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Description
This introductory course for new fire service personnel acquaints participants with the basics of fireground duties. Discussions address fire service history, organization, fireground safety, and fire behavior. We will discuss and demonstrate basic hose practices, ground ladder practices, ventilation techniques and introduce proper procedures for using self-contained breathing apparatus and fire service hand tools. Practical evolutions designed to reinforce participants' skills are included. This class will meet all the prerequisites to participate in live-fire training evolutions.
Syllabus
Course Overview:
This introductory course for new fire service personnel acquaints participants with the basics of fireground duties. Discussions address fire service history, organization, fireground safety, and fire behavior. We will discuss and demonstrate basic hose practices, ground ladder practices, ventilation techniques and introduce proper procedures for using self-contained breathing apparatus and fire service hand tools. Practical evolutions designed to reinforce participants' skills are included. This class will meet all the prerequisites to participate in live-fire training evolutions.
Learning Outcomes:
- Chapter 1: Introduction to the Fire Service and Firefighter Safety
- JPRs 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.4, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.5, 4.3.10, 4.3.17
- Chapter 2: Communications
- JPRs 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3
- Chapter 3: Building Construction
- JPRs 4.3.4, 4.3.12
- Chapter 4: Fire Dynamics
- JPRs 4.3.10, 4.3.11, 4.3.12
- Chapter 5: Personal Protective Equipment
- JPRs 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.5.1
- Chapter 8: Ground Ladders
- JPRs 4.3.6, 4.3.9, 4.3.10, 4.3.11, 4.3.12, 4.5.1
- Chapter 9: Forcible Entry
- JPRs 4.3.4, 4.3.9, 4.3.11, 4.5.1
- Chapter 11: Tactical Ventilation
- JPRs 4.3.11, 4.3.12, 4.5.1
- Chapter 12: Fire Hose
- JPRs 4.3.8, 4.3.10, 4.5.2
- Chapter 13: Hose Operations and Hose Streams
- JPRs 4.3.7, 4.3.8, 4.3.10, 4.3.15
- Chapter 14: Fire Suppression
- JPRs 4.3.7, 4.3.8, 4.3.10, 4.3.11, 4.3.13, 4.3.14, 4.3.18, 4.3.19
- Chapter 15: Overhaul, Property Conservation, and Scene Preservation
- JPRs 4.1.2, 4.3.8, 4.3.10, 4.3.14, 4.5.1
Instructor(s):
Bruce Bjorge
Length:
40 Hours
Department:
MU Fire and Rescue Tranining Institute
Audience:
Firefighters
Accommodations
University of Missouri Extension complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have a disability and need accommodations in connection with participation in an educational program or you need materials in an alternate format, please notify your instructor as soon as possible so that necessary arrangements can be made. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to limited English proficient individuals upon request. All requests must be made a minimum of 14 days before course start date. MU Extension will attempt to implement late requests but cannot guarantee they will be met.
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