This 40 hour technician program is a comprehensive River & Flood Rescue Technician course meeting the most current NFPA 1670 and 1006 standards for Technician level.  During the course, students will begin with the fundamentals of hydrology, river classification and assessment, size up and management of a scene, and theory of rescue systems and techniques.  The course then focuses on swiftwater swimming skills and maneuvers, self-rescue techniques and practical evolutions, and introduction to rescue system setup and deployment for shore, swimmer, and boat-based rescue.  Students will participate in multiple scenario evolutions to demonstrate and develop these fundamental swiftwater rescue skills.  Basic boat handling skills and an introduction to rope systems, including mechanical advantage and anchoring and deploying a boat on Tyrolean, for the swiftwater environment will also be covered.  After mastering the fundamental water rescue skill sets, students will progress into more involved and challenging SAR evolutions, including a night search and rescue simulation, that allow the students to integrate their newly developed skills in realistic rescue situations.  This is an intensive program which will provide extensive time in the water and the ability for a novice to acclimate to the swiftwater environment, while also pushing experienced rescuers to challenge themselves in new ways. 

Students will receive the CA State Fire Training 40 hour River and Flood Rescue Technician certificate upon completion.

Prerequisites:  Basic Swimming Ability

Required PPE:

* Helmet
* Live Bait Type V PFD 
* Wetsuit or Drysuit
* Water Shoes
* Gloves

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Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians: Level I, II, & III
Instructed by Elevated Safety

Times: 0830-1600 each day

This 4 day rope access training is for SPRAT Certification Levels and concluded by 1 day with SPRAT Evaluator. One level taught per course. These courses teach workers how to safely access structures using two-rope systems, as well as advanced techniques of structural progression and rescue.

September 16-20: Register
October 21-25: Register
November 18-22: Register

Topics:

1. Conventional Irons 

2. 1 & 2 Person Force

3. Residential and Commercial Scenarios 

4. Challenging Props to Get You Prepared 

5. Gas and Battery Saw Work 

Instructors from:

• Sacramento Fire

• Livermore Pleasanton Fire 

• CalFIRE

• San Francisco Fire 

Required PPE: Full Turnouts Including SCBA and Mask

"No Tricks, No Scripts, Just Experience!"

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This course will prepare participants to undergo competency testing for high angle rescue. The scope of the program is to familiarize participants with the high angle environment and experience; and for them to safely participate in the engineering and operation of simple to complex rescue systems. SFT certificate of completion included with course fee.

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Learn for some of the best and expand your knowledge! This lineup features top-tier industry speakers and discussions on cutting-edge fire safety strategies. You’ll be fired up and keep that passion for the fire service burning! Families welcome!

• Cultivating Aggression: The Lost Art of Fire Combat - Jeff Rothmeier & AJ Hornik

• Quint Considerations for the Single Truck Sur-Urban Department - Rob Fisher

• The Church of Search - Nick Ledin

• Cruel Intentions - Kyle Romagus

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This course provides information on securing the fire scene and determining the origin and cause of the fire. Topics include responsibilities of a fire investigator, securing the fire ground, conducting an exterior and interior survey, analyzing fire patterns, interpreting individual fire patterns, discriminating the effects of explosions, examining and removing fire debris, reconstructing the area of origin, inspecting the performance of building systems.

This 40 hour technician program is a comprehensive boat operations course delivered on the IRB and Jon boat platform in static and dynamic water, up to class 3 whitewater.  During the course, students learn the fundamentals of hydrology and how it relates to boat operation, design, and construction.  Other skills covered are operation and maintenance of inflatable and aluminum boats and outboard engines, SAR theory and techniques utilizing the IRB and GPS, self rescue and victim recovery strategy and techniques.  Using both paddles and outboard engines, students will get 4 days of hands on skills development evolutions, emphasizing: use and avoidance of hydraulics, ferrying and pinning drills in various current flows, towing, docking, pacing and crew transfer, self recovery and victim pickup and recovery sequences, throwbagging from an IRB, and deploying a rescue swimmer from an IRB.  Other exercises include a night search and rescue simulation and multiple scenario situations, that allow the students to integrate their newly developed skills in realistic rescue simulations. 

Students will receive the new CA State Fire Training 40 hour R&FRT Boat certificate.  FEMA US&R members may also get their taskbook signed off for IRB and Jon Boat in this course.

Prerequisites:  DBAW Safe Boater Certification and Swiftwater Rescue Certificate or SFT River and Flood Rescue Tech Certificate *Please contact our instructors with prereq questions prior to registering*

Required PPE:

* Helmet
* Live Bait Type V PFD
* Wetsuit or Drysuit
* Water Shoes
* Gloves

Technical Rescue Emergency Care (TREC)
Instructed by Elevated Safety

This course is for experienced rescue technicians to learn methods for integrating emergency medical care and treatment during evolving rescue scenarios. Rescuers will build on their existing experience to navigate rescue scenarios while providing basic and advanced and life support (ALS/BLS) to critically injured casualties. Objectives are accomplished through integration of medical simulation and practical skills performed in realistic technical rescue scenarios.

This course is NOT a first-aid course. This course is for trained emergency medical providers to adapt their clinical care to the technical rescue environment.

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Leadership, Culture, Tactics, Fireground Success, and Performance Psychology.

This event has it all. Sit in on some incredible lecture lineups, including:
- 9 L’s of Ledaership with Chief Corely Moore
- Building the Team that Everyone Wants to Join with Chief Dennis Reilly
- Fire Service Mortar: The Critical Role of the Company Officer with Captain Jarrod Sergi
- Catching Fire: Sport and Performance Psychology for Firefighter’s Performance and Wellbeing with Professor Alessando Quartiroli

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Register by making contact with Barbara Livanos
Cell: (916) 203-3443
Email: Barbara.Livanos@CalOES.ca.gov

Register by making contact with Barbara Livanos
Cell: (916) 203-3443
Email: Barbara.Livanos@CalOES.ca.gov

This course provides information on scene documentation and evidence collection/preservation. Topics include photographing the scene, diagramming the scene, constructing investigative notes, processing evidence and establishing chain of custody, processing victims and fatalities, selecting evidence for analysis, maintaining a chain of custody, preparing a fire investigation report, and disposing of evidence

Pre-Requisite
Fire Investigation 1A: Basic Fire Investigation

This course is an intensive hands-on training program that will prepare you to respond to confined space emergencies. This course of instruction prepares the student in identifying confined spaces and permit-required confined spaces, the hazards associated with permit required confined spaces, target industries and hazards, state and federal regulations, components of a rescue operation, and the roles and responsibilities of the rescue team.

Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians: Level I, II, & III
Instructed by Elevated Safety

Times: 0830-1600 each day

This 4 day rope access training is for SPRAT Certification Levels and concluded by 1 day with SPRAT Evaluator. One level taught per course. These courses teach workers how to safely access structures using two-rope systems, as well as advanced techniques of structural progression and rescue.

October 21-25: Register
November 18-22: Register

The PNW Fire Conference revolves around a mission encapsulated by three fundamental words: Impact, Experience, and Relationships.

Whether you are a novice firefighter or a seasoned chief officer nearing retirement, we are confident that you will find value in participating in this conference. You will have the chance to train with top-notch instructors and network with hundreds of like-minded attendees from all over North America.

With the dedication of over 65 cadre members investing their passion, time, and effort, we aim to create an exceptional and impactful experience for everyone present.  Additionally, one of our big missions with this event is to raise awareness and funds for the WSCFF Burn Foundation.   Last year, we were able to fundraise over $25,000 through raffle and merchandise sales.  We’re hoping to do even better this year, but need your support to make that happen.

The entire PNW Fire Conference Cadre would like to thank you for supporting this training conference and we look forward to seeing you there!

Incredible lineup of lectures, seminars, and HOT classes!

Tower Rescue Technician
Instructed by Elevated Safety
Anderson & Indianapolis, IN

This 4-day program is designed to provide operations-level and technician-level skills to all participants. Students will become prepared for emergency response to high-angle rescue incidents involving communications towers, radio towers, and other man-made structures. The course meets all technician-level requirements outlined in the new Tower Rescue Chapter of NFPA 1670 (2017 Edition). Note: State certification is not available.

Course includes:

• Tower hazards

• RF safety

• Tower climbing equipment and techniques

• Tower rescue methods

• Outlined requirements in Tower Rescue Chapter of NFPA 1670

• Written and practical tests

• Note: State certification is not available.

Prerequisites:

• Vertical II or Rope Rescue Technician

Target Audiences

• Firefighters & First Responders

• Search and Rescue Team Members

• Industrial Rescue Team Members

• Professional Rescuers

This three-day (24 hour) course will take you from classroom discussion to working safely and efficiently in a trench rescue environment. This hands-on training program will cover topics that include: Trench and Excavation Regulations, Understanding Soil, Trench Configurations, Trench Hazards, Rescue Team Preparation, Incident Response, Initial On Scene and Pre-Entry Operations, Shoring Systems and Components, Installation of Shoring Systems, Victim Rescue and Recovery and Incident Termination.

What to bring: Lunch, work boots (steel-toed preferred), helmet (wildland helmet preferred), long pants (wildland pants preferred), long sleeve shirt (wildland jacket preferred), leather gloves, protective glasses, and drinking water.

Pre-Requisites: Rescue Systems I

USAR Training Site (HOT)
5520 Shelter Road
McClellan Park, CA 95652

Incredible lineup of Lectures and Combination Lecture/HOT Classes in TX! Get ready for an unforgettable experience with some of the top fire service leaders who are eager to share their expertise with you.

• Keynote Speaker: Battalion Chief Curt Isakson from Escambia County Fire Rescue

• Engine Operations Class: Lt. (Ret.) Tim Klett from FDNY

• Tower Ladders Tips and Tricks Class: Lt. Mike Ciampo from FDNY

• Search Operations: Deputy District Chief Rich Stack from the Chicago Fire

• Mayday Mindset: Captain Robert Ramirez, Owner of Mayday Mindset Training

• Lecture Series: Hosted by Captain (Ret.) Dennis LeGear from Oakland Fire, Owner of LeGear Engineering FD Consulting. This series is included with all HOT Classes. Sign up for Friday or Saturday HOT classes and sit in on LeGear’s lecture on the same day.

  Command Class: Asst. Chief Walt Lewis from the Orlando Fire Department

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HOT Site Location:
SAFD Training Academy
300 S. Callaghan
San Antonio, TX 78227

State Fire Training S-230 Crew Boss (S-230): This is a classroom course designed to produce student proficiency in the performance of duties associated with the single resource boss position from initial dispatch through demobilization to the home unit. Topics include operational leadership, preparation and mobilization, assignment preparation, risk management, entrapment avoidance, safety and tactics, offline duties, demobilization, and post-incident responsibilities.

Prerequisites:
S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior (classroom delivery only)

Course Length: 24 hours
Course Code: S-230-1-24

Register by making contact with Barbara Livanos
(916) 203-3443 / Barbara.Livanos@CalOES.ca.gov

Instructed by Jeff Oliver & Trevor Moureaux

This course provides information on fire apparatus preventive maintenance and driving/operating. Topics include routine tests, inspections, and servicing functions, operate, back, maneuver, and turn a fire apparatus in a variety of conditions; and operate all fixed systems and equipment on a fire apparatus. This course is based on the 2014 edition of NFPA 1002 Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications. This course fulfills the requirements for a Class C Firefighter Endorsement.

Required Textbook (Buy, Rent, E-Book, Etc): Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator, Second Edition, Jones & Bartlett, ISBN: 9781284026917 

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State Fire Training S-231 Engine Boss (S-231): This is a skill course designed to produce student proficiency in the performance of the duties associated with Engine Boss, Single Resource (ENGB). Topics include engine and crew capabilities and limitations, information sources, fire size up considerations, tactics, and wildland/urban interface.

Prerequisites:
• S-230 Crew Boss

Course Length: 16 hours
Course Code: S-231-1-24

Sterling Fire Training

This course provides information on the use of human resources to
accomplish assignments, evaluating member performance, supervising
personnel, and integrating health and safety plans, policies, and procedures
into daily activities as well as the emergency scene.

0830 – 1630 each day

Students should bring:

Manager’s Guide to the California Firefighters Bill of Rights Act, 3rd Edition, Morris Publishing

and either:

Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, fourth edition, International Fire Service Training Association, 2007, 0879392819

-or-

Fire Officer: Principles and Practice, second edition, Jones and Bartlett, 2010, 9781449600621

Beyond the door is not just speaking about physically searching beyond the door but thinking outside the check box that has consumed most VES training.

We will use experience, statistics, building construction knowledge and tempo to occupy the spaces where victims are most likely to be found and put THEM first!

We will put you in real world scenarios, environments and layouts that will reinforce your current VES skills and when, why, or how to move beyond the standard check box VES training. Some situations include: what to do if there is no door to control, can multiple FF's perform VES, do conditions allow us to continue the search beyond the door, how to deal with access / egress problems, victim removal issues, victims presenting at windows and much more.

SKILLS & TOPICS
● Window cuts
● Baby Drop / Conscious Victim Ladder Assist
● Interior door off hinges removal / Isolation challenges
● Continuing search beyond the door
● Large open area’s / rooms with no doors for isolation
● Multiple beds / bunks / cribs
● Access / egress obstacles like cyclone gates, fences, window bars, cars (obstacles may vary based on training locations)
● Dirty drags
● Mask up skills
● Ladder carries & throws

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This course provides information on legal considerations for a court proceeding. Topics include coordinating expert resources, formulating an opinion, presenting investigative findings, and testifying during legal proceedings.

Pre-Requisite
Fire Investigation 1A: Basic Fire Investigation &
Fire Investigation 1B: Evidence and Documentation, &
PC 832(a) Arrest

Sterling Fire Training

This course provides students with a basic knowledge of the administration requirements related to the roles and responsibilities of a Chief Fire Officer including directing a department record management system, analyzing and interpreting records and data, developing a model plan for continuous organizational improvement, developing a plan to facilitate approval, preparing community awareness programs, and evaluating the inspection program of the AHJ.

Prerequisites: Meet the educational requirements for Company Officer or five (5) years as a career officer (Lieutenant or higher), or seven (7) years as a volunteer officer (Lieutenant or higher) or five (5) years CAL FIRE Fire Apparatus Engineer

Required Text: Chief Officer: Principles and Practice (International Association of Fire Chiefs 3rd or 4th Edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning)

This 40 hour technician program is a comprehensive boat operations course delivered on the IRB and Jon boat platform in static and dynamic water, up to class 3 whitewater.  During the course, students learn the fundamentals of hydrology and how it relates to boat operation, design, and construction.  Other skills covered are operation and maintenance of inflatable and aluminum boats and outboard engines, SAR theory and techniques utilizing the IRB and GPS, self rescue and victim recovery strategy and techniques.  Using both paddles and outboard engines, students will get 4 days of hands on skills development evolutions, emphasizing: use and avoidance of hydraulics, ferrying and pinning drills in various current flows, towing, docking, pacing and crew transfer, self recovery and victim pickup and recovery sequences, throwbagging from an IRB, and deploying a rescue swimmer from an IRB.  Other exercises include a night search and rescue simulation and multiple scenario situations, that allow the students to integrate their newly developed skills in realistic rescue simulations. 

Students will receive the new CA State Fire Training 40 hour R&FRT Boat certificate.  FEMA US&R members may also get their taskbook signed off for IRB and Jon Boat in this course.

Prerequisites:  DBAW Safe Boater Certification and Swiftwater Rescue Certificate or SFT River and Flood Rescue Tech Certificate *Please contact our instructors with prereq questions prior to registering*

Required PPE:

* Helmet
* Live Bait Type V PFD
* Wetsuit or Drysuit
* Water Shoes
* Gloves

Vehicle and Machinery Technician program instructed by Junk Yard Dog Extrication is designed to exceed the requirements outlined by the Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal “OSFM”, and provides students with the basic knowledge and skills needed to perform vehicle and machinery rescue at the NFPA 1670 & 1006 Operations level. Students will leave prepared to operate as a member of a regional team capable of responding to statewide emergencies involving CBRNE or WMD, where advanced vehicle and machinery rescue may be needed.  This is a 40 hour class.

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Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians: Level I, II, & III
Instructed by Elevated Safety

Times: 0830-1600 each day

This 4 day rope access training is for SPRAT Certification Levels and concluded by 1 day with SPRAT Evaluator. One level taught per course. These courses teach workers how to safely access structures using two-rope systems, as well as advanced techniques of structural progression and rescue.

November 18-22: Register

Sterling Fire Training

830 – 1700 hours all days

This course provides information on general administrative functions and the implementation of department policies and procedures and addresses conveying the fire department’s role, image, and mission to the public.

Students should bring either:

Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, fourth edition, International Fire Service Training Association, 2007, 0879392819

-or-

Fire Officer: Principles and Practice, second edition, Jones and Bartlett, 2010, 9781449600621

State Fire Training S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior(S-290): This is a classroom-based skills course designed to prepare the prospective fireline supervisor to undertake safe and effective fire management operations. It is the second course in a series that collectively serves to develop fire behavior prediction knowledge and skills.

Course Objectives:
• Identify and describe the characteristics of fuels, weather, and topography that influence wildland fire behavior.
• Describe the interaction of fuels, weather, and topography on wildland fire behavior, fireline tactics, and safety.
• Describe the causes of extreme fire behavior conditions (long range spotting, crowning, and fire whirls) that develop due to weather, fuels, and/or topography.
• Interpret, communicate, apply, and document wildland fire behavior and weather information.

Prerequisites:
• S-190:Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior
• Satisfactory completion of pre-selection assessment and pre-coursework

Course Length: 32 hours
Course Code: S-290-2-24

Register by making contact with Barbara Livanos
(916) 203-3443 / Barbara.Livanos@CalOES.ca.gov

Sterling Fire Training

0830-1700 each day

This course provides students with a basic knowledge of the emergency service requirements related to the roles and responsibilities of a Chief Fire Officer including developing a plan for the integration of fire services resources, developing an agency resource contingency plan, evaluating incident facilities, supervising multiple resources, developing and utilizing an incident action plan, obtaining incident information to facilitate transfer of command, developing and conducting a post-incident analysis, and maintaining incident records.

Prerequisites: Meet the educational requirements for Company Officer or five (5) years as a career officer (Lieutenant or higher), or seven (7) years as a volunteer officer (Lieutenant or higher) or five (5) years CAL FIRE Fire Apparatus Engineer

Required Text: Chief Officer: Principles and Practice (International Association of Fire Chiefs 3rd or 4th Edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning)  

Sterling Fire Training

0830 – 1700 hours all days

This course provides information on conducting incident size-up, developing and implementing an initial plan of action involving single and multi-unit operations for various types of emergency incidents to mitigate the situation following agency safety procedures, conducting pre-incident planning, and develop and conduct a post-incident analysis.

Extensive time will be spent performing group and individual Incident Command exercises

Students should bring either:

Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, fourth edition, International Fire Service Training Association, 2007, 0879392819

-or-

Fire Officer: Principles and Practice, second edition, Jones and Bartlett, 2010, 9781449600621

FEMA NIMS ICS: All-Hazards Safety Officer (L0954):The goal of this professional development course is to provide federal, state, and local-level emergency responders with an overview of key duties and responsibilities of a Safety Officer in a Type III All-Hazards IncidentManagement Team (AHIMT).

Course Objectives:
•Explain the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)regulations and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards to response operations.
•Explain the role and responsibilities of the Safety Officer in assuming the position and creating an attitude of safety on an incident.
•Identify the information that the Safety Officer must obtain when beginning work on an incident and potential source for obtaining that information.
•Contrast between a hazard and a safety risk.
•Identify techniques used to prioritize hazards for mitigation, as well as several types of mitigation and accident prevention.
•Develop an ICS Form 215A, Incident Action Plan Safety Analysis, given a scenario.

Prerequisites:
•IS-100 Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS), ICS 100
•IS-200 Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, ICS 200
•E/L/G 0300 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents, ICS 300
•ICS-400 Advanced ICS: Command and General Staff-Complex Incidents
•IS-700 An Introduction to the National Incident Management System(NIMS)
•IS-800 National Response Framework (NRF), An Introduction

Course Length: 28.75 hours
Course Code: L0954-1-24

To register, contact: Barbara Livanos
(916) 203-3443 / Barbara.Livanos@CalOES.ca.gov

Sterling Fire Training

0830 – 1630 each day

This course provides information on the use of human resources to accomplish assignments, evaluating member performance, supervising personnel, and integrating health and safety plans, policies, and procedures into daily activities as well as the emergency scene.

Students should bring:

Manager’s Guide to the California Firefighters Bill of Rights Act, 3rd Edition, Morris Publishing

and either:

Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, fourth edition, International Fire Service Training Association, 2007, 0879392819

-or-

Fire Officer: Principles and Practice, second edition, Jones and Bartlett, 2010, 9781449600621

Register by making contact with Barbara Livanos
Cell: (916) 203-3443
Email: Barbara.Livanos@CalOES.ca.gov