MU FRTI Summer Fire School Courses
The Missouri Summer Fire School started in 1933 as the “Summer
Fire College.” It was started when it was determined that training
was needed for “firemen” to perform their duties safely and
efficiently. While many things have changed, this basic premise of the
Summer Fire School has not. This school is definitely unique in its ability
to provide practical skills that cannot always be accomplished through
traditional field programs.
You will see several new courses this year and some courses that have
been revised to meet NFPA standards for professional certification. The
majority of courses offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) applicable
toward Missouri Division of Fire Safety recertification, Missouri Bureau
of EMS relicensure, or Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). Several
courses also meet the American Council on Education recommendations for
college credit.
MU FRTI is sure you will find the selection of courses this year that meet your training needs. The value added bonus of networking opportunities will make attending this years Summer Fire School a wise choice for your training dollar!
Advance SCBA Survival Training
Advance Suppression Operations
Basic Pump Operations
Confined Space Rescue: Technician
Emergency Medical Technicians: Core Requirments
Emergency Response Driving
Fire Cause Determination
Firefighter I and II Live Burn Class:
Fire Officer I
Fire Officer II
Fire Service Instructor I
Fire Service Instructor II
Fire Department Role in a Foreign Animal Disease Response
Interior Fire Attack: The Interior Firefighter
Introduction to Fire Inspection Principles and Practices
Introduction to Technical Rescue
Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist I
Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist II
Large Animal Rescue
Live Fire Flashover Training Simulator
Managing Company Tactical Operations: Decision Making
Preparing for Initial Company Operations
Pressure Point Control Tactics: Violent Patient Management
Rope Rescue: Technician
Saving Ourselves
Strategy and Tactics for Initial Company Operations
Structural Firefighting Techniques
Vehicle Rescue: Technician
Advance SCBA Survival Training
Instructors:
Shane L. Anderson, Training Officer and Larry Eden, Captain, Monett FD, and Mike Redshaw, Chief, Purdy FPD
Start:
Thu, 5 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Fri, 8 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Contact Hours:
12
This is a physically challenging course that will provide emergency SCBA skills and procedures for interior attack firefighters. Emphasis will be placed on skills and procedures for air conservation, emergency breathing techniques, entanglement, mental control, disorientation, and donning & doffing an SCBA in confined spaces. When students complete this course they will have the skills to reduce the risk of fire service fatalities and injuries.
SCBA and protective clothing requirements apply to this program. Please bring gear with you the first day of class. All air cylinders must be within hydrostatic date or will not be refilled. Please assure that you bring one spare cylinder and that all equipment is sufficiently marked for ownership. This course requires significant physical exertion and stamina. For a full explanation and health warnings click here.
Advance Suppression Operations
Instructors:
Fred Malven, Associate Professor, Iowa State University and Greg Mundy, Assistant Chief, Irmo (SC) FD
Start:
Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Contact Hours:
12
This course is intended to help advance day-to-day fire operations to the next level, maximizing the speed and safety of company management practices. An engine company segment will discuss advantages and disadvantages of various hose loads, nozzle selections, nozzle techniques, and other forgotten tools. The company support operations segment focuses on Laddering and elevated operations, Overhaul, Ventilation, Entry, Rescue, Salvage, Power supply, Lighting, Utility control and other Special supportive activities. Through demonstrations and practical evolutions, the course will emphasize the importance of “sweating the details” that turn a bunch of good firefighters into an outstanding team.
Protective clothing requirements apply to this program. Please assure that all equipment is sufficiently marked for ownership. This course requires significant physical exertion and stamina. For a full explanation and health warnings click here.
Basic Pump Operations
Instructors:
Michael Cherry, Chief and Michael Noonan, Lieutenant, Lincoln County FPD
Start:
Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Contact Hours:
12
This course discusses the various types of pumps used on fire apparatus including shifting mechanisms, primers, relief valves and controls. Pump safety and operations will be covered as well as basic pump maintenance. The class is taught in a combination lecture and practical evolution format.
Protective clothing requirements apply to this course. Please be sure that equipment is sufficiently marked for ownership. This course requires significant physical exertion and stamina. For a full explanation and health warnings click here.
Confined Space Rescue: Technician
Instructors:
Casey Hughes, Captain, Mike Schultz, Firefighter, and Matthew Schofield, Firefighter/EMT, Jefferson City FD
Start:
Fri, 6 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.
Prerequisites:
Participants are required to have completed the MU FRTI Introduction to Technical Rescue and Rope Rescue Technician courses.
Contact Hours:
24
This course is designed to give participants working knowledge of the OSHA standard to facilitate operations with industry and other agencies involved with confined space rescues. Participants can expect to learn concepts and practical applications that will affect safe rescues in this unique and potentially hazardous situation. Class meets 29 CFR 1910.146 requirements, as well as, NFPA 1006, Standard for Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications, 2003 edition. (EMS CEUs-Non-Core-24)
Students should bring a helmet and gloves. Other protective clothing is suggested but not required. Please be sure that equipment is sufficiently marked for ownership. This course requires significant physical exertion and stamina. For full explanation and health warnings click here.
Emergency Medical Techinicians: Core Requirements
Instructors:
Andrew E. Spain, MA, EMT-P, Assistant Manager Emergency Services, University of Missouri Health Care
Start:
Fri, 6 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m
Prerequisites:
Licensed EMT, Missouri license expired for less than two years, or completed an approved EMT-B program within the last two years.
Contact Hours:
24
This course meets one half of the BEMS Core relicensure requirements for 5 years and satisfies all National Registry requirements for a defined EMT Basic Refresher. Hour requirements for specific topics will be met in each of the following modules: Preparatory (1), Airway (2), Patient Assessment (3), Medical and Behavioral Emergencies (4), Trauma (4), OB/Gyn and Pediatric Emergencies (2), and Core Electives (8). Upon successful course completion participants will earn a full 24 CEUs.
This will not fulfill National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) requirement for refresher prior to taking the NREMT written examination 4th attempt. It can be used for Missouri CEU requirements.
Emergency Response Driving
Instructors:
David Denniston, Training Manager, ESIP Insurance and Dennis Jones, Division Chief, Camdenton FD
Start:
Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Contact Hours:
12
Accidents from apparatus responding to or returning from calls continues to be a major contributor of death to fire and EMS personnel. This driver education course covers the skills and knowledge required to safely operate emergency vehicles. This class is designed to be interactive for the students and offers hands on driver training along with classroom activities. Unfortunately the damage and destruction of the crash is only the beginning of the issues that will face an organization. Accidents are costly not only to human life and equipment, but to the health of the organization as well. The negative impact on public relations, lost services and legal action can last for years.
Fire Cause Determination
Instructor:
Russell Mason, Chief, Central County Fire and Rescue and William Zieres, Depty Chief, Missouri Division of Fire Safety
Start:
Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Contact Hours:
12
The cause of a fire should be of utmost importance to all firefighters. If the cause cannot be determined, then an incendiary fire cannot be ruled out. This course, which was developed by the Missouri Division of Fire Safety, will introduce firefighters to the following principles of fire cause determination: identifying the point of origin, post-fire scene safety, indicators of incendiary fire causes, and scene security. This course fulfills 12 of the 24-hour prerequisites for the 40-hour Fire Investigation course.
This course is not applicable toward recertification. (POST 10-Technical, 1-Interpersonal)
Firefighter I and II Live Burn Class:
Instructor:
Jason Turner, Public Education Officer, Jefferson City FD
Start:
Thu, 5 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
(Repeat Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.)
End:
Thu, 5 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.
(Repeat Sat, 7 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.)
Contact Hours:
8
NFPA Standard 1001, Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications, requires several live fire training evolutions. Many hosting fire departments do not have access to facilities to safely and efficiently complete this training as required. This class is designed to meet a portion of these requirements for the interior structure fire, vehicle fire and class A material fire for practical skills training. A Certified Lead Evaluator will be present to observe student tactics and sign the student’s practical skill booklets for Alternative Compliance Method for the skills successfully performed. Students must be enrolled in an approved Missouri Division of Fire Safety Fire Fighter I and II course.
SCBA and protective clothing requirements apply to this program. Please bring gear with you. All air cylinders must be within hydrostatic date or will not be refilled. Please assure that you bring one spare cylinder and that all equipment is sufficiently marked for ownership. This course requires significant physical exertion and stamina. For full explanation and health warnings click here.
Fire Officer I
Instructor:
Michael Arnhart, Fire Chief, High Ridge FPD
Start:
Wed, 4 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.
Contact Hours:
40
This course is designed to meet NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualities (2003 edition), for Fire Officer I. Throughout this course, students will participate in various classroom activities and exercises designed to reinforce the lectures. Topics will include the company officer’s role, effective communications, management of resources, leadership, personnel safety, fire prevention, and investigation and planning. Students will be required to complete a class project that will be due within 2 months after conclusion of the course.
ACE Credit Recommendation:In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Fire Science, Fire Administration, Fire Service Management, Public Administration, or Emergency Medical Services.
This is a core course for MU FRTI’s Company Officer certificate program.
The Fire Officer I course is an intensive, demanding experience that requires preparation in advance of the actual course. Participants should begin studying the book no less than 2 weeks before the course. Participants are also required to complete homework assignments during the course. A course project must be completed within 2 months after conclusion of the course. Certificate of completion will not be issued until student has successfully completed the course.
This course is endorsed by the U.S. Fire Administrations National Fire Academy.
Fire Officer II
Instructors:
David Hall, Assistant Chief, Springfield FD
Start:
Wed, 4 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.
Contact Hours:
40
This course is designed to meet NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualities (2003 edition), for Fire Officer II. Throughout this course, students will participate in various classroom activities, case studies, and exercises designed to reinforce the lectures. Topics will include the making of laws and a look at Missouri fire statutes; human resource management including budget preparation, employee appraisal, and media release information; handling multi-agency incidents; fire protection systems and occupancy classifications; process for conducting fire investigations; and identifying unsafe work practices and taking appropriate actions to prevent reoccurrences. Students will be required to complete a class project that will be due within 2 months after conclusion of the course.
ACE Credit Recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate or upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Fire Science Administration/Management, Management, or Emergency Services Management.
This is a core course for MU FRTIs Company Officer certificate program.
The Fire Officer II course is an intensive, demanding experience that requires preparation in advance of the actual course. Participants should begin studying the book no less than 2 weeks before the course. Participants are also required to complete homework assignments during the course. A course project must be completed within 2 months after conclusion of the class. Certificate of completion will not be issued until student has successfully completed the course.
This course is endorsed by the U.S. Fire Administrations National Fire Academy.
Fire Service Instructor I
Instructors:
MU FRTI Adjunct Faculty
Start:
Wed, 4 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Contact Hours:
32
This course will focus on the presentation skills that new instructors need to deliver prepared lesson plans. Topics will include preparing to teach, developing presentation skills, using audiovisual equipment, and identifying lesson objectives, questions, tests, and evaluation instruments. Students will make three presentations during the course. Students will need to obtain a score of 70% or greater on the course final and final presentation for successful completion. (POST 14-Technical, 4-Interpersonal, 6-Skill)
The Fire Service Instructor I course is an intensive, demanding experience. Participants are also required to complete evening assignments during the course and will be given the afternoon of Friday, June 6 to prepare for final presentations.
This course is endorsed by the U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy
This is a core course for MU FRTI’s Company Officer certificate program.
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Fire Service Instructor II
Instructor:
Mary Schiman, Training Officer and Beverly Zieres, Assistant Chief, Strafford FPD
Start:
Wed, 4 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Contact Hours:
32
This course addresses NFPA 1041 competencies at the fire service instructor II level. At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to develop individual lesson plans for a specific topic, including identifying learning objectives, instructional aids, and evaluation instruments; to schedule training sessions based on an overall training plan for their organization; and to supervise and coordinate the activities of other instructors. Students will be required to complete a class project due within 4 months after conclusion of the course. (POST 16-Technical, 4-Interpersonal, 12-Skill)
ACE Credit Recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Fire Science, Education, Emergency Medical Services, or Criminal Justice.
The Fire Service Instructor II course is an intensive, demanding experience. Participants are also required to complete evening assignments during the course and will be given the afternoon of Friday, June 6 to prepare for final presentations.
This course is endorsed by the U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy
Fire Department Role in a Foreign Animal Disease Response
Instructor:
John Fortman, Assistant Chief, Hazmat Specialist Cooper County FPD, Charles Massengill, Missouri Department of Agriculture
Start:
Thu, 5 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Fri, 6 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Contact Hours:
12
Responders are vital to the containment and recovery from a Foreign Animal Disease (FAD). This course will include an overview of the different types of FAD that affect livestock, poultry, and wild species and the specific actions that responders will be required to perform during an outbreak to assist state and federal agricultural agencies. The course will offer the specifics of Biosecurity, Quarantine, Personal Protective Equipment, Euthanasia and Disposal of Animals, and Cleaning and Disinfection Operations. These outbreaks can occur anywhere, in a feed lot, a local farm, a zoo, fairs, veterinarian offices, livestock producing facilities, packing and processing facilities, and in the wildlife population. Following the course, the MO Department of Agriculture will demonstrate a machine specially used to depopulate poultry.
Qualifies as the annual refresher training under 29 CFR 1910.120 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Grants and Training. (Veterinarian CEUs – 12 hours)
Interior Fire Attack: The Interior Firefighter
Instructor:
John Sachen, Hazardous Materials Officer, Delta FPD
Start:
Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Contact Hours:
12
Are you a member of the most important firefighter specialty - making the interior fire attacks, searches, rescues, rapid interventions and doing the forcible entries? This informative course will allow the firefighter to choose a personal forcible entry tool, select a low risk entry route, work with your team, read the fire and the roof, and really use your Incident Management System. Discussion also include, anticipate rollover and flashover, always keep in contact with your hose line, know when to trust your TIC, advance flowing hose lines while checking the floor, mark and cross floor collapses, advance up and down and use burned-out stairs, successfully attack basement and attic fires, check for extension, listen for fire, mark searched rooms, escape to the next room or apartment - and much more!
Introduction to Fire Inspection Principles and Practices
Instructors:
Edwin M. Berkel, Fire Marshal, Mehlville FPD
Start:
Wed, 4 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Fri, 6 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.
Contact Hours:
24
This course will examine the rapid changes that have taken place in the field of fire prevention in the past decade. The course will provide a broad framework for students who have little or no experience in fire inspections, as well as introduce them to inspection practices and procedures, including a practical application in which they will perform an actual fire inspection. This course is designed for fire company personnel who are responsible for conducting fire and life-safety inspections or for full-time inspection personnel who have less than 6 months of experience. (DFS CEUs: Inspector-12)
ACE Credit Recommendation:In the vocational certificate or lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 2 semester hours in Fire Science or Insurance.
Introduction to Technical Rescue
Instructors:
Craig Armstrong, EMS Coordinator, Lee’s Summit FD, Mark Cado, Captain, and Troy Peterson, Fire Apparatus Operator, Kansas City FD
Start:
Tue, 3 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
(Repeat Thu, 5 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.)
(Repeat Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.)
End:
Wed, 4 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.
(Repeat Fri, 6 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.)
(Repeat Sun, 8 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.)
Contact Hours:
16
Fire departments and rescue teams commonly respond to incidents involving collapsed structures, confined spaces, water, auto, and industrial entrapments. These can be grouped into a category called technical rescue incidents, which require personnel with specialized skills and equipment. Many factors can lead to the need for technical rescue, such as, industrial and transportation accidents, extreme sports and even Mother Nature plays a role in the need with floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes that can trap and injure many people. This course will introduce rescue personnel to the basic needs to perform at technical rescue incidents and will address Chapter 5 of NFPA 1006, Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications, 2003 edition. The job performance requirements defined in this chapter must be met prior to certification as a Rescue Technician for any discipline. Participants of this class will learn rescue site operations, victim management, maintenance of equipment, and ropes and rigging through a combination of lecture, demonstration and practical skill exercises. (EMS CEUs-Non-Core-16)
Students should bring a helmet and gloves. Other protective clothing is suggested but not required. Please be sure that equipment is sufficiently marked for ownership. This course requires significant physical exertion and stamina. For full explanation and health warnings click here.
Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist I
Instructor:
NFA Adjunct Faculty
Start:
Thu, 5 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Fri, 6 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.
Contact Hours:
16
The goal of the course is to provide the skills and tools necessary to become a Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist I. The class will address the NFPA 1035, Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist I including introduction, primary prevention, identification and intake, who sets fires and why, and interviewing and intervention strategies. The individual will learn to conduct an interview with a firesetter and their family using prepared forms and guidelines and who based on recommended practice may determine the need for referral for counseling and/or implement educational intervention strategies to mitigate effects of firesetting behavior.
Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist II
Instructor:
NFA Adjunct Faculty
Start:
Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.
Contact Hours:
16
The goal of the course is to provide the skills and tools necessary to become a Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist II. The class will address the NFPA 1035, Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist II including identification and intake, coalition building support and management, budget and funding, development of a juvenile handbook, resource directory, database, and program evaluation. Participants will be introduced to the NFPA 1034, Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist II Professional Standard. The individual will learn to develop and coordinate a child firesetting intervention program and the activities of Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist. The course develops skills including interviewing and assessment, program development, implementation, and evaluation.
Large Animal Rescue
Instructor:
John Fortman, Assistant Chief, Hazmat Specialist Cooper County FPD, Doc B. Jones, Chief, and Brian Williams, Lieutenant, Versailles Rural FPD, and Lee Turner, Lieutenant, Boone County FPD
Start:
Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Contact Hours:
12
Response to rescues involving large animals has increased in recent years. From highway accidents involving one or two animals, to semi-trailers with upwards of one hundred head of cattle, to the backyard horse that falls into a swimming pool, the fire department is called to solve the problem. This class will teach methods using equipment most departments carry as well as specialized tools and techniques designed for animals. Students will learn safe animal handling techniques, rescue techniques unique to animals, and common sense approaches to the animal rescue scene. Hands on training will involve model animals and rescue dummies. Students should be familiar with rope rescue practices, confined space rescue and highway rescue techniques and equipment. (Veterinarian CEUs – 12 hours)
Live Fire Flashover Training Simulator
Instructor:
Customized Firefighter Training, Inc.
Start:
Thu, 5 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
(Repeat Fri, 6 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.)
(Repeat Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.)
End:
Thu, 5 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.
(Repeat Fri, 6 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.)
(Repeat Sat, 7 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.)
Prerequisites:
Firefighter II certification or Equivalent programs will be considered with documentation of completion.
Contact Hours:
8
Every year a number of firefighters die or are severely burned when caught in the rapidly deteriorating fire conditions of Flashover. In many cases the firefighter did not recognize the warning signs, or did not understand, and underestimated the environment and its danger. This class gives flashover training through both classroom and time in the Flashover Training Simulator with a demonstration in a controlled environment. It is extremely important that firefighters not only appreciate the limits of their protective gear but to experience and learn to recognize the condition leading up to Flashover. How it happens, how to recognize the rapidly developing fire, dense smoke, high heat, and rollover (the warning signs of flashover) which are all present in this unit, no propane just real fire and heat. In this unit you will learn the warning signs first hand and truly learn the power of flashover. How to use defensive techniques, to possibly delay or prevent it. Who would send a Firefighter to face a situation in the real world that he has not seen in training? This class is a must in a firefighters training for safety and survival.
SCBA and protective clothing requirements apply to this program. Please bring gear with you the first day of class. All air cylinders must be within hydrostatic date or will not be refilled. Please assure that you bring one spare cylinder and that all equipment is sufficiently marked for ownership. This course requires significant physical exertion and stamina. For a full explanation and health warnings click here.
Managing Company Tactical Operations: Decision Making
Instructor:
Richard Anderson, Assistant Chief, Kirksville FD
Start:
Thu, 5 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Fri, 6 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Prerequisites:
NIMS: ICS for the Fire Service or ICS-200 and Managing Company Tactical Operations: Preparation or Preparing for Initial Company Operations.
Contact Hours:
12
This course provides an effective approach to command decision making and organization. This course, the second in the MCTO series, was developed to meet the needs of fire officers and crew leaders with the responsibility of managing one or more companies in structural fire fighting operations. The focus of this course is a review of the command sequence and an overview of incident command for structural fire fighting. Topics will include: the command sequence, size-up, developing an action plan, implementing the action plan and introduction to the incident command system.
ACE Credit Recommendation:In the vocational certificate or lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Fire Science Technology, Fire Science, or Fire Science Administration.
This is a core course for MU FRTI’s Company Officer certificate program.
Preparing for Initial Company Operations
Instructor:
Richard Anderson, Assistant Chief, Kirksville FD
Start:
Tue, 3 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Wed, 4 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Prerequisites:
NIMS: ICS for the Fire Service or ICS-200 course.
Contact Hours:
12
This course is designed to develop a better understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a Company Officer in preparing their company for incident operations. In addition, to clarify the transition from firefighter to company officer and the new roles relating to leadership and safety. This course is designed for company officers, acting company officers, or senior firefighters responsible for the management of a single fire company at an emergency incident. Those officers who are responsible for company readiness, personnel safety, and leadership as it relates to company operation. (Formerly Managing Company Tactical Operations: Preparation)
ACE Credit Recommendation: In the vocational certificate or lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Fire Science Technology or Fire Science Administration.
This is a core course for MU FRTI’s Company Officer certificate program.
Pressure Point Control Tactics: Violent Patient Management
Instructor:
Brice Leiser, Firefighter/EMTP and Mark Shaffer Engineer/EMTP Central Jackson County FPD
Start:
Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Contact Hours:
12
It has been documented through the medical literature that emergency personnel have been and continue to be victims of violent patient assaults. This class has been specifically designed to meet the needs of the health care professionals when subject control methods are required. All of the control measures have been analyzed by the medical community and evaluated by various doctors relative to the EMS’ emergency personnel’s risk of physical injury. Participants will learn these techniques through lecture/demonstration, and in hands-on practical applications. (EMS CEUs-Division VI-12)
This course requires significant physical exertion and stamina. For full explanation and health warnings click here.
Rope Rescue: Technician
Instructors:
Randy Sanders, Deputy Chief and Ken Vomund, Assistant Chief, O’Fallon FPD, Robb Watkins, Captain, St. Charles FD, and Jim Weaver, Battalion Chief, Columbia FD.
Start:
Tue, 3 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Thu, 5 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.
Prerequisites:
MU FRTI Introduction to Technical Rescue
Contact Hours:
24
Technical rescues that involve differences of elevation may require the use of ropes to access and evacuate victims. Special skills and equipment are required for these types of incidents. This course will address Chapter 6, Rope Rescue, of NFPA 1006, Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications, 2003 edition. The advanced skills taught in this course include multiple point anchor systems, compound mechanical advantage systems, ascending and descending fixed rope systems, highline systems, and victim movement. (EMS CEUs-Non Core-24)
Participants should bring helmet and gloves. This course requires significant physical exertion and stamina. For full explanation and health warnings click here.
Saving Ourselves
Instructors:
Chuck Helle, Captain, Steve Siebert, Captain, Larry J. Zeitzmann, Fire Chief, Glendale FD and Dale Straatmann, Engineer, Kirkwood FD
Start:
Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.
Contact Hours:
12
This course is designed to teach the need and procedure for a Rapid Intervention Team. Day after day more and more firefighters die in the line of duty, some while fighting fires, while others in building collapses or in other events on a fire scene. The firefighters attending this course will learn the need for Rapid Intervention Teams, self-survival methods and basic procedures to set up and perform as teams on a fire incident.
SCBA and protective clothing requirements apply to this program. Please bring gear with you the first day of class. All air cylinders must be within hydrostatic date or will not be refilled. Please assure that you bring one spare cylinder and that all equipment is sufficiently marked for ownership. This course requires significant physical exertion and stamina. For a full explanation and health warnings click here.
Strategy and Tactics for Initial Company Operations
Instructors:
Richard Anderson, Assistant Chief, Kirksville FD
Start:
Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
End:
Sun, 8 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
Prerequisites:
Participants are required to have completed the Managing Company Tactical Operations: Decision Making course.
Contact Hours:
12
This course is designed to develop the management skills needed by company officers to accomplish assigned tactics at structure fires. Topics include the purpose and use of the Communications Model and the Quick Access Prefire Plan (QAP), implementation of the Command Sequence, selecting the appropriate strategic mode based upon consideration of risk/benefit and available resources, the six steps required to implement the Tactical Action Model, determining the appropriate strategy and tactics, and how to operate within an appropriate Incident Command System (ICS) at a fire in a single-family dwelling.
ACE Credit Recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 1 semester hour in Fire Science or Emergency Medical Services.
This is a core course for MU FRTI’s Company Officer certificate program.
Structural Fire Fighting Techniques
Instructor:
Scott Brooks, Chief, Holts Summit FPD, Jerry Bloomberg, Captain and Neil Mohrman, Captain, Jefferson City FD, and Gary Woodson, Chief, Lake Ozark FPD
Start:
Thu, 5 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
(Repeat Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.)
End:
Fri, 6 JUN 08, 12:00 noon
(Repeat Sun, 8 JUN 08, 12:00 noon)
Prerequisites:
MU FRTI Basic Fire Fighter Skills, or Firefighter I certification. Equivalent programs will be considered with documentation of completion.
Contact Hours:
12
This course will explain and demonstrate operations necessary in structural fire attack. Topics include IMS, size-up course, search and rescue, ventilation, forcible entry and hose stream management. This will be taught in a lecture/practical format, including “live” fire training evolutions. (This course may meet one “Live Burn” requirements for Firefighter I programs through the Division of Fire Safety)
SCBA and protective clothing requirements apply to this course. Please bring gear with you the first day of class. All air cylinders must be within hydrostatic date or will not be refilled. Please be sure that you bring one spare cylinder and that equipment is sufficiently marked for ownership. This course requires significant physical exertion and stamina. For full explanation and health warnings click here.
Vehicle Rescue: Technician
Instructors:
Alan Braun, Training Officer, Cole County FPD, and Andy Woody, Captain, Springfield FD
Start:
Thu, 5 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.
(Repeat Sat, 7 JUN 08, 8:00 a.m.)
End:
Fri, 6 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.
(Repeat Sun, 8 JUN 08, 5:00 p.m.)
Contact Hours:
16
Today vehicle extrication is as much a part of the fire service as firefighting. This class deals with tools and techniques required to remove an entrapped victim from a vehicle accident. Emphasis is on proper use of powered and manual rescue tools and air bags, coordination with EMS personnel, vehicle designs, IMS, and safety considerations. Participants will apply these techniques in practical applications. This course meets Chapter 8 of NFPA 1006, Vehicle and Machinery Rescue Technician, 2003 edition. (This course may meet the vehicle extrication requirements for Firefighter I certification through the Division of Fire Safety)
This course is endorsed by the U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy
Protective clothing requirements apply to this course. Please be sure that equipment is sufficiently marked for ownership. This course requires significant physical exertion and stamina. For full explanation and health warnings click here.
