Rev. 02/01/21 1 REV 2/01/21 vision contact information The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control strives to be a national recognized leader in fire NYS Division of Homeland Security services, delivering the highest quality, and Emergency Services state of the art, and most comprehensive Office of Fire Prevention and Control training, response, and technical State Office Campus assistance programs and services to 1220 Washington Avenue Building 7A, 2nd Floor emergency responders, local entities, Albany, NY 12226 and the citizens of New York State. Phone: 518-474-6746 The Office’s programs enable: the Fax: 518-474-3240 state’s fire service to become the e-mail: [email protected] best trained, best prepared and most Web: www.dhses.ny.gov/ofpc effective professional emergency response force in the nation; New York State’s colleges, universities, state NYS Academy of Fire Science properties and its citizens, to be the 600 College Avenue safest in regard to fire prevention and Montour Falls, NY 14865-9634 awareness; and the state to maintain Phone: 607-535-7136 arson related fires at the lowest per Fax: 607-535-4841 capita within the United States. e-mail: [email protected]

Academy course information, schedules, and application forms are on the web: mission www.dhses.ny.gov/ofpc

The Office of Fire Prevention and Control will deliver a wide breadth NYS Preparedness Training Center of services to firefighters, emergency 5900 Airport Rd responders, state and local government Oriskany, NY 13424 agencies, public and private colleges, Phone: 315-768-5689 and the citizens of New York. The e-mail: [email protected] Office advances public safety through firefighter training, education, fire SPTC course information, training calendar and prevention, investigative, special registration information is on the web: operations and technical rescue www.dhses.ny.gov/training/calendar/?agency=SPTC programs. The timely delivery of these essential services enables the Office to make significant contributions to the County Fire Coordinators safety of all of New York State. Contact list on website: www.dhses.ny.gov/ofpc/county-fire-coordinators

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Pg. 4 About Our Training Programs Pg. 5 Command and Management Pg. 5 Emergency Medical Service Pg. 6 Fire/Arson Investigation Pg. 9 Fire Equipment Maintenance Pg. 9 Fire Instructor Development Pg. 10 Fire Officer Development Pg. 13 Fire Prevention/Code Enforcement Pg. 15 Fire Suppression Pg. 19 Hazardous Materials Pg. 23 Health and Safety Pg. 24 Public Safety Dispatcher Training Pg. 24 Technical Rescue Pg. 29 Special Programs Pg. 30 Academy Fees/Registration Instructions Pg. 31 SPTC Fees/Registration Instructions

3 REV 2/01/21 TRAINING LOCATIONS The New York State fire service residential training courses are offered at the NYS Academy of Fire Science, in Montour Falls. Certain swiftwater/flood rescue/technical rescue courses are also available at the New York State Preparedness Training Center (SPTC). Outreach courses are offered in various satellite locations throughout the State. The location where a course is given, along with its respective course number, is listed at the end of each course description. TRAINING AUTHORIZATION Training Authorization Letters (Form EOSB-1654) are now required for ALL OFPC courses (not just courses requiring the use of SCBA,) except those listed below. A training authorization letter is required for courses taught at all training locations including the Academy of Fire Science, State Preparedness Training Center (SPTC) and Outreach Courses.

The following courses/programs are exempt from the Training Authorization Letters: • Fire Safety Courses taught to the public, children, college students and OPWDD employees. • Explorer Weekends at the NYS Fire Academy (Explorers are not allowed to attend OFPC training except for the Explorer Weekends) • Non-OFPC Programs hosted at the NYS Fire Academy or SPTC.

The Training Authorization Letter was instituted for all courses to ensure that the student, authorizing agency representative (Chief, Training Officer or Supervisor) and the Office of Fire Prevention and Control staff know that an individual has the proper authorization to attend the training course or courses delivered by the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Office of Fire Prevention and Control. COURSE SCHEDULE INFORMATION Please note that the courses listed within this book are not necessarily offered every year. For a complete and current schedule of courses at the Academy of Fire Science go to: www.dhses.ny.gov/ofpc/training ; for the State Preparedness Training Center, go to: www.dhses.ny.gov/training/calendar/?agency=SPTC CERTIFICATION INFORMATION For information on both state and national certifications, go to: www.dhses.ny.gov/ofpc/training/fire-academy/certifications.cfm FIRE SERVICE DEGREE PROGRAMS Several colleges and universities in New York State offer Fire Service-related degree programs. In some cases, degree credit may be available for OFPC courses. Contact these institutions for further information. See listing at: www.dhses.ny.gov/ofpc/training/fire-academy/advanced-education.cfm

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NYS Division of Homeland Security Office of Fire Prevention & Control and Emergency Services NYS Academy of Fire Science Office of Fire Prevention & Control 600 College Avenue State Office Campus Montour Falls, NY 14865-9634 1220 Washington Avenue Phone: 607-535-7136 Building 7A, 2nd Floor Fax: 607-535-4841 Albany, NY 12226 Phone: 518-474-6746 County Fire Coordinators Fax: 518-474-3240 Contact list on website: e-mail: [email protected] www.dhses.ny.gov/ofpc/county-fire-coordinators www.dhses.ny.gov/ofpc

Essential forms and information are also available online www.dhses.ny.gov/ofpc 4 REV 2/01/21 NYS EMERGENCY RESPONDER management personnel proof of liability insurance including CURRICULUM Course Length: 24 hours Medical Malpractice and Errors & COURSES AND SCHEDULES ON THE Prerequisite: Basic Incident Command Omissions (minimum $1,000,000 per WEB: WWW.DHSES.NY.GOV/OFPC System (I-200) occurrence/$3,000,000 aggregate). Course number: 01-11-0159 This is most often covered by your sponsoring agency. Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach COMMAND AND Materials Fee: $10 Tuition fee: $700 (Waived for members of MANAGEMENT IS-700.A: National Incident NYS DOH-recognized EMS Provider Management System (NIMS), Agencies) Advanced ICS, ICS for An Introduction Course number : 01-03-0007 Course Location(s): Academy Command and General Staff— Homeland Security Presidential Complex Incidents I-400 Directive (HSPD–5) directed the The I-400 course is a classroom- Secretary of Homeland Security to Emergency Medical Technician delivered program that discusses develop and administer a National Refresher advanced management applications Incident Management System. NIMS This convenient three-weekend course of the Incident Command System provides a consistent nationwide will help the Emergency Medical including Command and General Staff, template to enable all government, Technician (EMT) refresh previously Unified Command, Major Incident private-sector, and non-governmental learned material while gaining new Management, Area Command, organizations to work together during knowledge, skills and abilities necessary and Multi-Agency Coordination. domestic incidents. This course will to be a competent, productive and Candidates for this course should have describe the key concepts, principles valuable member of the emergency a considerable background in incident and benefits of using NIMS. medical services team. Through both management in both academic and Designed for: All firefighters a written and practical skills challenge practical application. Course Length: 3 hours approach, this course will help evaluate Designed for: Fire officers, law Course number : 01-11-0160 the current skill and knowledge of the enforcement supervisory personnel, Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach refreshing EMT student and provide an emergency medical officers and opportunity for customizing the course emergency management personnel to meet the needs of the individual Course Length: 16 hours student. It will also provide a mechanism Prerequisite: Incident Command System EMERGENCY MEDICAL to acknowledge and provide credit for Intermediate (I-300) SERVICE the experience of the EMT student. All Course number: 01-11-0158 candidates will be required to submit Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Emergency Medical Technician- proof of completion of 6 short, on-line Outreach courses assigned between the first and Basic second weekends of the course. Intermediate ICS, ICS for This unique seventeen day program Designed for: Current or previously includes instruction in all skills certified NYS Emergency Medical Expanding Incidents I-300 necessary to provide emergency Technicians The complexity of incident medical care at a basic life support level Course Length: 100 hours management, coupled with the growing with an ambulance service or other Prerequisite: Current or previous need for multi-agency and multi- specialized emergency medical service certification as a NYS Emergency functional involvement on incidents, (EMS) operations. A clinical experience Medical Technician has increased the need for a single requirement, to be completed outside Materials Fee: $10 standard incident management system of class, is part of the course. Tuition fee: $335 (Waived for members of that can be utilized by all emergency Designed for: All emergency response NYS DOH-recognized EMS Provider response agencies. Use of the Incident personnel Agencies) Command System (ICS) by both public Course Length: Approx. 165 hours plus Course number : 01-03-0006 safety and private sector organizations minimum 10 hours clinical experience Course Location(s): Academy continues to increase across the Prerequisites: Candidates must be at country. The ICS is designed to be least 18 years of age by the end of the Emergency Medical Technician used for all applications, fires (wildland month in which they are scheduled and structural), hazardous materials to take the written certification Core Content Refresher This convenient three-day course will incidents, law enforcement operations, examination. Prior to starting clinical time, students must also provide help the Emergency Medical Technician search and rescue operations, air, proof of a physical in the last year; (EMT) meet the “Core” refresher ground and water accidents, mass two MMR’s or a Rubella titer within training requirements of the Continuing casualty incidents, natural disasters and the last year; a Mantoux Test for Education Recertification Program planned events. Tuberculosis (PPD) within the last six (Pilot Program). Topics covered will Designed for: Fire officers, law enforce- months; a DPT within the last five include a review of the 26 required ment supervisory personnel, emer- years; Hepatitis B vaccination or a gency medical officers and emergency copy of a waiver of the vaccine, and hours of refresher content. This

5 REV 2/01/21 course will not meet the additional NYSDOH Certified Instructor/ tion examination within the past three years and scored at least training hour requirement for an EMT Coordinator (CIC) to complete their Continuing Education 85%. Candidates who wish to teach The CIC course prepares a candidate Recertification Program. advanced courses must also score at Designed for: Current NYS Emergency to become certified to teach least 85% on the advanced portion of Medical Technicians didactic sessions and coordinate the AEMT exam. The CIC candidate must be certified at or above the Course Length: Varies the administration of a NYS EMT desired teaching level. Prerequisite: Current NYS Emergency certification course. This course is held • Actively providing pre-hospital care Medical Technician certification in cooperation with EMSTAR. with an EMS agency and have a mini- Materials Fee: $10 Designed for: Current NYS Certified Lab Instructor’s mum of one year of clinical experience Tuition fee: $300 (Memorandum of within the last three years. Course length: 20 hours Understanding with student’s agency • A letter recommendation from the Prerequisites: regarding reimbursement required) Course Sponsor that will be providing • Current certification as a NYS EMT or Course number: 01-03-0005 the instructor internship. Advanced EMT Course Location(s): Academy Course number: 01-03-0023 • Current certification as a NYS CLI Course location: Academy. Note: • A NYS EMT/AEMT written certifica- Students are required to register Certified First Responder tion examination within the past through EMSTAR (www.emstar.org) for The New York State Department of three years and scored at least this course, but accommodation fees Health-Bureau of EMS Certified First 85%. Candidates who wish to teach are paid separately to the Academy of advanced courses must also score at Responder course utilizes curriculum Fire Science. from the National Emergency Medical least 85% on the advanced portion of

Services Education Standards: National the AEMT exam. The CIC candidate Emergency Medical Responder. must be certified at or above the NYSDOH Certified Instructor Typically, as the first individual on scene, desired teaching level. Update (CIU) the First Responder performs initial • Actively providing pre-hospital care The Certified Instructor update with an EMS agency and have a mini- patient assessment and interventions is designed to fill the 9-hour mum of two years of clinical experi- continuing education requirement for while using a limited amount of medical ence (two of the last three years). recertification of CLI’s and CIC’s. The equipment and assists other Emergency Note: Clinical Experience Substitution – Medical Services providers. Due to the May be given to RNs, RRTs, PAs, or program is designed to be a mechanism role of the First Responder being an other NYS licensed allied health per- for communicating new information to integral component of the health care sonnel who are NYS EMTs and would the certified instructors throughout the chain, this course provides the student like to become a CLI or CIC. Clinical State. This course is held in cooperation with the knowledge and skills to experience substitution may be issued with EMSTAR. successfully recognize the seriousness by written permission of the NYS- Designed for: NYS CIC’s and CLI’s of the patient’s condition or extent BEMS Central Office Course Length: 10 hours (9 hours of of injuries to assess requirements for • A letter recommendation from the instruction—3 hours per module—with Course Sponsor that will be providing emergency medical care; administer breaks) the instructor internship. appropriate emergency medical care Course number: 01-03-0024 Course number: 01-03-0022 for life threatening injuries relative Course location: Academy. Note: Students Course location: Academy. Note: Students are required to register through to airway, breathing and circulation; are required to register through EMSTAR (www.emstar.org) for this perform safely and effectively the EMSTAR (www.emstar.org) for this course, but accommodation fees are expectations of the job description. course, but accommodation fees are paid separately to the Academy of Fire Designed for: All emergency response paid separately to the Academy of Science. personnel Fire Science. Course Length: 48 hours First Responder Administration Prerequisites: Candidates must be at least NYSDOH Certified lab 16 years of age the end of the month of Intranasal Naloxone to in which they are scheduled to take Instructor (CLI) Reverse Opioid Overdose the written examination. In addition, The CLI course prepares a candidate Drug overdose from opioids (such as candidates must be affiliated with an to become certified to teach lab skills heroin, codeine, morphine, fentanyl and organization issued an agency code in NYS-BEMS certification courses. others) is a significant problem in all by the New York State Department of This course is held in cooperation with Health-Bureau of EMS. areas of New York State. This training EMSTAR. video, and associated print materials, Materials Fee: $10 Designed for: Current NYS EMT’s or is designed to prepare Non-EMS Fire Tuition fee: $220.00 (Waived for members higher Department’s to administer naloxone of NYS DOH-recognized EMS Provider Course length: 20 hours using an intra-nasal applicator (mucosal Agencies) Prerequisites: atomizer device) in cases of suspected Course number: 01-03-0002 • Current certification as a NYS EMT or Course Location(s): Academy Advanced EMT opioid overdose. Naloxone is a medication that safely reverses opioid • A NYS EMT/AEMT written certifica- overdose. The objective is to treat and

6 REV 2/01/21 reduce injuries and fatalities due to Fire Investigation recognize instances where a certified opioid-involved overdoses when a Non- This extensive hands-on course fire investigator should be requested. EMS Fire Department First Responder provides in-depth knowledge and Designed for: All fire service personnel, (FDFR) is the first to arrive at the scene skills necessary to thoroughly with emphasis toward Fire Officers and of a suspected overdose. This training investigate fires from fire scene to Officer Candidates. will allow FDFR’s to recognize signs the courtroom as outlined in NFPA Course Length: 6 hours and symptoms of overdose, assemble 921. Includes fire dynamics, motives, Prerequisites: None a mucosal atomizer device for scene documentation, evidence, case Course number: 01-01-0039 administering Intra-nasal naloxone, and preparation and testimony. Students Course Location(s): Regionally via Outreach, Academy implement opioid overdose prevention engage in a hands-on investigation that activities in accordance with NYS- includes investigating, documenting Student Required Equipment/Materials: None approved policies and procedures. and collecting evidence from a fire Designed for: All Non-EMS FD first scene, conducting background responders checks, interviewing witnesses, case Canine Accelerant Detection Course Length: 90 minutes preparation, and testifying at a mock Workshop Course number: 01-03-0019 trial in a court setting in front of a Provides certified Accelerant Detection Course location: Locally via Outreach judge. Course also includes the Fire Canine Teams an opportunity to Investigator National Certification test.. conduct searches under the guidance Designed for: Attendance restricted to of experienced K9 Trainers as a means those fire, police, prosecutorial and to hone skills on a semi-annual basis. FIRE/ARSON insurance investigators who are legally Laboratory verified ignitable liquid bound to investigate and prosecute prepared samples will be utilized in INVESTIGATION arson fires. a variety of search environments to Course Length: 80 hours with additional evaluate search techniques and canine Introduction to Fire evening hours team abilities to effectively search and Prerequisites: Introduction to Fire Investigation locate, with constructive feedback from Provides knowledge of basic fire Investigation (01-01-0040), High School Diploma or equivalent, and trainers. chemistry and observational skills Designed for: Accelerant Detection necessary to judge fire behavior, as Signed Fire / Arson Investigation Training Program Agency Endorsement Canine Teams as annually certified by well as an introduction to NFPA 921 Affidavit OFPC and 1033. Students learn to determine Materials Fee: $85 Course Length: 6 hours the cause and origin of accidental Course number: 01-­01-­0041 Prerequisites: Current OFPC Certification and natural fires and methods of as an Accelerant Detection Canine Course Location(s): Academy documenting the fire scene. Students Team Student Required Equipment/Materials: also learn the concept of incendiarism, Course number : 01-01-0031 Students are required to have a copy evidence preservation, scene security of the most current NFPA 921, current Course Location(s): Academy and safety. The course provides a basic edition of Jones and Bartlett Fire Note: Special circumstances apply. Call understanding of fire’s behavior and its Investigator text book, and, access to the Academy for further information. value in determining a fire’s origin and the most current edition of NFPA 1033. cause. Students will also need appropriate Canine Accelerant Detection Designed for: Attendance restricted to personal protective equipment for fire those members of or perspective investigations including head, eye, Certification members of fire, police, or insurance hands, foot, and clothing including Provides extensive, highly specialized investigator units and prosecutors. protection for inclement weather. training for the development of a new Course Length: 40 hours Note: Course includes evening canine accelerant detection team. A Prerequisites: Signed Fire / Arson sessions canine partner suitable for accelerant Investigation Training Program Agency detection work will be screened and Endorsement Affidavit Fire Investigation for the Line selected by OFPC and provided to the Course number: 01-­01-­0040 student handler. Student canines and Officer Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via their handlers will be trained using the Outreach This course discusses the legal praise and play training methodology. Student Required Equipment/Materials: authority, and who has the responsibility, Teams will learn to detect families of Students are required to have a copy to conduct fire investigations. Students ignitable liquids as defined by ASTM of the most current NFPA 921, a learn about fire scene security and standards in addition to learning current edition of Jones and Bartlett their role in the identification and various search techniques, canine Fire Investigator text book and access preservation of evidence potentially health and behavior, and environmental to the most current copy of NFPA 1033. relevant to a fire investigation. conditioning. Laboratory verified Participants are provided an overview samples will be utilized to test the of the fire investigation process to assist K9 Teams ability to detect appropriate in meeting requirements of General ignitable liquids in both burned and Municipal Law § 204d, and so they can unburned. A written exam must also

7 REV 2/01/21 be successfully completed. This course characteristic failures of various types Arson Investigation, or National Fire is for experienced fire investigators of fixtures. The course is conducted Academy Fire/Arson Investigation and requires a municipal / government in a classroom and laboratory Course number : 01-01-0021 sponsorship. setting and involving many hands-on Course Location(s): Academy Designed for: New Canine Accelerant K9 demonstrations as well as practical Note: Course includes evening sessions Teams application in the use of diagnostic Course length: 10 weeks meters used by the fire investigator. Fire/Arson Investigation Prerequisite: New York State Fire Designed for: Fire Investigators Specialty-Interviewing Investigator Level II Certification or Course Length: 18 hours equivalent, and Prerequisites: Introduction to Fire Techniques for the Fire Signed Fire / Arson Investigation Investigation (01-01-0040) or Fire Investigator Materials fee: $750 * includes the canine, Behavior and Arson Awareness and Provides fire investigators with the initial medical screening of the canine, Principles of Fire Investigation. knowledge and skills necessary to and some basic equipment. Course number: 01-01-0042 effectively interview witnesses and take Course number : 01-01-0006 Course Location(s): Academy statements, recognize and interpret Course Location(s): Academy symptoms of stress, and prepare a Note: Special circumstances apply. Call case for trial. the Academy for further information. Designed for: Fire investigators Note: Course includes evening sessions Fire/Arson Investigation Seminar Course Length: 20 hours Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Either Fire Features expert speakers and Canine Accelerant Detection Investigation (01-01-0041) or Fire/Arson presenters from government agencies, Investigation (01-01-0017) Re-Certification commerce and insurance. Provides Provides for testing and re-certification Course number : 01-01-0020 information and new developments Course Location(s): Academy of established canine detection teams in the field of fire investigation and Note: Course includes evening sessions for annual state certification. Advanced allows for an exchange of ideas and techniques and field methods are experiences through peer interaction. presented with scent recognition and Attendance fulfills the annual New York Juvenile Firesetter Intervention testing conducted by OFPC trainers State in-service training requirements Program Seminar using laboratory certified samples for fire investigators. This one-day program consisting of of ingnitable liquids, burned and Designed for: Fire, police, Insurance SIU lectures and workshops provides unburned. and municipal officials responsible for information and new developments Designed for: Investigative teams the legal investigation and prosecution in the field of juvenile firesetter performing canine accelerant detection of arson intervention and education through the Course Length: 20 hours Course Length: 12 hours exchange of ideas and information from Prerequisite: An operating canine Prerequisites: Introduction to Fire expert speakers and presenters. accelerant detection team with a Investigation (01-01-0040), Fire Designed for: Fire, Police Educators, certificate attesting completion of Behavior and Arson Awareness and Mental Health and Social Services pro- initial training by an accredited agency, Principles of Fire Investigation, or fessionals and JFIP Teams. and equivalent Course Length: 6 hours Signed Fire / Arson Investigation Materials Fee: $10 Course number : 01-01-0035 Materials Fee: $100 Course number : 01-01-0018 Course Location(s): Academy Course number : 01-01-0007 Course Location(s): Academy Course Location(s): Academy Youth Firesetting Prevention Note: Special circumstances apply. Call Fire/Arson Investigation the Academy for further information. and Intervention Level I Specialty-Fire Investigative This course is a direct delivery offering Photography Electrical Fire Investigation of the National Fire Academy Program. Provides fire investigators with the Provides fire investigators with the The class will address the NFPA knowledge and skills to photographically knowledge and skills to prove or 1035 Juvenile Firesetter Intervention document a fire investigation scene. This eliminate an electrical fire cause. Specialist I standard including: hands-on program includes operation Students develop an understanding Introduction; Primary Prevention; and maintenance of equipment, flash of electricity, electrical power systems Identification and Intake; Who Sets techniques, fire scene photography, including basic wiring, materials and Fires and Why, and Interviewing and digital photography. equipment, and proper and improper Intervention Strategies. Students will Designed for: Fire Investigators installations. Students will gain learn how to conduct an interview Course Length: 20 hours knowledge in the understanding of with a firesetter and family members, Prerequisites: Introduction to Fire using prepared forms and guidelines. specific charicteristics of electrical arc Investigation (01-01-0040), Fire failures including arc tracking, open How and when to refer a juvenile Behavior and Arson Awareness and for counseling and/or educational neutrals, high resistance faults, small Principles of Fire Investigation, or electrical appliance failures and the NYS Academy of Fire Science Fire/ intervention strategies will also be

8 REV 2/01/21 discussed. Vehicle Fire Investigation Codes for in-service credit. Designed for: Individuals that have Provides fire investigators with the Designed for: Fire service personnel, responsibilities related to Juvenile knowledge and skills to determine the code enforcement officials and oth- Firesetting intervention, interviewing, origin and cause of fires in vehicle. ers responsible for fire extinguisher and prevention. inspection and/or maintenance Students will develop an understanding Course Length: 16 hours Course Length: 12 hours of vehicle components, their common Course number : 01-01-0023 Required Text: NFPA10 - 2018 Edition fuel packages, and the vehicle fire Course Location(s): Academy Course number : 01-02-0009 investigation process. The course is a Course Location(s): Academy combination of classroom and “hands- Youth Firesetting Prevention on” group exercises familiarizing the and Intervention Level II student with proper investigative Pumper Service Testing This course is a direct delivery techniques to include the processing of Contains both technical and practical offering of the National Fire Academy a vehicle fire through the understanding information necessary to conduct a Program. The class will address of vehicle components and the fire pumper service test. Students conduct the NFPA 1035 Juvenile Firesetter investigation process. The course an actual service test. Intervention Specialist II standard utilizes NFPA 921 as its reference text Designed for: Fire service personnel including: Identification and Intake; along with a OFPC student course Course Length: 12 hours Coalition Building; Budget and Funding; manual. Course number : 01-02-0020 Development of a program handbook, Designed for: Fire Investigators and SIU Course Location(s): Academy resource directory, and database; and teams Program Evaluation. The individual Course length: 20 hours will learn to develop and coordinate Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Either Fire FIRE INSTRUCTOR an intervention program and manage Investigation (01-01-0041) or Fire/Arson Investigation (01-01-0017) DEVELOPMENT activities of Specialist I staff. Designed for: Individuals that have, or Course number: 01-01-0034 will have, responsibilities related to Course location: Academy Fire and Emergency Services the management and/or coordination Materials Fee: $50 Instructor I of a Juvenile Firesetting Intervention Student Required Equipment/Materials: This is an upper level course designed program. Students are required to have a for the experienced firefighter, fire Course Length: 16 hours copy of the most current NFPA 921, instructor candidate, fire officer Completion of Juvenile Firesetter appropriate personal protective candidate, or other individual who equipment for head, eye, hands and Intervention Specialist is recommend- will be delivering instruction within a foot protection including inclement ed prior to JFIS II fire service organization. In addition Course number : 01-01-0024 weather fire investigations. Note: Course includes evening sessions to the basic knowledge, skills and Course Location(s): Academy abilities required for new instructors, this course prepares the candidate to Post Blast Investigation FIRE EQUIPMENT meet the Instructor I job performance This course provides instruction related requirements as defined in NFPA 1041 to explosives identification, component MAINTENANCE “Fire Service Instructor Professional recognition improvised explosive Qualifications,” including delivering devices, blast effects, and laboratory Fire Extinguisher Maintenance instruction from a prepared lesson analysis services. Attendees will Provides technical data on preventative plan, instructional aids and evaluation observe an explosives demonstration maintenance, recharging, and periodic instruments, adapting lesson plans, and participate in scene processing tests of fire extinguishers. It includes organizing the learning environment, and evidence collection exercises. practical work sessions on low- and meeting record-keeping Designed for: All fire and law pressure hydrostatic proof testing on requirements. enforcement personnel, emphasis extinguishers, recharging techniques, Due to the rigorous demands of toward those with responsibility to and inspection and maintenance. It this course, students are strongly investigate explosion incidents. is designed to improve the capability encouraged to obtain lodging at the Course Length: 24 hours of fire department, industrial, college, Academy. There is a lengthy pre- Prerequisites: None and other personnel responsible for course reading assignment, and Course number: 01-01-0025 maintaining fire extinguishers. It is also students complete a pre-test, final Course Location(s): Academy designed for code enforcement officials exam, and three presentations during Student Required Equipment / Materials: wanting a better understanding of fire the course. Course includes homework Personal Protective Equipment for extinguisher requirements, distribution, and independent study. There is a scene processing placement along with inspection, dress code for candidates attending testing and maintenance per the NYS this course. Building and Fire Code. The course is Designed for: Fire department training officers/instructors approved with the Department of State - Division of Building Standards and

9 REV 2/01/21 Course Length: 40 hours new technologies in course delivery, Course number: 01-11-0132 Prerequisite: None and learning characteristics of different Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Required Text: EITHER Fire and generations. Outreach Emergency Services Instructor: Designed for: Fire service training officers Principles and Practices – 3rd edition and company officers OR Foundations of Instructional Fire Officer II (NFPA 1021-2014 Course Length: 15 hours Delivery: Fire and Emergency Services edition) w/FILO Course number : 01-11-0086 Instructor I – 3rd edition Meeting the job performance Course Location(s): Academy Course number : 01-11-0162 requirements found in Chapter 5 of Course Location(s): Academy NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer FIRE OFFICER Professional Qualifications, the Fire Fire and Emergency Services Officer II course builds on the skills Instructor II DEVELOPMENT learned in Fire Officer I. This is an upper level course designed for the experienced fire service instructor. Fire Officer I - (NFPA 1021-2014 Additionally, students begin to examine This course prepares the candidate to ed.) the functions of a “Managing Fire meet the Instructor II job performance Note: Fire Officer I is offered in Officer.” Topics include government requirements as defined in NFPA 1041 two course formats. This format is administration, human resources “Fire Service Instructor Professional the standard offering and all Fire management, media relations, Qualifications,” including developing Officer I content is delivered in one budgeting and purchasing, origin individual lesson plans, scheduling course. Students can also complete and cause investigations, conducting training sessions, budgeting, acquiring the requirements of Fire Officer I accident investigations, analyzing resources, developing and analyzing by completing the five separate agency data, post-incident analysis, evaluation and feedback instruments, Fire Officer I Modules as outreach and the development of an incident and supervising and coordinating the courses in any order: Leadership and action plan for a multi-unit response. activities of other instructors. Supervision, Company Training & Due to the rigorous demands of Community Risk Reduction, Firefighter The Fire Officer II course includes the this course, students are strongly Health and Safety, Planning and Fire Officer II National Certification encouraged to obtain lodging at the Emergency Response, and Fireground examination as the course final Academy. There is a lengthy pre- Strategy and Tactics for First Arriving exam. Those candidates seeking Fire course reading assignment, and Companies. Officer II National Certification are students complete a pre-test, final This is the first course in the Fire required to complete the Office of Fire exam, independent assignments and Officer series, addressing all of the Prevention and Control (OFPC) National one presentation during the course. job performance requirements found in Certification application and submit the Course includes homework and Chapter 4 of NFPA 1021, Standard for completed application to the OFPC independent study. There is a dress Fire Officer Professional Qualifications. Standards unit. Designed for: Fire officers who lead and code for candidates attending this Topics include assuming the role of manage firefighters and other fire course. company officer, fire department officers Designed for: Fire department training organization, leadership, supervision, Course Length: 40 hours officers and training program directors communications, building construction, Prerequisite: Fire Officer I course Course Length: 40 hours pre-incident planning, and company completion or Fire Officer I National Prerequisite: Fire and Emergency level training. Additionally, the Certification (Pro Board, IFSAC or Services Instructor I Fireground Strategy & Tactics for DOD) Required Text: Fire and Emergency First Arriving Companies course is Required Text: Fire and Emergency Services Instructor: Principles and embedded within the Fire Officer I Services Company Officer 5th Edition Practices – 3rd edition course and covers topics such as scene published by IFSTA. Course number : 01-11-0052 size-up, engine company operations, ISBN: 9780879395643 Course Location(s): Academy truck company operations, and Course number: 01-11-0014 response to non-fire emergencies. Course Location(s): Academy, Regional Principles of Instruction Designed for: Current and prospective fire Offerings An introductory course for individuals officers who will be conducting training at Course Length: 63 hours Fire Officer III (NFPA 1021- the company level. Topics include: Prerequisite: Any one of the following 2020 ed.) qualities of a good instructor, New York State Office of Fire This program meets all the job job performance requirements, Prevention and Control courses that performance requirements found in components of a lesson plan, cognitive includes Firefighter I, Basic Firefighter Chapter 6 of NFPA 1021, Standard for and psychomotor lesson plans, dealing Training, Essentials of Firefighting, Basic Exterior Firefighting Operations Fire Officer Professional Qualifications. with adult learners, meeting individual or Scene Support Operations Through a combination of reading, learning needs, factors that affect Required Text: Fire and Emergency lecture, and group discussion, topics learning, the instructor’s role in safety, Services Company Officer 5th Edition (IFSTA) 10 REV 2/01/21 relevant to the successful management found in Chapter 4 of NFPA 1021, on emergency incidents. Additionally, and operation of a fire and emergency Standard for Fire Officer Professional this course provided the Company services agency are addressed. Qualifications. Officer with the skills needed to identify Designed for: Current and prospective fire and prevent common safety hazards Students are required to gather, officers and to perform an initial accident analyze, and utilize data from their Course Length: 12 hours investigation. This course is based upon agency or department to complete the Prerequisite: BEFO, or Scene Support the requirements found in Chapter 4 of assignments that are due throughout Operations, or Firefighter I, or Basic NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer the course. Course topics include Firefighter, or Firefighting Essentials Professional Qualifications. Required leadership, personal and professional Course Length: 12 hours development, communications, Text: Fire and Emergency Services Prerequisite: BEFO, or Scene Support Company Officer 5th Edition (IFSTA) legal issues, human resources, Operations, or Firefighter I, or Basic Course number: 01-11-0150 intergovernmental relations, budget Firefighter, or Firefighting Essentials and finance issues, strategic planning, Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach Required working in the community, managing Text: Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer 5th Edition (IFSTA) the code enforcement process, and Fire Officer 1 Modular Series: emergency management and response Course number: 01-11-0151 Fireground Strategies and Course Location: Locally via Outreach planning. Tactics for First Arriving The Fire Officer III course includes Companies Fire Officer 1 Modular Series: the Fire Officer III National Certification Designed for the first arriving officer Leadership & Supervision at any incident. The primary focus of examination as the course final The Officer Development – Leadership this course is structural firefighting but exam. Those candidates seeking Fire & Supervision course provides the lessons learned are applicable for Officer III National Certification are current and potential fire officers any emergency scene. Elements of this required to complete the Office of Fire with a fundamental knowledge of the course include scene size-up, decision Prevention and Control (OFPC) National duties, responsibilities, and leadership making, determining incident strategies, Certification application and submit the required to be successful as a fire and making tactical assignments. completed application to the OFPC officer. Additionally, this course covers Also included are lessons on building Standards unit. the basic responsibilities of the fire construction, fire behavior and growth Designed for: Current and aspiring Chief officer as they relate to human resources as well lessons for operating at common Officers management as well as common non-fire incidents such as motor vehicle Course Length: 80 hours plus substantial administrative functions. This course is individual research time accidents, propane and natural gas based upon the requirements found in Prerequisites: Fire Officer II National emergencies, and other typical non- Chapter 4 of NFPA 1021, Standard for Certification fire emergencies. In addition to lecture Fire Officer Professional Qualifications. Required Text: Chief Officer Principles and classroom activities this course Course Length: 15 hours and Practices-3rd edition, published utilizes scenarios to allow participants Prerequisite: Firefighter I, or Basic by Jones and Bartlett Learning, ISBN: to employ their newly learned skills in 9781284172478. Firefighter, or Firefighting Essentials real time. Required Course number: 01-11-0015 Designed for: Fire officers and prospective Text: Fire and Emergency Services Course Location: Academy fire officers Company Officer 5th Edition (IFSTA) Course length: 15 hours Course number: 01-11-0152 Fire Officer 1 Modular Prerequisite: BEFO, or Scene Support Course Location: Locally via Outreach Operations, or Firefighter I, or Basic Series: Company Training & Firefighter, or Firefighting Essentials Community Risk Reduction Required Fire Officer 1 Modular Series: The Officer Development – Company Course number: 01-11-0143 Planning & Emergency Training & Community Risk Reduction Course Location: Locally via Outreach Response course provides current and potential The Officer Development – Planning & fire officers with a basic knowledge Emergency Response course provides of how to determine company-level Fire Officer 1 Modular Series: current and potential fire officers training needs, teaching from a Firefighter Health & Safety with a basic knowledge of building lesson plan, documentation of training The Officer Development – Firefighter construction, commonly found fire activities, and different methods Health & Safety course provides current protection features, conducting a pre- to conduct company-level training. and potential fire officers with a basic incident plan survey, determining what Additionally, this course covers the knowledge of effective communications elements to include in a pre-incident basic responsibilities of the fire officer for both administrative functions and survey, and developing and managing as they relate to community relations, for emergency incidents. Students are pre-incident plans. Additionally, this company-level building inspections, provided activities to apply skills learned course covers the company officer’s and community risk reduction. This for oral and written communications in responsibilities as they relate to the course is based upon the requirements addition to conducting a size up based

11 REV 2/01/21 post-incident analysis process. This Prerequisite: None course reinforces theories associated course is based upon the requirements Course number: 01-15-0016 with those functions. found in Chapter 4 of NFPA 1021, Course Location(s): Academy, Outreach Pre-requisites: Fireground Strategies and Standard for Fire Officer Professional Tactics for First Arriving Companies Qualifications. Leadership so Everyone Goes or Strategy and Tactics for Initial Course Length: 9 hours Company Operations (NFA) Home (L.E.G.H.) Location(s): Academy, Locally via Outreach Prerequisite: BEFO, or Scene Support This program is specifically designed Operations, or Firefighter I, or Basic for the more senior level fire officers Firefighter, or Firefighting Essentials who have had opportunities to be Version 5 Fire Reporting Required Workshop Text: Fire and Emergency Services command officers at a wide variety of Provides the necessary training to Company Officer 5th Edition (IFSTA) emergency incidents, including fires participate in the New York State Fire Course number: 01-11-0153 and hazardous materials responses. Reporting System for departments Course Location: Locally via Outreach Utilizing case studies, the learning objectives become more real to life using the Version 5 paper report and the possibility of changing the format. It includes an overview of the First Line Supervisor to Fire organizational culture to reduce the Fire Reporting System, procedures for Officer I Bridge Course possibility of deaths and injuries in the completing the Version 5 fire reporting, This course is intended for Fire Officers future. quality control at the local level, and an that have attended the First Line Designed for: Senior Fire officers who understanding of how fire department Supervisor’s Training Program (FLSTP) lead and manage firefighters and other data may be used. and need, or want, certification as a fire officers Designed for: Fire service personnel who Fire Officer I. This course addresses Course Length: 4 hours prepare Version 5 paper forms the differences in curriculum between Prerequisite: None Course Length: 3 hours FLSTP and the current NYS Fire Officer Course number: 01-15-0019 Course number : 01-11-0016 I course and allows students to take Course Location(s): Academy, Outreach Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach the Fire Officer I National Certification exam. Course completion requires The Role of the Chaplain in FIRE PREVENTION/CODE students to successfully complete the Emergency Services practical and written portions of the Fire This course explores the vital role the ENFORCEMENT Officer I National Certification exam. Fire Department chaplains play in the Designed for: Career Fire Officers that Codes courses are also offered locally have completed the FLSTP day-to-day operations of emergency services, as well as those times when throughout the year. For a list of dates, Hours: 16 hours + National Certification locations and topics, consult the Exam sickness, injuries or death present difficult problems for the members of internet site: Prerequisite: (1) NYS Firefighter www.dos.ny.gov/DCEA/edu_train_ certification (229); fire and EMS departments. overview.html (2) Completion of First Line Supervisor’s Designed for: All emergency response Training Program; personnel (3) Firefighter II National Certification or Course Length: 12 hours Introduction to Code Copy of current CPR card and Course number : 01-11-0045 Enforcement Practices Part I Completed Live Fire Verification forms Course Location(s): Academy Regulations, Administration and for Firefighter I and Firefighter II. Enforce-ment. This program will discuss Course Number: 01-11-0130 Tactical Fireground Simulations the role of the Code Enforcement Location(s): Academy, Locally via Outreach This course provides students the ability Official and the practices necessary to to practice initial command functions on carry out the job for a local government, Leadership, Accountability, a fire emergency scene utilizing real including the process — from permit issuance, inspections, records and Courage, and Knowledge time computer based scenarios. It is not intended to teach command functions, paperwork, through enforcement (L.A.C.K.) but rather reinforce previously learned actions and legal recourse. In addition, This program is designed to reach theories while giving students the a quick historical side trip will provide a fire officers, training officers and chief opportunity to practice in the command perspective for the laws and regulations officers and provide the opportunity to role. Through a series of computer that have been enacted to create a learn how Leadership, Accountability, simulations, students will serve as both uniform statewide approach to code Culture and Knowledge can guide company officer and initial incident enforcement. This course will include a them toward recognizing how they commander. A mobile classroom is 1.5-hour final exam. can improve both their own and or available for regional deliveries. Designed for: Code enforcement officials, organizational skill set for what each Course Number: 01-11-0148 building and fire inspectors letter represents. (L.A.C.K) Course Length: 12 hours Course Length: 21 hours Designed for: Fire officers who lead and Designed for: Students with experience Course number : 02-06-0016 manage firefighters in initial command functions as this Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Course Length: 4 hours Outreach 12 REV 2/01/21 General Construction designed to take the student through Introduction to Code Principles the typical code enforcement permit Enforcement Practices Part II This course will acquaint code process for a commercial project, Fire Safe Design. A continuation of Part enforcement officials with the systems, including code research, plan review I, this course is designed to understand equipment and structural requirements and inspection. This course will include the basic principles which created a of the Code of New York State. In the a 1.5-hour final exam. Designed for: Code enforcement officials, building that will endure the effects first module, “Systems and Equipment,” building and fire inspectors of fire and enable its occupants to the organization, applicability and Course Length: 21 hours safely escape. The NYS Uniform Fire content of the Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Prerequisites: Introduction to Code Plumbing, Energy and Residential Prevention and Building Code provides Enforcement Practices Part I, this blueprint. This course addresses Codes of New York State will be Introduction to Code Enforcement the basic concepts in the Code that addressed. The second module, Practices Part II, General Construction establish the minimum construction “Structural Requirements,” will consist Principles, and Residential Code of standards for all new buildings and of basic load and design theory and the New York State demonstrates how the Code balances resulting structural requirements in the Course number : 02-06-0001 the potential hazards of the occupancy Building and Residential Codes of New Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via with the benefits of fire resistant York State. This course will include a Outreach construction techniques, notifications 1.5-hour final exam. and suppression equipment and Designed for: Code enforcement officials, Fire Alarm Systems building and fire inspectors systems and proper planning. This An overview of the components of Course Length: 21 hours course will include a 1.5-hour final exam. a fire alarm system, as well as the Designed for: Code enforcement officials, Prerequisites: Introduction to Code operation and design of such systems. Enforcement Practices Part I and building and fire inspectors It also includes inspecting existing fire Course Length: 21 hours Introduction to Code Enforcement Practices Part II alarm systems and fire department Prerequisite: Introduction to Code operations at alarmed buildings. The Enforcement Practices Part I Course number : 02-06-0013 final session of this course consists Course number : 02-06-0017 Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Outreach of hands-on training in the fire alarm Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via laboratory. Outreach Designed for: Fire department, municipal Residential Code of New York and industrial fire marshals and Inspection Procedures for State inspectors, code enforcement officials, Existing Structures This course will address the construction fire officers This course teaches the skills required requirements for one and two family Course Length: 14 hours to conduct inspections of existing dwellings and low rise multiple Course number : 01-10-0034 buildings using the Fire and Property dwellings using the Residential Code Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Maintenance Codes of New York State. of New York State as the compliance Outreach The course will consist of a standard method. It is designed to take the lecture on a topic, followed by a virtual student through the steps of a typical Fire Inspector I Course inspection that requires the student code enforcement permit process, This course is designed to follow the to utilize the lecture information. An including code research, plan review NFPA 1031 Fire Inspector I standard. inspection form following the course and inspection. This course will include Students will be introduced to various outline is included in the student a 1.5-hour final exam. codes and standards in order to handout material. This course will Designed for: Code enforcement officials, develop a working knowledge of their building and fire inspectors include a 1.5-hour final exam. application in the inspection process. Designed for: Code enforcement officials, Course Length: 21 hours Topics addressed in this course include building and fire inspectors Prerequisites: Introduction to Code the fire inspector’s responsibilities and Course Length: 21 hours Enforcement Practices Part I, role in code enforcement, general Introduction to Code Enforcement Prerequisites: Introduction to Code fire prevention practices, inspection Practices Part II, and General Enforcement Practices Part I and Construction Principles competencies, life safety considerations Introduction to Code Enforcement Course number : 02-06-0018 and enforcement, fire safety principles Practices Part II and requirements related to hazardous Course number : 02-06-0014 Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Outreach materials, special hazards of electrical, Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via heating, and cooking equipment and Outreach systems, and fire protection systems Building Code of New York and equipment. At the conclusion of the State course, all students will complete the This course will address the construction Fire Inspector I National Certification requirements for commercial structures Examination. There is a $25 registration using the Building Code of New York fee for the exam (in addition to the $25 State as the compliance method. It is registration fee for the course), and 13 REV 2/01/21 registration for the exam will take place from commerce, industry, and Alternative Fire Suppression on the first day of class. government agencies. Attending the Systems Designed For: Code Enforcement, Building courses provided in this program will This course will introduce the students and Fire Inspectors meet the 24 hour in-service credit to various agents used in alternative fire Course Length: 40 Hours requirement. suppression systems. The course will Course # 1-14-0046 Designed for: Fire department, municipal show the chemical makeup of agents, Course Location: Academy and industrial fire marshals and inspectors, code enforcement officials how they work to extinguish a fire, and any potential harm that agents may Fire and Life Safety Educator I Materials Fee: $5 Course number : 01-10-0006 have on people. Certain applications This is an advanced course designed Course Location(s): Academy for alternative systems will also be for emergency service personnel discussed. and other professionals who deliver Designed for: Fire department, municipal fire and/or life safety instruction to Fire Sprinkler Systems and industrial fire marshals and the public. In addition to the basic Workshop inspectors, code enforcement officials, knowledge, skills and abilities required An overview of wet, dry, deluge, pre- fire officers for fire and life safety educators, this action, and residential sprinkler systems, Course Length: 6 hours course prepares the candidate to meet as well as water supply and design Course number: 01-10-0046 the Fire and Life Safety Educator I job of sprinkler systems. It also includes Prerequisites: None performance requirements as defined inspecting existing sprinkler systems Required text: None in NFPA 1035 “Fire and Life Safety and fire department operations at Materials fee: None Educator Professional Qualifications”. sprinklered buildings. The final session Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Course topics include: organization,­ of this course consists of hands-on Outreach injury prevention, partnerships, media, training in the sprinkler laboratory. documentation­ and record keeping, Designed for: Fire department, municipal Fire and Life Safety Educators’ scheduling, presentation, teaching and industrial fire marshals and Conference techniques, audience characteristics, inspectors, code enforcement officials, fire officers Co-sponsored with the NYS Association lesson plans, presentation and of Fire Chiefs, this course provides a evaluation methods, informational Course Length: 14 hours Course number : 01-10-0018 series of presentations, demonstrations, programs, life safety hazards, fire workshops, and illustrations of behavior and fire protection.­ Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Outreach successful public fire prevention There is a pre-course reading education programs. It offers attendees assignment for this course. Students new ideas and concepts to improve are required to successfully complete Fire Sprinkler Plans Review planning, developing, and presenting assignments, a final exam, and a final Presents an overview of the four programs for both children and pre­sentation. This course also includes types of sprinkler system occupancy adults. Various speakers from private homework and independent study. classifications, water supply and organizations, fire service, government There is a dress code for candidates pressures, and determination of agencies, and industry are involved. attending this course. compliance of sprinkler designs Designed for: All emergency response Designed for: All emergency service and installations with National Fire personnel, personnel and other professionals Protection Association (NFPA) 13 and teachers, and others Required Text and Reading Material: New York State Uniform Fire Prevention Course Length: 16 hours IFSTA Fire and Life Safety Educator and Building Code requirements. It Materials Fee: $5 (3rd Edition), NFPA 1035 - Fire and also includes choosing proper system Course number : 01-10-0012 Life Safety Educator Professional components; determining density and Qualifications Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via performing remote area calculations, as National Certification Available: Yes Outreach well as utilizing K-Factor and friction loss Course Length: 40 hours formulas; participation in a hydraulic Course Number: 01-10-0020 calculation exercise; using a plan FIRE SUPPRESSION Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via review checklist; and conducting an Outreach actual automatic sprinkler plan review. Recruit Firefighter Training Designed for: Fire department, municipal Provides training established under Fire Marshals and Inspectors and industrial fire marshals and Execu-tive Law, Section 159-d, Part inspectors, code enforcement officials, Seminar 426.6. It provides minimum, uniform, fire officers Conducted annually to keep fire basic fire training for probationary and Course Length: 14 hours inspectors aware of technological nonpermanent firefighters. Training Required Text: NFPA #13 and code changes and to provide covers basic firefighter skills, fire Course number : 01-10-0017 background information in the field of department organization, first aid, fire prevention. It includes speakers Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Outreach firefighting tactics and strategies, and physical fitness programs. Designed for: Probationary and non- 14 REV 2/01/21 permanent firefighters of fire depart- power saw operation, forcible entry 21 objectives of function 4.2 Interior ments required to meet NYS Minimum techniques, hose line advancement, Firefighters of the OFPC Recommended Training Standards vehicle and wildland firefighting Best Practices for FD Training Programs Course Length: 500 hours theory, vehicle firefighting techniques, (01/15) document. Designed for: Entry-level FD members Materials Fee: $1000. A special registra- coordinated structure fire interior seeking to become interior structural tion form and fee are required. Please attack and transitional fire attack, and contact the Academy. firefighters coordinated initial company operations. Course Length: 26 units of on-site skills Course number : 01-05-0038 Designed for: BEFO course graduates Course Location(s): Academy training & 22 units of independent ready to perform interior structural and on-line learning all over a 9 week Note: Special circumstances apply. IDLH firefighting operations. period Call the Course Length: 49 hours Prerequisites: Completion of an approved Academy for further information. Prerequisites: Basic Exterior Firefighting CPR course. Operations (BEFO) 2016 Edition Students must be physically capable Basic Exterior Firefighting Course Completion of wearing SCBA and possess OR BEFO 2015 Edition AND Bridge/ Operations (BEFO) 2016 current medical clearance for SCBA refresher training course use. Students not possessing this Edition OR Scene Support Operations Course prerequisite will not be allowed to This course prepares new firefighters to Completion AND Bridge/ refresher participate for their own safety. operate in the exterior or non-IDLH areas training course Course number: 01-05-0066 of the fire scene. Students participate OR Basic Firefighter or Essentials course Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach in learning events covering firefighter completion AND Bridge / refresher personal protective equipment (PPE), training course. self-contained breathing apparatus Medical clearance and mask fit test is Firefighter II Designed as the last step in initial level inspection and cylinder changing, fire required to participate. training for interior structural firefighters department communications, building Course number : 01-05-0045 and/or who will serve as team or group construction and fire behavior, modern Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach leaders under the general supervision fire control research, portable fire of an officer. Introduces new more extinguishers, rope and knot tying, Firefighter I - Internet Based advanced areas that will be expanded ground ladders, forcible entry, tactical Course in other training programs. A firefighter ventilation theory, water supply, hose This course is designed for the highly receives the training components and fire streams, loss control, orientation motivated, self-directed student with equivalent to those found within NFPA to fire origin and cause determination, access to high-speed internet who can Firefighter II Standard. fire prevention and life safety initiatives, commit to a very aggressive training Firefighter II is based on objectives from confined space awareness, overview of schedule in a compressed time format. NFPA Standard 1001, Firefighter Level II, first aid and buddy care, and Hazardous Students will be expected to read three and consists of performance criteria Materials First Responder Operations. chapters, complete the respective Designed for: Fire department personnel in: incident command implementation, who, for whatever reason, will not on-line interactive slide shows and build-ing materials and collapse, special be classified as an interior structural score 80% on three on-line chapter tests rescue, hydrant flow and operability, firefighter. each week. Students will be monitored hose tools, foam operations, flammable Course Length: 79 hours and assisted by an instructor through liquid/gases, detection, alarm systems, Course number: 01-05-0084 email and on-line course contact. fire department communications, pre- Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach Corresponding skills instruction and fire planning, special situations, strategy evaluation will occur at a training facility and tactics. during weeks three, eight and nine. Note: Firefighter II equivalents are Fire SCBA / Interior Firefighting Students must be available to attend a Attack II or Advanced Firefighter Operations 2016 Edition four-hour orientation session, weekend Designed for: Interior structural This course prepares new BEFO units at week three, and full week of firefighters and/or firefighters who may graduates to operate as Interior units in week eight and week nine. serve as team or group leaders Structural firefighters or in IDLH areas Final written and skills evaluation will Course Length: 42 hours of the fire scene. Students participate be performed at the end of week nine Prerequisites: Firefighter I or equivalent in learning events covering firefighter in person at the training facility. and students must also be physically personal protective equipment (PPE), As the initial entry program for capable of wearing SCBA and possess current medical clearance for SCBA self-contained breathing apparatus firefighting personnel, this combined use. Students not possessing this donning, doffing and use, SCBA air course introduces firefighting concepts, prerequisite will not be allowed to management and SCBA emergencies, practices and techniques necessary participate for their own safety. basic firefighter survival techniques, for the new member to become an Course number : 01-05-0086 modern fire control methods, building interior structural firefighter who can Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach fire search and victim removal perform under the direct supervision of techniques, firefighter survival skills, a company officer. tactical ventilation techniques and basic Completion of this course achieves the

15 REV 2/01/21 SCBA Confidence Truck Company Operations an incident including driving, spotting SCBA Confidence provides a solid This course provides instruction for and stabilizing. Fire departments must indoctrination in emergency procedures using ladder company equipment possess an aerial device to offer this and establishes confidence in using including operating ground ladders. program enabling students to fully self-contained breathing apparatus in a Includes duties and responsibilities operate this device. crisis situation. of the ladder company, operating Designed for: Fire service personnel Designed for: All fire service personnel and maintaining specialized tools, Course Length: 24 hours Course Length: 12 hours ventilation, forcible entry, search, and Prerequisites: Apparatus Operator, and Prerequisite: Fire Fighter I or equivalent. building construction. BEFO (formerly known as Scene Support Operations) or equivalent Course number : 01-05-0044 Designed for: Fire service personnel Course number : 01-05-0003 Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Course Length: 24 hours Outreach Prerequisites: Firefighter I or equivalent Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach and students must also be physically capable of wearing SCBA and possess Apparatus Operator - Pump Firefighter Survival current medical clearance for SCBA Based on Chief John Salka’s “Get Offers knowledge and skills essential use. Students not possessing this to pump operation. Based on Out Alive” program, this program is prerequisite will not be allowed to designed for self-rescue and rescue participate for their own safety. objectives from National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Fire Apparatus of trapped firefighters. Course content Course number : 01-05-0046 Driver/Operator, Chapter 3, this course will enable firefighters to recognize the Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach types of events encountered on the includes responsibilities of pump operators, hydraulics and friction loss, fire ground that contribute to firefighter Apparatus Operator - disorientation and/or entrapment, to pump controls and accessories, fire have knowledge of what is necessary Emergency Vehicle Operation streams, pumper practices, pumping to ensure their safety and that of Provides vehicle operators with a better from draft and pump evolutions, and their partners or crew members, and understanding of the seriousness of using the fire pump at the fire hydrant. perform self-rescue techniques when emergency vehicle operation. Based Demonstrations and practice sessions disoriented, separated, or when needing on objectives from National Fire are included. to exit a structure in an emergency. This Protection Association (NFPA) Standard Designed for: Fire service personnel course requires students to perform a 1002 Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator, Course Length: 24 hours number of practical evolutions with self- Chapter 2, this course stimulates the Prerequisites: Apparatus Operator, and BEFO (formerly known as Scene contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). thought processes to make students Support Operations) or equivalent This course includes the National Fire aware of the potential for tragedy and Course number : 01-05-0005 Academy Calling the Mayday. financial loss and of the legal and Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach Designed for: Fire service personnel moral responsibilities encountered

Course Length: 12 hours when operating an emergency vehicle. Prerequisites: Firefighter I Apparatus Operator Emergency Water Supply Operations Course number : 01-05-0076 Vehicle Operations Equivalents Offers firefighters with information Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach are EVOC Courses offered by VFIS and skills in determining water Insurance, ESIP Insurance or Utica supply requirements for firefighting National Insurance. Train the Trainers Firefighter Assist and Search purposes and water delivery methods. are not accepted as equivalent. Demonstrations and practice sessions Team (FAST) Designed for: Fire service personnel are included. The firefighter as a member of a Course Length: 18 hours Designed for: Fire service personnel FAST operation will identify the tools Prerequisites: A valid driver’s license Course Length: 27 hours and staffing requirements for a FAST Course number : 01-05-0004 Prerequisites: BEFO (formerly known operation, develop a rescue plan for Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach as Scene Support Operations) or a missing, lost, or trapped firefighter; equivalent and Apparatus Operator - demonstrate rope search techniques, Apparatus Operator - Aerial Pump and demonstrate removing a firefighter/ Device Course number : 01-05-0080 victim up a stairwell, up or down through Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach a hole in a floor/roof, moving a downed Designed to follow the NFPA 1002 Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional firefighter out of a window, and lowering Live Fire Training – NFPA 1403, a firefighter down a ladder. This Qualifications, provides the student course requires students to perform a with knowledge necessary to operate, 2018 Edition number of practical evolutions with self- inspect and maintain aerial devices. The purpose and intent of this course contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). Course content includes emergency is to provide the student with basic Designed for: Fire service personnel vehicle operations review, classification understand¬ing of the requirements of Course Length: 15 hours and typing, vehicle inspection, operation NFPA 1403 Standard on Live Fire Training Prerequisites: Firefighter Survival, of various types of aerial devices Evolutions. It is intended that the student Firefighter I including platforms and ladders, proper be pro¬vided with an introduction to Course number : 01-05-0018 location of placement and setup at Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach 16 REV 2/01/21 the necessary knowledge and tools Prerequisite: Basic Firefighter or Fire Mobilization and Mutual Aid Plan to properly prepare and conduct live Firefighting Essentials during a large scale event. Topics fire-training evolutions. This program Course number : 01-05-0007 include: an overview of the New York provides an in-depth analysis of Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach State Fire Mobilization and Mutual NFPA 1403, addressing evolutions at Aid Plan, requesting and deploying municipal training centers, gas fired Basic Wildland Search Skills resources, expectations of deploying training buildings and exterior props, Developed by the New York State resources, documentation, and an vehicle fires and acquired structures Depart-ment of Environmental overview of the reimbursement process. and exterior class B fires. It is also Conservation, the Basic Wildland Designed for: All emergency response designed to provide an overview Search Skills Course teaches the personnel of live fire training requirements, most basic skills needed to conduct Course Length: 3 hours especially for responsible individuals searches in the wildland environment. Course number : 01-05-0083 such as commis¬sioners and chiefs Topics covered in this course include, Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach who may not be directly involved basic search organization (Incident with the conduct or planning of these Command System), communications, Principles of Building evolutions, but with whom may rest the search techniques, attitude and safety. ultimate responsibility for training within Construction: Combustible This course concludes with a field (NFA) their jurisdiction. exercise to practice the type 3 search This course introduces basic Designed for: Commissioners, chief technique (grid search) discussed in officers, presidents, members of construction principles and the special the classroom. Graduates of this course boards of directors and elected characteristics of wood and ordinary will receive a “Green Card” which will officials who may have legal authority construction as they concern the identify them as having successfully and responsibility for fire department fire service. Primary emphasis is on completed this course. This course live fire training activities and improving the fire officer’s ability to is also a prerequisite to other more those who actually conduct live fire ensure firefighter safety by recognizing evolutions. advanced search courses offered by common causes and indicators of Course Length: 4 hours the New York State Department of failure and other hazards related to Course number : 01-05-0079 Environmental Conservation. building construction. Course material Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach Designed for: Fire service personnel enables the fire officer to better predict Course Length: 8 hours the overall reaction of a building to fire Prerequisite: None Aircraft Rescue and conditions. Course number : 01-05-0008 Designed for: Fire service personnel Firefighting Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach Covers specialized areas for the air Course Length: 12 hours transportation industry, such as airport Prerequisites: BEFO (formerly known and aircraft familiarization, firefighting Courage to be Safe as Scene Support Operations) or agents, rescue, ventilation and forcible OFPC, in partnership with the National equivalent entry for both civilian and military Fallen Firefighters Foundation, is Course number : 01-05-0034 aircraft. delivering this educational initiative to Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Designed for: Fire service personnel accomplish the goal of the US Fire Outreach Course Length: 12 hours administration to reduce firefighter Prerequisite: Firefighter I or equivalent fatalities by 25 percent within five Principles of Building Course number : 01-05-0002 years and 50 percent within 10 years. Construction: Noncombustible The program is based on 16 initiatives Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via (NFA) Outreach developed during the Firefighter Life Safety Summit. Introduces special characteristics Designed for: All firefighters, especially of noncombustible and fire resistive Basic Wildland Fire individuals in leadership and decision construction as they concern the Suppression making positions fire service. Primary emphasis is on Developed by the New York State Course Length: 4 hours improving the fire officer’s ability to Depart-ment of Environmental Course number : 01-15-0001 ensure firefighter safety by recognizing Conservation Forest Rangers and the Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach common causes and indicators of New York State Office of Fire Prevention failure and other hazards related to and Control for firefighters involved in Fire Mobilization and Mutual building construction. Course material wildland fire suppression. The course enables the fire officer to better predict contents include jurisdiction and Aid Awareness the overall reaction of a building to fire responsibilities, fire behavior, wildland An awareness level course designed conditions. fire elements and size-up, use of tools for officers and firefighters who may Designed for: Fire service personnel and equipment, general concepts deploy as part of the New York State Course Length: 12 hours related to fire suppression, securing the Fire Mobilization and Mutual Aid Course number : 01-05-0035 control line, and standards for safety. Plan or department officers who may Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Designed for: Fire service personnel find themselves needing to request Outreach Course Length: 12 hours assistance through the New York State 17 REV 2/01/21 The Rules Have Changed… Thermal Imaging Camera safely respond to incidents involving The Firefighter’s Guide to Operations hazardous materials in an offensive or This course incorporates (8) hours of defensive mode. This course covers Lightweight Wood Construction portions of OSHA 1910.120 and NFPA This course introduces the student training under live fire conditions along with (4) hours of interactive lecture. 472 for the Hazardous Materials to the special characteristics and Technician. Topics include terminology considerations of Lightweight Students will receive instruction on NFPA 1408 and gain the ability associated with Hazardous Materials Wood Construction. Topics such as responses, use of reference manufacturing methods, component to evaluate their own department’s compliance. Students are encouraged materials at a hazardous materials awareness, fire performance, and incident, determining appropriate strategies & tactics pertaining to fires to bring their own Thermal Imaging Cameras, otherwise one will be decontamination methods and involving lightweight wood construction the selection and use of chemical will be examined. Primary emphasis is provided. Designed for: MTOs, MFIs and Fire protective clothing. Course uses both on improving fire personnel’s ability to Company/District Training Officers lecture and hands-on skill stations. recognize the presence of lightweight with responsibilities of training Designed for: All emergency response wood construction and the hazards administration and delivery. personnel related with it. Course material enables Pre-requisites: Firefighter 1 or equivalent Course Length: 24 hours the student to recognize the dangers, and Principles of Instruction or Prerequisites: Hazardous Materials First operate safely and better predict the equivalent. Responder Operations, and SCBA overall reaction of a building during fire Materials Fee: $25 medical clearance. Student must be conditions. The course includes three Course Number: 01-14-0021 affiliated with a hazardous materials student activities. Course Length: 12 hours response agency to attend regional classes. Academy offerings are open Designed for: Fire Officers and senior Course Location: Academy firefighting personnel. to all. Fire Officers and senior firefighting Course number: 01-09-0098 personnel. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Course Length: 12 hours Outreach Prerequisites: Basic Exterior Firefighting Hazardous Materials First Operations or equivalent Hazardous Materials Responder Operations Course number: 01-05-0071 Technician Module 2: Course Location(s): Academy Prepares emergency responders to effectively and safely respond to and Interpreting the Hazardous stabilize hazardous materials incidents Environment Refresher Training from a defensive position. Meets the This second in a series of Hazardous The Refresher Training course is a training requirements of OSHA 1910.120 Materials Technician modules unique approach to fire training in New for the first responder, both at the provides emergency response York State. It is designed to address the awareness and operations levels. personnel with skills to interpret and needs of veteran firefighters who have Includes recognizing and identifying better understand the hazardous been trained for some time and are in hazardous materials, classifications environments they will be working need of skill refresher opportunities. and the hazards of each class, in. This course covers portions A course is created by county fire transport vehicles and associated of OSHA 1910.120 and NFPA 472. coordinators to provide targeted hazards, planning for incidents, Topics include the use of chemistry refresher training and will include personal protective equipment and its for the emergency responder; specific skills retraining by selecting limitations, confinement methods and monitoring, detection and identification a series of existing units of instruction decontamination procedures. Case instrumentation; proper sampling from any of the courses listed below. studies identify appropriate operational protocols and identification of Contact your county fire coordinator for procedures. This course is also special response incidents such further information. contained in the Firefighter I course. as Clandestine Laboratories and Designed for: Fire service personnel Designed for: All emergency response Weapons of Mass Destruction/ Course number and length: personnel Terrorism incidents. 01-05-0042, 2 units, 6 hours; Course Length: 16 hours Designed for: All emergency response 01-05-0043, 3 units, 9 hours; Course number : 01-09-0071 personnel 01-05-0039, 4 units, 12 hours Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Course length: 12 hours Prerequisite: Firefighter I (1S) or Outreach Prerequisites: Hazardous Materials equivalent Technician Module One: Primary Courses Offered: Firefighter I, Firefighter Hazardous Materials Skills for the Hazardous Materials II, Apparatus Operator - Pump, Truck Responder. Student must be affiliated Company Operations, Apparatus Technician Module 1: Primary with a hazardous materials response Operator - Aerial Device Skills for the Hazardous agency to attend regional classes. Location: Locally via Outreach Materials Responder Academy offerings are open to all. Emergency response personnel will Course number: 01-09-0099 learn basic skills to effectively and Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Outreach 18 REV 2/01/21 Hazardous Materials Module Three: Managing the required elements for an employer’s Hazardous Materials Incident and Technician Module 3: SCBA medical clearance. Student emergency response plan, site-specific Managing the Hazardous must be affiliated with a hazardous pre-incident emergency planning, Materials Incident materials response agency to attend incident analysis and the development OHSA 1910.120 and NFPA 472 require regional classes. Academy offerings of site safety plans, strategic goals Hazardous Materials Technicians are open to all. for hazardous materials incidents, and to be trained in the management Course number: 01-09-0101 developing a plan of action and its of Hazardous Materials incidents. Course location(s): Academy, Locally via application and tactical objective to Outreach This third segment in a series of 5 accomplish the strategic goals. Designed for: All emergency response covers the requirements of those two personnel standards. Course topics include risk Hazardous Materials Course Length: 24 hours based analysis, a Hazardous Materials Technician Module 5: Specialty Course number : 01-09-0033 Technician’s role in ICS, container Skills for the Hazardous Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via identification, planning a response and Materials Responder Outreach incident termination. The last module of the Hazardous Designed for: All emergency response personnel Materials Technician curriculum Hazardous Materials Incident combines the skills and knowledge Course length: 8 hours Safety Officer that a Hazardous Materials Technician Prerequisites: Hazardous Materials This course will provide participants must demonstrate to be certified Technician Module One: Primary with information as to the role of the under OSHA 1910.120 and NFPA 472. Skills for the Hazardous Materials safety officer that is required for a This course will include discussion Responder. Student must be affiliated hazardous materials incident under with a hazardous materials response and hands on skills on the following OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120. During this agency to attend regional classes. topics: Haz Mat RIT procedures, hot course students will learn the functions Academy offerings are open to all. and cold tapping, stinger operations, of the safety officer, the importance of Course number: 01-09-0100 venting, flaring, vent & burn, vacuum monitoring operations of the hazardous Course location(s): Academy, Locally via and pressure differential transfers, materials operations, the need to Outreach transfer pumps, hoses, sparging, vapor provide information to the incident suppression and dispersion. commander, and appropriate actions Designed for: All emergency response Hazardous Materials to be taken in order to provide for the Technician Module 4: personnel Course length: 16 hours safety of the responders and the public. With the use of scenarios, participants Advanced Skills for the Prerequisites: Hazardous Materials Hazardous Materials Technician Module One: Primary will fulfill the role of the safety officer at Responder Skills for the Hazardous Materials various scenes and make appropriate The fourth module in the Hazardous Responder; Hazardous Materials safety considerations. Designed for: Incident Safety Officers at Materials Technician curriculum gives Technician Module Two: Interpreting the Hazardous Environment; hazardous materials incidents the hazardous materials responder Hazardous Materials Technician Course Length: 8 hours the knowledge to properly contain Module Three: Managing the Course number : 01-09-0034 and mitigate the hazard posed by Hazardous Materials Incident, Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach a hazardous material in a damaged Hazardous Materials Technician container. This course will discuss and Module Four: Advanced Skills for the allow for hands on learning on the Hazardous Materials Responder and Hazardous Materials First following topics: Damage assessment SCBA medical clearance. Student Responder Operations Annual and product behavior, Plugging, must be affiliated with a hazardous Refresher Patching, dome cover clamps, materials response agency to attend regional classes. Academy offerings Provides training to review and overpacking, Chlorine Emergency are open to all. refresh the competencies covered in Kits A, B, C. We will also discuss the Course number: 01-09-0102 OSHA 1910.120 HAZWOPER for First special considerations associated with Course location(s): Academy, Locally via Responder Awareness and Operations pressurized containers, drums and Outreach Level Responders. This course intermediate bulk containers. provides a review of the nine classes Designed for: All emergency response Hazardous Materials Incident of materials, the use of the US DOT personnel Emergency Response Guidebook, Course length: 24 hours Command principles of containment, confinement, Prerequisites: Hazardous Materials Provides the hazardous materials and extinguishment within the scope Technician Module One: Primary incident commander with the skills of the duties of a first responder at Skills for the Hazardous Materials necessary to successfully and safely Responder; Hazardous Materials the Operations Level. This training is manage the incident. Includes the need designed to satisfy annual refresher Technician Module Two: Interpreting for an organized approach to managing the Hazardous Environment; training requirements of OSHA for Hazardous Materials Technician hazardous materials incidents, the hazardous materials.

19 REV 2/01/21 Designed for: All emergency response Bath Salts: The Latest Threat to manage the incident. Information on personnel Responders storage and distribution requirements Course Length: 4 hours This course is intended to provide all of the Fire Code of New York State for Course number : 01-09-0074 levels of first responders with the basic pesticides and poisonous materials is Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach knowledge required to recognize a also included. Case studies examine potential bath salts incidents, how to the dangers of these materials and Hazardous Materials Rapid safely approach and handle the effected the lessons to be learned from actual Intervention Team (RIT) individuals, proper personal safety incidents. precautions, and scene management. Designed for: All emergency response During this course, students will personnel identify tools and staffing requirements Designed for: All First Responder Course Length: 12 hours for RIT operations during a hazmat Personnel Course number : 01-09-0055 incident. Students will learn how to Course Length: 2 hours Course number : 01-09-0088 Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via develop a rescue plan for an injured or Outreach trapped responder, move a responder Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via up and down stairs, down through a Outreach hole, or out of a window, and lower a Chemical Suicide: Information responder off of objects such as rail Cargo Truck Hazardous for First Responder cars and cargo trucks. Students will Materials Specialist Every year dozens of people in the also demonstrate various techniques to This is an advanced level course that United States commit suicide using supply air to downed responders in low will prepare Hazardous Materials various types of hazardous materials, and no air emergencies. This course Technicians to meet the competencies and too often first responders become requires students to perform several set forth in NFPA Standard 472 Chapter exposed to these chemicals. This practical evolutions with self-contained 13. The topics covered in handling course is designed to give all first breathing apparatus (SCBA) and Level cargo truck emergencies are extremely responders the skill set necessary to A PPE. hazardous and employ highly skilled identify a suicide involving hazardous Designed for: Practicing hazardous operations. Competencies covered materials, safely approach the incident materials technicians include overviews of specification using appropriate personal protective Course Length: 16 hours cargo trailers; damage assessment; equipment, and manage the scene Prerequisite: Hazardous Materials leak mitigation; product removal successfully. Technician Basic or Hazardous techniques, (including flaring and Designed for: All first response personnel Materials Technician Module 1 AND transfers); and up righting overturned Course length: 2 hours Hazardous Materials Technician Course number: 01-09-0080 Module 2 trailers. Responders will gain hands on Course location(s): Locally via Outreach Course number : 01-09-0114 experience with several trailer types, Course Location(s): Academy including gasoline, corrosive, propane and cryogenic trailers; and the tools/ Decontamination techniques necessary to plan and Trains firefighters and emergency Hazardous Materials implement a response. The majority of services personnel to fully understand Technician Basic Refresher the class is outside practical evolutions. and perform decontamination of This course is intended to meet the Designed for: Hazardous Materials people and equipment at the scene of annual refresher requirements for Technicians a hazardous materials release. Proper the Hazardous Materials Technician. Course length: 24 hours protection as well as procedures for Through a combination of classroom Prerequisite: Hazardous Materials emergency and formal decontamination and hands-on activities, the student will Technician are covered. demonstrate the required competencies Course number: 01-09-0082 Designed for: All emergency response as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.120. Topics Course location(s): Academy personnel who may be required to include terminology, DOT hazard PPE required: Full structural turnout gear, perform decontamination. classes, identifying hazardous materials, SCBA with spare cylinder, plus work Course Length: 4 hours personal protective equipment, clothes to include steel toed shoes, Course number : 01-09-0009 leather work gloves, eye protection decontamination, detection equipment, Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach and head protection. and tactical options for dealing with a hazardous materials incident. Decon Trailer Equipment The Challenge of Pesticides Designed for: Practicing hazardous Training materials technicians and Poisons Some counties in New York State opted Course Length: 16 hours Develops skills necessary to safely to receive a decontamination trailer Prerequisite: Hazardous Materials stabilize a hazardous materials incident instead of, or in addition to, the level A Technician involving pesticides and poisons. WMD trailers. This class is classroom Course number : 01-09-0040 Includes procedures to correctly and hands-on, utilizing the equipment Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach identify materials, determine their supplied by the WMD Task Force. toxicology, and develop strategies to Designed for: Responders assigned to a

20 REV 2/01/21 decontamination duties and storage containers, and firefighting responsibility Course length: 4 hours foams and their applications. Course Length: 6 hours Course number : 01-09-0008 Designed for: All emergency response Course number : 01-09-0073 Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach personnel Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Prerequisite: Firefighter 1; or Basic Exterior Outreach Live Fire Class B Foam Firefighting Operations (BEFO) and the SCBA/Interior Firefighting Operations High Hazard Train Fires Operations Course Length: 16 hours This course will prepare students to This course provides practical training Course number : 01-09-0022 respond to incidents involving High for mitigating spills and fires involving Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Hazard Flammable Train (HHFT), which crude oil, ethanol and other ignitable Outreach liquids. Topics covered include: transport a single ignitable liquid product such as crude oil or ethanol. overview of common ignitable liquids; Flammable Gas Emergency use of class B foam, with emphasis on Topics covered will include strategic alcohol resistant foam concentrates; Response Workshop (offensive vs. defensive) and tactical foam nozzles and proportioning Develops skills needed to respond and decision making, tank car recognition, equipment; and determining foam successfully control propane and natural water supply, Class B foam operations needs for various scenarios. There gas incidents. Industry representatives and the effective use of cooling are also hands on practical activities participate and share their ability to streams. As the majority of the course involving vapor suppression with serve as a fire department resource. will consist of outside skills evolutions, finished foam, confining spills, and Includes classroom discussion of the some including live fire, it is a physically live fire extinguishment. During live properties of propane and natural gas, demanding course and students must fire evolutions, foam handlines will be production and distribution, planning be prepared to work in the various set up and employed for a leaking for and responding to fires or other environmental conditions appropriate and burning tank truck. Full structural incidents involving these gases. for the season in which the course is turnout gear and SCBA with spare Students will participate in several live being conducted. cylinder are required for this course for fire evolutions as a member of a fire Designed for: Fire service personnel all students. attack team. Students are required Course Length: 16 hours Designed for: All emergency response to bring approved turn-out gear and Prerequisite: Firefighter I or equivalent. personnel SCBA. Materials Fee: $45 Course Length: 12 hours Designed for: All firefighters and fire Course number : 01-09-­ ­0113 officers Prerequisite: Fire Fighter I or equivalent Course Location(s): Academy and Hazmat First Responder Course Length: 12 hours Operations. Prerequisite: Firefighter I or equivalent Materials Fee: $45 Materials Fee: $25 Personal Protective Equipment Course number : 01-09-0084 Course number : 01-09-0023 for the Hazardous Materials Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Course Location(s): Academy Operations Level Responder Outreach This course is designed for Operations Hazardous Materials for the level responders that may be required First Receiver Decontamination Code Official to participate in activities requiring the use of chemical protective clothing. Trains hospital personnel to Under the Fire Code of New York It incorporates both classroom fully understand and perform State, local officials have a significant presentation and hands on training. decontamination of victims of responsibility and the authority to Focus is on selection of proper hazardous materials or weapons of ensure proper storage and handling of PPE, safety, proper donning/doffing mass destruction incidents. Proper hazardous materials. Training includes techniques and dexterity. levels of protection as well as the principles of hazardous materials procedures for formal, emergency, and Designed for: Hazardous Materials First identification, identification of the nine Responder Operations level personnel mass decontamination are covered. classes and appropriate divisions Course length: 4 hours Designed for: Hospital personnel applied to hazardous materials, Prerequisite: Hazardous Materials First Course Length: 8 hours and proper storage. Also includes Responder Operations Course number : 01-09-0075 separating incompatible materials, Course number: 01-09-0081 Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach marking facilities storing hazardous Course location(s): Academy, Locally via materials, and the code’s responsibility Outreach Flammable and Combustible in the hazardous materials reporting Liquid Emergencies requirements. OSHA 1910.120 training requirements for Hazardous Materials Recognizing Clandestine Drug Develops skills needed to respond Lab Operations to flammable liquid releases in both First Responder Awareness Level are Clandestine drug labs can be found in fire and non-fire situations. Includes included. a variety of places, from a residence familiarization with flammable liquids Designed for: All emergency response personnel with code enforcement to a hotel room to a vehicle. They can and their hazards, normal transportation manufacture a number of substances 21 REV 2/01/21 including methamphetamine, MDMA Advanced Sampling network with their peers, exchanging (ecstasy), or even steroids. The Techniques for the Hazmat information and experiences. Many processes involved frequently utilize emergency service organizations flammable liquids, corrosives, toxic Technician accept attendance at this seminar as This advanced level course will show gases, and water reactive materials. fulfillment of the annual recertification Hazardous Materials Technicians how This course provides responders with for Haz Mat Operations or Technician to obtain solid, liquid, and gas samples the skills to recognize a potential level training required by OSHA for laboratory analysis from a variety of clandestine lab situation and take the 1919.120. appropriate course of action. The course potential situations while operating in Designed for: All emergency response focuses heavily on methamphetamine PPE. Competencies covered include personnel production, especially the “one pot” techniques for sampling unity and Course Length: 16 hours method currently on the increase in multiphasic liquids, drums and totes, Materials Fee: $5 New York State, and deals with proper underground tanks, transport and Course number : 01-09-0036 procedures for recognition, isolation, storage trucks, railcars, ponds, rivers, Course Location(s): Academy reporting, and dealing with victims and soil and the air. the “cooks” themselves. Designed for: Practicing hazardous materi- Designed for: All first response personnel als technicians HEALTH AND SAFETY Course length: 3 hours Course Length: 24 hours Course number : 01-09-0053 Prerequisite: Hazardous Materials Technician Fire Police Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach Trains fire police to perform their Materials Fee: $25.00 duties more effectively. It includes Course # 89 defining and interpreting terms, oath Respiratory Protection Program Note: This course is academy or locally This course is designed for the agency’s based only and has a very limited of office, relation to regular police respiratory protection program course offering due to equipment and officers, general duties, maintaining administra­tor as defined in 29 CFR trainer requirements. safe conditions at an emergency, traffic 1910.134 OSHA Respiratory Protection direction and control, pre-planning, Standard. Curriculum content outlines Computer-Aided Management and various laws of interest to the the requirements of the Respiratory fire service. Under the provision of Protection Program standard for of Emergency Operations General Municipal Law, Section 209- emergency escape de-vices, air (CAMEO) c, this course, when approved by purifying respirators (negative pressure) Offers hands-on training using OFPC, must be completed by every fire and self-contained breathing apparatus computers to assist in hazardous police officer who was appointed after (positive pressure). In addition, training chemical emergencies. The Cameo September 1, 1980. is provided on the procedures and program contains response information Designed for: Fire service personnel equipment to conduct a quantitative and recommendations for thousands designated as fire police fit test. of commonly transported chemicals, Course Length: 21 hours Designed for: Response agency an air dispersion model to assist in Course number : 01-15-0002 respiratory protection program evaluating release scenarios and Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach administrators evacuation options. CAMEO includes Course Length: 6 hours several easily adaptable databases and Health and Safety Officer (NFA) Course number : 01-09-0054 programs that will assist responders Addresses the health and safety officer’s Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach to plan for, and respond to, incidents role in identifying, evaluating, and involving chemicals used in their implementing policy and procedures Sampling Techniques for communities. that affect health and safety aspects for Designed for: Emergency planners, emergency responders. Risk analysis, the Hazardous Materials personnel with hazardous materials Technician responsibilities wellness issues, and other occupational safety issues are discussed. Prepares hazardous materials Course Length: 36 hours Designed for: Health and safety officers technicians to effectively collect and Course number : 01-09-0007 and chief officers submit samples according to local and Course Location(s): Academy Course Length: 15 hours state protocols. This course will train Course number : 01-15-0005 technicians to collect samples that are Hazardous Materials Seminar Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via suitable for laboratory analysis. Each year the Hazardous Materials Outreach Designed for: Hazardous Materials Technicians Seminar brings New York’s Haz Mat Responders together to participate in Course length: 4 hours Highway Safety for Emergency a weekend of learning. Speakers from Prerequisite: Hazardous Materials across the country deliver presentations Responders Technician Students completing this course will on current topics of interest as well Course number : 01-09-0078 have an awareness of the serious as the newest developments in the Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach nature of highway crash scenes and field. Attendees have opportunities to

22 REV 2/01/21 the hazards associated with them. Traffic Incident Management Public Safety Dispatcher II Students will have an understanding The Strategic Highway Research This curriculum serves to provide of the four phases of traffic control that Program developed a program, further education for the modern day take place in the first hour. They will by responders—for responders, Public Safety Dispatcher. This course also possess the ability to select and with the objective that nationally, will focus on current trending issues in place the appropriate traffic control responders acquire a common the industry and includes the following devices for various crash sites. Other set of core competencies for traffic topics: Domestic violence, handling topics covered are: stopping sight incident management. The process different types of callers as well as distance requirements for vehicles of coordinating resources of several managing the mass-casualty incident across a broad range of speeds, how to different partner agencies and private (eg. Active shooting). Also included is establish various traffic control zones, sector companies to detect, respond managing fireground communication where to stand and how to direct traffic. to, and clear traffic incidents as quickly including MAYDAY situations. A Designed for: All emergency response as possible to reduce the impacts of discussion of legal responsibilities and personnel incidents on safety and congestion, stress management for the seasoned Course Length: 8 hours while protecting the safety of on-scene dispatcher will also be included. Perfect Pre-requisite: Traffic Incident Management responders and the traveling public. for in-service training credit! Course number: 01-15-0006 The safety of responders and motorists, Designed for: Active public safety dis- Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via quick response, and effective patchers Outreach communications at traffic incident Course Length: 40 hours scenes are highlighted. Prerequisite: Experience as a public safety Incident Safety Officer (NFA) Designed for: All Emergency Response dispatcher Examines the safety officer’s role at Personnel, Highway, Towing, and Course number : 01-05-0060 emergency response situations. It Traffic Management Professionals Course Location(s): Academy focuses specifically on operations Course Length: 8 hours Prerequisite: None as a safety officer within the incident Communication Center command system. Course number: 01-15-0018 Designed for: Fire department safety Course Location(s): Academy, Outreach Supervisor (APCO) officers This course is designed for current or Prerequisite: Firefighter I prospective 911 and Communication Course Length: 15 hours PUBLIC SAFETY Center Supervisors. Topics include: Course number : 01-15-0007 The Communications Supervisor Role, Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via DISPATCHER TRAINING Liability Issues, Policies and Procedures, Outreach Communication Skills and Employee Public Safety Dispatcher I Evaluation and Motivation. Class will use practical and group exercises to On-Scene Rehabilitation for (APCO) This program is designed to address supplement class lectures. This course Emergency Operations the basic functional areas needed for will follow the APCO Communication This course explains the why, a student to become a Public Safety Center Supervisor 4th Edition Text. when and how of rehabilitation for Dispatcher. This course will address the Students are encouraged to bring a emergency responders (firefighters, following topic areas: Telephone, radio copy of their policies and procedures hazardous materials, EMS, technical and other industry related technologies, manuals. rescue, ice and water rescue, etc.). call-taking skills, call classification and Designed for: Students who are currently The course shows how and when to radio dispatching. The training will communications supervisors, or under meet the requirements of National consideration for supervisory positions. also discuss stress management and Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Pre-requisites: Students should be expe- liability issues related to the dispatch 1500 Fire Department Occupational rienced in communications center profession. This class will follow the Safety and Health Chapter 6-6, NFPA operations and have a working knowl- APCO Public Safety Telecommunicator 1561 Emergency Services Incident edge of the associated policies and I curriculum. procedures. Management System Chapters 2-8 and Designed for: All emergency service per- 9. Required Text: APCO Communication sonnel Center Supervisor 4th Edition. Text Designed for: Incident commanders, Course Length: 40 hours is the responsibility of the student safety officers and emergency service Course number : 01-05-0049 to acquire. Instructions for ordering personnel Course Location(s): Academy text will be sent along with registra- Course Length: 12 hours Required Text: APCO PST1 Student tion confirmation. Allow (3) weeks for Course number : 01-15-0008 Manual. The student is responsible delivery from APCO. Course Location(s): Academy to obtain a copy of the text prior to Course Length: 24 hours class. Instructions for ordering the text Course Number: 01-05-0052 will be sent when course registration Course Location(s): Academy is confirmed by OFPC. Allow three weeks for delivery from APCO.

23 REV 2/01/21 Amtrak Passenger Train Concrete Breaching and Emergency Response TECHNICAL RESCUE Breaking Procedures The purpose of this course is to provide All technical rescue courses are This course is presented by Amtrak. the student the basic principles on based on objectives from National Content includes familiarization with the safe and effective operations of Fire Protection Association (NFPA) railroad systems, equipment, and penetrating concrete debris and 1006 – Rescue Technician Professional operational procedures; operation of damaged slabs or walls to safely Qualifications and 1670 – Standard on access and egress devices, as well as extricate trapped victims. Operations and Training for Technical emergency operation of the equipment; The student shall learn the safe and Rescue Incidents. power systems including locomotives, proper techniques to breach, break, electric powered equipment; cut and burn to gain access through Vehicle Rescue: Operations firefighting/search and rescue concrete, steel or other structural Level (VROL) procedures for rail cars (this includes a components during rescue operations Provides hands-on training in motor practical application from a smoke filled in heavy floor, heavy wall, steel and vehicle rescue and extrication railcar); and victim removal from rail concrete structures. The student will techniques while stressing the need for cars using various rescue procedures. also learn to identify the different types scene safety and vehicle stabilization. All students wishing to participate in the of concrete construction as well as the It includes rescue theory, rescue life hands-on portion dealing with search safety hazards that present themselves cycle, new technology in automotive and rescue of rail cars, along with to the rescuer at every collapse design and rescue tools and their uses. victim removal techniques, are required situation. Students will be able to Designed for: All emergency response to bring firefighting OSHA compliant rapidly identify pre and post tensioned personnel protective equipment, self-contained concrete and the specific dangers each Course Length: 20 hours breathing apparatus (SCBA), and one represents in a given collapse situation. Prerequisites: Firefighter I; Basic spare air bottle. Designed for: Emergency response Designed for: All emergency response Firefighter; or Firefighting Essentials, personnel with responsibility in personnel or BEFO (formerly known as Scene structural collapse operations. Support Operations), or basic level Course Length: 8 hours Designed for: All emergency response EMS training Prerequisite: Firefighter I; Basic Firefighter; personnel Materials Fee : $60 or Firefighting Essentials, and students Course length: 16 hours Course number : 01-04-0001 must be physically capable of wearing SCBA and possess current medical Prerequisite: Rescue Technician Basic, Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Basic Structural Collapse Ops, Medium Outreach clearance for SCBA use. Students not possessing this prerequisite will not Level Structural Collapse Concepts, be allowed to participate for their own MSCO: Tools, MSCO: Interior Shoring, Alternative Fueled Vehicles safety. MSCO: Exterior Shoring, MSCO: Void Search & Rescue, Rescue Heavy Course number : 01-04-0064 and New Vehicle Technology Rigging. Provides information about the hazards Course Location(s): Locally via Outreach Course number : 01-04-0011 of the alternate fuels, such as ethanol, Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via E85, compressed natural gas, liquified Basic Structural Collapse Outreach natural gas and propane. The course Operations also discusses battery powered, Provides specialized training in the hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Confined Space Awareness realm of building collapse rescue, a Safety information on hazards that threat in every community. Content will and Safety may be present at incidents involving Provides identification and awareness include warning signs, collapse causes, an alternative fueled vehicle is also information to allow students to make void identification, safety precautions, presented. The second portion of reasonable judgments in confined- search techniques, team operations, the program deals with the changing space rescue situations. It includes building construction awareness, and technology of the automobile, including topics such as regulations, response initial fire department operations. vehicle safety standards and vehicle planning, hazard types, personal Several case studies will be discussed features. Intended to provide new protective equipment, retrieval and a table top exercise is included. A information for those students who may equipment, and air quality. Case test will be given at the end of the class. have completed vehicle rescue training Designed for: All emergency response histories and student exercises provide in the past and have a need to update personnel opportunities to practice planning skills information about changes to newer Course length: 8 hours for confined space rescue response, as vehicles. Course number : 01-04-0007 well as evaluate past incidents. Designed for: All emergency response Designed for: All emergency response Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via personnel personnel Outreach Course Length: 4 hours Course Length: 6 hours Course number : 01-04-0006 Course number : 01-04-0014 Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Course Location(s): Academy, SPTC, Outreach Locally via Outreach

24 REV 2/01/21 Confined Space Rescue - water on victims, ice rescue techniques, Construction Related to Building off shore techniques, and ice rescue Failure and Emergency Rescue Technician Level Shoring Concepts in place of Medium This course provides practical equipment. Course will include several scenarios based ice rescue exercises. Level Structural Collapse Concepts) training in confined-space hazards; Materials Fee: $45 air monitoring and ventilation; space Designed for: All emergency response personnel Course number : 01-04-0059 isolation techniques; personal Course Length: 16 hours Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via protective equipment, including both Course number : 01-04-0021 Outreach supplied air, self-contained breathing Course Location(s): Academy SPTC, apparatus (SCBA), and respirators; and Locally via Outreach retrieval systems and retrieval methods. Medium Structural Collapse Practical evolutions enable the student Operations: Interior Shoring to evaluate a specific confined-space Medium Level Structural This two-day program will familiarize incident and perform the necessary Collapse Concepts the student with the proper interior procedures to safely and effectively This classroom program is designed shoring techniques needed to safely rescue the victim. to provide the background knowledge construct all the types of interior shores Designed for: All emergency response necessary to perform rescue operations generally utilized to conduct safe personnel with responsibilities in at a structural collapse incident. rescue operations. This is an intensive confined-space rescue The course includes instruction on: hands-on course and the students will Course Length: 32 hours structural construction considerations be tested on the proper construction of Prerequisites: Firefighter I, Basic such as types of construction, the various shores. Firefighter, or Firefighting Essentials, construction techniques, terminology Designed for: Emergency response Rescue Technician - Basic and and mechanism of collapse based on personnel with responsibility in Confined Space: Awareness and structural collapse operations structure type; detailed concepts of Safety. Signed Training Authorization Course Length: 16 hours structural shoring systems; void search Course number : 01-04-0012 and rescue operations in structural Prerequisites: Rescue Technician - Basic, Course Location(s): Academy, SPTC, Basic Structural Collapse Operations, Locally via Outreach collapse incidents; structural collapse Medium Structural Collapse team organization and operations Operations: Exterior Shoring Medium concepts. Structural Collapse Operations: Tools Emergency Boat Operations & Designed for: Emergency response and Structural Collapse Concepts Rescue personnel with responsibility in (or Medium Construction Related Emergency Boat Operations & Rescue structural collapse operations to Building Failure and Emergency Training is designed to meet the Course Length: 12 hours Rescue Shoring Concepts in place of requirements of NFPA standards for Prerequisite: Basic Structural Collapse Structural Collapse Concepts) surface water boat operators. Its primary Operations Materials Fee: $45 goal is to train firefighter and other Course number : 01-04-0040 Course number : 01-04-0058 emergency response personnel who Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via respond to water rescue emergencies Outreach Outreach using small watercraft in non-moving water situations. Medium Structural Collapse Medium Structural Collapse Designed for: Emergency response Operations: Exterior Shoring Operations: Tools personnel with responsibility for the This two-day program will thoroughly This two-day program will familiarize operation of motorized water craft in a moving water or flood environment. familiarize the student with the exterior the student with the tools used in Course Length: 24 hours shoring techniques needed to safely structural and excavation collapse construct all the types of exterior Prerequisite: Water Rescue - Operations related incidents. This is an intensive Level shores generally needed to conduct hands-on course and the students will Course number : 01-04-0066 safe rescue operations and stabilize be evaluated on the proper use of the Course Location(s): SPTC, Locally via the exterior of the structure. Students tools provided. Outreach in this intensive hands-on course will be Designed for: All emergency response tested on the proper construction of the personnel various shores needed to accomplish Course Length: 16 hours Ice/Cold Water Rescue - this task. Prerequisite: Basic Structural Collapse Technician Level Designed for: Emergency response Operations or Basic Trench Collapse Ice/Cold Water Rescue - Technician personnel with responsibility in Concepts or Trench Rescue: Level is a 16-hour training program. structural collapse operations Awareness Level Advanced level ice rescue training Course Length: 16 hours Materials Fee: $45 including self-rescue, shore based ice Prerequisites: Rescue Technician - Basic, Course number : 01-04-0057 rescue techniques, and go ice rescue Basic Structural Collapse Operations, Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via techniques. This is a hands-on training Medium Level Structural Collapse Outreach program which includes a significant Operations: Tools and Structural amount of on ice time for skill practice. Collapse Concepts (or Medium It also addresses the effects of cold 25 REV 2/01/21 Medium Structural Collapse Rescue Heavy Rigging the wilderness environment, this is Operations: Void Search and The purpose of this course is to provide not the intent of this program. The the student the basic principles on the overall objective is to improve rescuer Rescue awareness of the safety concerns at This is a two day program with intensive safe and effective operations of working rope rescue situations and to develop practical void search training. The with heavy rigging equipment and basic skills in rappelling and high-angle students participate in numerous cranes used to safely extricate trapped rescue systems. Topics include safety void search evolutions with emphasis victims in structural collapse situations. orientation, risk assessment, equipment, on team concepts, proper search The student shall learn to identify, use basic rappelling and ascending, techniques, safety operations, and size and maintain the equipment used to anchoring, belaying, mechanical up. Simulated rescue scenarios will rig loads, implement the process of advantage, patient packaging, incident be conducted with students required planning a lift as well as rig, lift, and management, skills evaluation, and to safely extricate victims from void move objects using various hand tools as well as actual hands-on time with a testing. spaces. Designed for: Emergency response Designed for: Emergency response crane. Designed for: Emergency response personnel with responsibility in rope personnel with responsibility in rescue structural collapse operations personnel with responsibility in structural collapse operations. Course Length: 32 hours Course Length: 16 hours Course Length: 16 hours Prerequisite: Rescue Technician - Basic or Prerequisites: Rescue Technician-Basic, equivalent Basic Structural Collapse Operations, Prerequisite: Rescue Technician Basic, Course number : 01-04-0035 Medium Level Structural Collapse Basic Structural Collapse Ops, Medium Operations: Tools, Structural Collapse Level Structural Collapse Concepts, Course Location(s): Academy, SPTC, Concepts (or Medium Construction MSCO: Tools, MSCO: Interior Shoring, Locally via Outreach Related to Building Failure and MSCO: Exterior Shoring, MSCO: Void Emergency Rescue Shoring concepts Search & Rescue Rope Rescue - Technician Level in place of Structural Collapse Materials Fee: $40 Concepts), Medium Structural Collapse Course number : 01-04-0028 I Operations: Exterior Shoring, and Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via This course provides information and Medium Level Structural Collapse Outreach skills to perform advanced vertical rope Operations: Interior Shoring rescue techniques in an urban/suburban Materials Fee: $45 environment. The overall objective Rescue Technician - Basic is to improve rescuer awareness of Course number : 01-04-0060 Rescue Technician - Basic provides a the safety concerns at rope rescue Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via base from which to prepare students Outreach situations and to develop advanced for a wide variety of possible rescue skills in high angle rescue techniques operations. This course includes an and systems. Topics include ascending, Passenger Train Emergency overview in areas of specialized rescue, pickoffs, knot passing, team operations, search, technical rescue management, Rescue Procedures advanced litter packaging, rigging and Partnership between Metro North risks and priorities; use of ropes, lowering as well as horizontal and high/ Railroad and OFPC. Content includes: knots, and rope systems in a low angle low tensioned systems. This program railroad systems, equipment and environment, and establishment of also includes written testing as well as procedures; normal and emergency landing zones for helicopter operations. skills evaluation. operation of equipment; power Demonstrations, practice sessions and Designed for: Emergency response systems including locomotives, electric testing are included. personnel with responsibility in rope equipment and third rail precautions; Designed for: All emergency response rescue search and rescue procedures (practical personnel Course Length: 32 hours with smoke); victim removal. OSHA Course Length: 24 hours Prerequisite: Rope Rescue - Operations compliant protective equipment, SCBA Course number : 01-04-0032 Level and one spare bottle are required. Course Location(s): Academy, SPTC, Course number : 01-04-0036 Designed for: All emergency response Locally via Outreach Course Location(s): Academy, SPTC, personnel Locally via Outreach Course Length: 8 hours Rope Rescue - Operations Prerequisite: Firefighter I; Basic Firefighter; Level or Firefighting Essentials, and students Rope Rescue - Technician Level must be physically capable of wearing Rope Rescue- Operations Level II SCBA and possess current medical is a 32-hour training program that This course provides additional clearance for SCBA use. Students not provides information and skills to information and skills required to possessing this prerequisite will not adequately perform basic vertical perform advanced vertical and be allowed to participate for their own rope rescue techniques in an urban/ horizontal rope rescue techniques in safety. suburban environment. While many an urban/suburban environment. The Course number : 01-04-0027 of the techniques and skills taught overall objective is to improve rescuer in this program are applicable to awareness of safety concerns at rope rescue situations and to develop 26 REV 2/01/21 advanced skills in high angle rescue Structural Collapse Series Course also includes several scenario techniques and systems. Topics include This course is the combination of the based water rescue exercises. vertical low tensioned systems (offsets) following OFPC structural collapse Designed for: All emergency response and horizontal and steep tensioned courses; MSCO: Tools, MSCO: Exterior personnel involved in water rescue systems (highlines). This program Shoring, MSCO: Interior Shoring, emergencies also includes written as well as skill MSCO: Void Search and Rescue, Course Length: 32 hours evaluations. Rescue Heavy Rigging, and Concrete Prerequisites: Rescue Technician-Basic or Rescue Operations Designed for: Emergency response Breaching and Breaking. Separately, Course number : 01-04-0051 personnel with responsibility in rope the aforementioned courses total 12 Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via rescue days of instruction. In this academy Outreach Course Length: 32 hours style format of back-to-back in two Prerequisite: Rope Rescue -Technician 5 day weeks, all course content is Level I delivered in a 10 days. Trench Rescue - Awareness Course number : 01-04-0037 Designed for: All emergency response Level Course Location(s): Academy, SPTC, personnel This course will discuss problems that Locally via Outreach Course length: 80 hours can and do occur in trench rescue Prerequisite: Basic Structural Collapse incidents. Safety techniques, shoring School Bus Rescue Operations, Medium Level Structural techniques, proper procedures, team The School Bus Rescue Course provides Collapse Concepts, and Rescue operations, and hazard assessment advanced training to personnel in Technician Basic will all be discussed and explained in the specific hazards and problems Course number : 01-04-0089 depth. associated with performing rescues Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Designed for: All emergency response from school buses. The program Outreach personnel focuses on many aspects of school Course Length: 8 hours buses including: construction; safety Surface Water Rescue Course number: 01-04-0008 systems; and extrication strategies. This course is designed for water rescue Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Designed for: All emergency response in flat or slow moving water in lakes, Outreach personnel pond, rivers and bays. It meets the Course Length: 4 hours NFPA 1006 standards for Surface Water Trench Rescue - Operations Course number : 01-04-0038 Rescue at the awareness, operations, Level Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via and Technician levels. this course This two-day program consists Outreach covers all aspects of water rescue using of intense hands-on training in the the Preach, Reach, Throw, Row and Go field of trench rescue. The students methodology. The course is 16 hour School Bus Rescue Practical will be taught several ways to shore long and includes classroom, a pool Skills trenches, the different types of session, and an open water session. This is a practical training session which extrication techniques, proper rescue Students should have the ability to allows students to apply concepts site management, as well as the proper swim well and be in good physical presented during the School Bus safety concepts needed to complete a condition. Rescue Course and begin to establish safe and successful rescue. There will Designed for: All emergency response proficiency in related extrication skills. be live exercises in which the students personnel Students attending this course will be will actually extricate a trapped victim provided information relating to: tool Course length: 16 hours from an open trench scenario. placement and staging, anatomy of a Prerequisite: None Designed for: Emergency response school bus, school bus stabilization, Course number: 01-04-0085 personnel with responsibility in trench primary entry, secondary entry, patient Course Location(s): SPTC, Locally via collapse operations packaging and extrication and bus Outreach Course Length: 16 hours rollovers Prerequisites: Rescue Technician - Designed for: All emergency response Basic, Medium Structural Collapse personnel Swift-Water/Flood - Rescue Operations: Tools and Trench Rescue Course Length: 4 hours Technician - Awareness Level Prerequisite: Bus Rescue (# O/39) or This course provides basic to advanced Materials Fee: $45 School Bus Rescue level swift-water/flood rescue training Course number : 01-04-0042 Course number : 01-04-0039 including self-rescue in swift-water, Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via go rescues, boat based rescues, and Outreach Outreach rope systems for swift-water rescue. This is a hands-on training program which requires participants to spend a significant amount of time mastering water rescue skills in fast moving water.

27 REV 2/01/21 Trench Rescue - Technician Course Length: 12 hours Level SPECIAL PROGRAMS Course number : 01-14-0011 Designed to increase the skills learned Course Location(s): Academy in the basic trench rescue class. Rescue County Fire Coordinator operations in intersecting, L-shaped, Conference Instructor Authorization and deep trenches will be covered. Includes orientation and training for Conference Advanced trench rescue shoring new or recently appointed personnel Involves annual authorization of state techniques and concepts will also be as well as basic staff and command fire instructors (SFI), municipal training shown. training for those with county-level fire officers (MTO), municipal fire instructors Designed for: Emergency response service responsibility. (MFI), and county fire instructors (CFI). personnel with responsibility in trench Materials Fee: $5 Materials Fee: $5 collapse operations Course number : 01-14-0005 Course number : 01-14-0015 Course Length: 16 hours Course Location(s): Academy Course Location(s): Academy Prerequisites: Rescue Technician - Basic, Note: By invitation only Trench Rescue - Awareness Level, Note: By invitation only Basic Trench Collapse Operations or Trench Rescue - Operations Level, County Weekend Fire Service Women of New and Medium Structural Collapse Several weekends are reserved Operations: Tools York State Training Conference each year for county weekends. A This annual training conference brings Materials Fee: $45 guaranteed enrollment of 150 is together career and volunteer women Course number : 01-04-0043 required for an exclusive weekend. firefighters from throughout New York Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via Designed for: All emergency response State and beyond. Each year a variety Outreach personnel of workshops and classes are offered to Course Length: 12 hours the attendees. This training conference Materials Fee: $5 Water Rescue - Awareness is co-sponsored by the New York State Course Location(s): Academy Level Office of Fire Prevention and Control This course provides an overview and Fire Service Women of New York of water safety and rescue issues FASNY EMS Conference State, Inc. including: hazard assessment, This is a two-day seminar conducted by Designed for: Female fire service responder safety, risk management, the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) personnel hypothermia, near-drowning, basic Committee of the Firemen’s Association Materials Fee: $5 water search techniques, basic shore- of the State of New York (FASNY). Course number : 01-14-0012 based rescue techniques, incident Designed for: All emergency response Course Location(s): Academy management issues, and water rescue personnel interested in emergency medical training equipment. Regional Fire Administrator Designed for: All emergency response Course Length: 14 hours personnel Materials Fee: $5 Conference Course Length: 4 hours Course Location(s): Academy The annual meeting and in-service Course number : 01-04-0052 training of Regional Fire Administrators Course Location(s): Academy, Locally via appointed to coordinate the New York Fire Service Explorer Weekend State Fire Mobilization and Mutual Aid Outreach Fire Service Explorer Weekends allow Plan. members of participating Explorer Posts Materials Fee: $5 Swift Water Rescue Operations to gain practical experience in the field Course number : 01-14-0034 This course is designed to introduce of firefighting and emergency medical Course Location(s): Academy firefighters and EMS personnel to service. The 12-hour program includes Note: By invitation only water rescue at the operations (shore activities and instruction on fire and based) level of response. The course EMS topics, including fire prevention, contains information on: hazards, personal protective equipment, Technical Rescue Conference medical considerations, incident hose and ladder evolutions, search The conference is open to all management, on self-rescue, PPE and and rescue, firefighter survival, basic responders and includes lectures and rescue techniques. Practical training is rescue skills, accident victim extrication practical skill sessions in a variety also provided in self-rescue and shore and spinal immobilization. First-time of subjects including rope, confined based rescue skills. participants focus on basic skills, with space, structural collapse, water, Designed for: All emergency response more advanced skills being taught vehicle, machinery and trench rescue personnel involved in water rescue each year that the candidate returns. as well as incident & team management emergencies Participants must submit medical training. Course Length: 24 hours clearance, medical history and parental Materials Fee: $5 Course number : 01-04-0053 permission forms with their registration. Course number : 01-04-0071 Course Location(s): Academy, SPTC, Designed for: Fire department Explorer Course Location(s): Academy, SPTC Locally via Outreach Scouts

28 REV 2/01/21 Volunteer Fire Police Association Conference This is a one-day conference conducted by the Fire Police Committee of the Volunteer Fire Police Association of the State of New York. Designed for: Fire service personnel designated as fire police Course Length: 8 hours Materials Fee: $5 Course number : 01-14-0022 Course Location(s): Academy

29 REV 2/01/21 NYS ACADEMY OF FIRE SCIENCE FEES AND REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

REGISTRATION FORMS Academy courses require written pre-registration via mail or fax to the Academy using the approved form. Telephone reservations are not accepted. If you require additional forms, download at www.dhses.ny.gov/ofpc or call the Academy. Contact your County Fire Coordinator or Municipal Training Officer for Outreach Program registration protocol.

COURSE REGISTRATION FEE - NONREFUNDABLE Outreach Program: no fee Academy: NYS Residents - $25; Out-of-State - $50 Payable in advance with registration form

MATERIALS FEE See course descriptions. Materials fee may be paid upon arrival. Required text books are not included in materials fee and must be purchased separately. Refer to course description and/or confirmation.

ACCOMMODATION FEE Academy Resident: $40/day includes lodging and all meals Academy Commuter: $8/day includes breakfast and lunch Resident fee shown on course schedule has been adjusted for Sunday night arrivals or Friday afternoon departures (no dinner). Commuter fee shown on course schedule has been adjusted for 1pm start times (no breakfast). Commuters are invited to purchase dinner meal tickets (by 11am) at $9/day if program requires mandatory evening sessions. Bagged lunches are available upon request for off campus courses or departing students. Outreach Program: Student responsibility

PAYMENT METHOD Fees may be paid by check, money order, or PO/Voucher payable to “Academy of Fire Science.” If MasterCard or VISA is being used, the registration form must include a credit card number, expiration date and signature. Registration fee must accompany the registration form.

PREREQUISITE COURSES Proof of completion is required for residential courses at the Academy.

ACCEPTANCE Students receive written notification of acceptance. This notification also details mandatory registration and accommodation fees as well as any associated course material fee referenced in course descriptions.

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REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS The State Preparedness Training Center uses an Online registration system known as SNAP. To register for OFPC training Courses at the SPTC go to: http://www.dhses.ny.gov//training/calendar/?agency=SPTC choose the course announcement for the course and follow the directions to register.

COURSE REGISTRATION FEE NY State Residents: No fees Out-of-state: at this time SPTC is not accepting out of state students for OFPC courses.

ACCOMMODATION FEE Off campus lodging at local hotels is available for student. Students who live and work more than 50 miles from the SPTC and are members of a response agency from within NY State are eligible for no cost lodging provided by SPTC. Request lodging option in the registration process, if eligible you will receive lodging information in your acceptance confirmation email. Lunch is provided during classes at the SPTC all other meals are the students responsibility.

PREREQUISITE COURSES If prerequisite course are required, they will be listed on the course announcement and in the registration process. OFPC Staff will check prerequisites before accepting students into the course. If there are questions about prerequisite courses, you may be contacted to verify prerequisites.

ACCEPTANCE Students will receive an email to acknowledge registration shortly after completing registration. This acknowledgment is not acceptance into the course, notification of acceptance into the course will be in a separate email from STPC staff. This email will contain additional course information and lodging confirmation.

At this time SPTC is not accepting out of state students for OFPC courses. This issue is currently being reviewed and may change in the future.

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