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Leadership I (NFA)
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James Smith
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NIMS ICS-400
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Mark Brown
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LP Gas Emergencies
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Mike Simpson
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Understanding the NC ISO Rating System
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Kent Hood/Joan Buck
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Basic Firefighting |
Brandon Rumple |
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Clandestine Drug Labs & Explosives |
Doug Cotton &
Ken Walters |
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Rapid Intervention / Firefighter Survival |
Steven West |
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Hurrican Preparedness |
Sterling Powell |
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Response to Hybrid Vehicles |
Mark Haraway |
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Large Scale Incident Management |
Mark Haraway |
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13. Leadership I -- This course is designed to introduce basic leadership skills and techniques to improve company effectiveness and performance. Topics addressed in this course include: techniques and approaches to problem solving, assessing the needs of subordinates, running meetings effectively in the fire service environment, and decision making strategies.
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14. ICS-400 - This course is designed to explain how major incidents engender special management challenges. Emplhasis will be placed on large scale organization development; roles and relationships of the primary staff; the planning, operational, logistical, and fiscal considerations related to large and complex incident and event management. It will describe the circumstances in which an Area Command is established and the circumstances in which multi-agency coordination systems are established. Pre-requisites: NIMS ICS 100, 200, and 300 completion.
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15. LP Gas Emergencies -- Students must have a signed letter from their Chief certifying the student has met the NFPA 1403 Live Burn Standard Requirements. Full turnout geat with SCBA and one extra cylinder is required. NOTE: This class is not for junior members.
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16. Understanding the NC ISO Rating System -- This class will review the latest information regarding factors which affect the makeup of the ISO Rating System for cities and rural fire districts. It is intended for those persons interested in improving and/or maintaining the Fire Departments Public Protection Rating.
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17. Basic Firefighting -- This course will give new firefighters skills in Safety, Incident Command, PPE, Ladders, Hose and Appliances and much more. Full turn out gear and SCBA with one spare bottle is required. This class will begin Friday evening 7-10pm. Friday evening attendance is mandatory. NOTE: This class is not for junior members.
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| 18. Clandestine Drug Labs and Explosives -- This course will deal with the identification , recognition and safety precautions around clandestine lab sites. Chemical and biological hazards, unknown toxins, flammable vapors, liquids and highly explosive atmospheres and environments, reactive metals, as well as man made hazards. Some exercises and demonstrations will be away from the class site. Transportation is not provided. |
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| 19. Rapid Intervention -- This course is designed to give the studnet knowledge of the purpose and procedures for the use of rapid intervention teams. The class will be both classroom and hands-on training. This will be a physically demanding course. The class begins at 6pm on Friday evening. Full turnout gear with SCBA is required. NOTE: This class is not for junior members. |
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| 20. Hurricane Preparedness -- This course covers different areas of preparedness necessary to make the emergency reponder more effective on the job and at home. Focus will be on items of personal and department pre-planning, reponse, recovery, and mitigation. Lessons learned in sourheastern NC and information from NFA Emergency Management Institute training will be incorporated. |
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| 21. Response to Hybrid Vehicles -- This short program will introduce the first responder to the hybrid concept and how it works. You will learn some valuable information on how to respond safely to incidents involving the hybrid vehicle. Students will receive information that can be taken back to their departments and shared. This class meets Friday night from 7-10 only. |
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| 22. Large Scale Incident Management (formerly titled "Your Town on Fire") -- In this course, Mark Haraway, Fire Chief for the Town of Apex, will re-visit October 5, 2006. On that night at 9:38pm, the Town of Apex experienced an event that changed the town and it's public safety professionals. October 5th was the night of the EQ Chemical Storage fire. The small town was immediately thrown into the disaster management arena with a forced evacuation of 17,000 people, an evacuation of a 100 bed nursing facility, the loss of two Fire Stations, and the 911 Center. Learn how the use of NIMS and a newly revised EOP aided in the management of this large event and how first reponders met the challenge. |
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