study of private fire protection and detection systems, such as sprinkler and standpipe systems, chemical extinguishing systems, detection systems and devices. Each system is discussed as to its need, construction, preventive maintenance and individual uses.

FFP 1740 Fire Service Course Delivery: The curriculum draws from many recognized authorities in exploring the methods and mechanics of imparting information and adult learning principles. The course emphasizes techniques that have wide application in teaching situations, as well as devices for specific areas. Also stressed is teaching effectiveness through the use of media and visual aids. This class is based on lecture, practical exercises, and/or field trips.

FFP 1810 Tactics and Strategy 1: The curriculum is designed to cover basic factors involved in coping with an emergency scene and determining the best use of available resources in protecting lives and property. The course emphasizes the changing nature of an emergency situation and the ways in which the fire officer can evaluate the effectiveness of his or her proposed Incident Action Plan.

FFP 2120 Building Construction: The curriculum deals with building construction. Topics include identifying hazards from assault by fire and gravity, how building construction can influence fire spread, fire confinement or structural collapse, and many other life safety issues. This is not a building course per se, but rather a course to identify construction features and their hazards under fire conditions.

FFP 2720 FO1 Company Officer: Designed to assist fire officers in solving the varied problems and situations they will be required to manage effectively in today's ever-changing fire service. The curriculum includes a review of fire department organizations and administration, management theory, leadership, communication, motivation, and small group dynamics.

FFP 2811 Tactics and Strategy II: (Prerequisite: Fire Fighting Tactics & Strategy 1) The curriculum covers multiple company operations, logistics, strategy, and use of mutual aid forces and conflagration control. The course is intended for officers who may be in command of fires and other emergencies involving close coordination and maximum use of large amounts of manpower and equipment. Typical tactical situations and case histories are given. The development of critical thinking skills is stressed.

ICS 200/300: In this course, the student must demonstrate knowledge of the principles and features of an incident command system, how an incident command system is organized, incident facilities and their purposes (such as but not limited to command post, staging area, bases, camps, and heliports-helispots), incident resources such as strike teams, task forces, and single resources, such as strike teams, task forces, and single resources, and common responsibilities, such as communications and forms, in incident management. The student will also be able to list and describe the duties of various positions within the incident command system, construct an incident management organization for a given incident or event, including appropriate procedures for establishing command, transferring command, and terminating an incident demonstrate knowledge of efficient incident resource management including logistics, finance, administration, and record-keeping, demonstrate a familiarity with air operations, and demonstrate knowledge of incident planning processes.

S 205 Urban Interface: This course is designed to meet the training needs for initial attack incident commanders and company officers confronting wildland fire that threatens life, property, and improvements. Units include: size-up, initial strategy and action plan, structure triage, tactics, action plan assessment, public relations and follow-up, and safety. In addition, this course is designed to help you learn principles used in suppressing fire and/or protecting structures in a wildland urban interface area.

EVOC (Emergency Vehicle Operation Course): This course covers safe vehicle emergency driving methods and the laws that apply to the firefighter. Also, vehicle control, accident avoidance, safety checks, wet weather and night driving are included. Both classroom work and driving course evolutions are involved with this course structure.

1ST Responder: This course covers basics of patient extrication and packaging for emergency transport. Subjects covered are anatomy, physiology, emergency care procedures for illness and trauma related conditions, gaining access, entrapped victims, packaging techniques, and the OSHA required exposure control program. Personnel who successfully complete the program will receive First Responder and CPR certifications.

Fire Service Course Design: This course covers the principles of effective curriculum design. It stresses the principles of adult learning and student-centered learning. Designing courses and units that address learning, performance, and behavioral objectives is the program goal.

NOTE: Part of Fire Officer II, Fire Instructor II and Fire Instructor III and Instructor and Inspector Recertifications NOTE: This course may include homework, projects, presentations and/or field trips as well as a final exam.

FFP 2770 Ethical and Legal Issues: This course deals with the entire spectrum of issues facing today's fire service leaders. Topics include; labor relations, human rights and diversity, conflicts of interest and frameworks for ethical decision-making are used.

NOTE: This course is part of Fire Officer II series.

NOTE: This course may include homework, projects, presentations and/or field trips, ending with a final exam.

FFP 2780 Fire Department Administration: The course is designed to present the principles of management theory, and its application in the fire service. The course is intended for officers whose area of responsibility encompasses long and short range planning, budgeting and administration.

This class may involve homework, oral presentations, written assignments and/or quizzes and tests. This class is part of the Fire Officer II requirements.

FFP 2706 Public Information Officer (PIO)

This course prepares the student to serve effectively as an organizational spokesperson, according to current practices in the profession of public relations and numerous examples from the fire service. Particular emphasis will be placed on case studies in crisis communications and the role of the Public Information Officer's role in the Incident Command System.

NOTE: This course is an approved elective for Fire Inspector II and Fire Officer II. Also for Instructor Recertification

NOTE: This course will include homework, projects, presentations and/or field trips as well as a final exam.

FFP 2780 Plans Review and Construction Documents

This curriculum is geared toward teaching the student how to assimilate information contained in working, drawing and specifications as they relate to the fire inspector. The curriculum includes how to interpret conventional graphic communications. Accepted standards and conventions are introduced. Symbols, abbreviations, principles of technical projection, as well as, a review of construction arithmetic and geometry, are included. Related worksheets are used to allow for applied experience of finding and interpreting information from authentic drawings. Students must bring an architectural scale.

This course is part of the Fire Inspector I series.

NOTE: This course may include homework, projects, presentations and/or field trips as well as a final exam.

EMERGENCY VEHICLE DRIVER TRAINING (EVOC) 16 HOURS

Emergency Vehicle Driver Training: The program will present the necessary classroom, competency course training, and testing for new and existing emergency vehicle drivers. The program will verify proficiency in both the knowledge and understanding of, as well as, the practical application to emergency vehicle driving.