SFT: Instructor 1
Instructed by Markus Reagan

February 24-28, 2025
McClellan Park, CA

Course Description

This course provides the skills and knowledge needed for the entry level professional instructor to perform his or her duties safely, effectively, and competently.The curriculum is based on the 2012 edition of NFPA 1041 Standard for Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications. At the end of this course, candidatesfor Instructor I certification will be able to teach and deliver instruction from a prepared lesson plan utilizing instructional aids and evaluation instruments. TheInstructor I will also be able to adapt a lesson plan and complete the reporting requirements to the local jurisdiction.

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

SFT S-290: INTERMEDIATE FIRE BEHAVIOR
January 28-31, 2025
0830-1700hrs
Hayward, CA

CLASS DESCRIPTION

This is a classroom-based skills course designed to prepare the prospective fireline supervisor / single resource boss / company officer to undertake safe and effective fire management operations. Fire environment differences are discussed.  

NOTE

S-290 Intermediate Fire Behavior (classroom delivery only) is a prerequisite for Company Officer 2E: Wildland Incident Operations

INSTRUCTORS

National Weather Service Incident Meteorologist (IMET)
Fire Behavior Analyst (FBAN)

PREREQUISITES

S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior

SoCal FireNuggets presents:

Solutions to Elevator Entrapments
Instructed by Michael Zichichi

Single day, offered either January 24th or January 29th

This course will begin in the classroom, followed by hands-on. It will provide the participant with fundamental understanding of elevator equipment, how elevators operate during normal function, and review of safety and failure modes for such equipment. It will teach you the terminology and components of various elevators you may come across in the field. It will help you identify different types of elevators, explain the unique challenges with elevator rescues in California, and introduce you to proven rescue methods. But like any technical rescue discipline, a hands-on component is necessary to help you build a skill set.

SFT Driver Operator 1B

January 20-24, 2025
0800 - 1700hrs
Instructed by Jeff Oliver & Trevor Moureaux
Woodland, CA

This course provides information on pumping apparatus preventative maintenance and operations. Topics include routine tests, inspections, and servicing functions; producing hand, master, and foam fire streams, relay pump operations, and supplying water to fire sprinkler and standpipe systems. This course is based on the 2014 edition of NFPA 1002 Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications.

HOSTED BY
Sacramento Fire (CA)

CLASS DESCRIPTION

This is a classroom-based skills course designed to prepare the prospective fireline supervisor / single resource boss / company officer to undertake safe and effective fire management operations. Fire environment differences are discussed.  

INSTRUCTORS
Charlie Blakenheim

PREREQUISITES
S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior

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

Presented by Cody Trestrail, Arthur Ashley, and the Brothers in Battle Cadre

Lecture:
”Make the Grab: Not Excuses” with Cody Trestrail &
”The Non-Traditional Truck Company” with Arthur Ashley

January 7 - Napa, CA or January 9 - Merced, CA (0830-1700)

HOT:
”Grabs Under LIVE FIRE”
January 10 - Merced, CA (0830-1830)

Frontline Forge Webinar Series

Forging Wellness proudly presents Frontline Forge, a virtual lecture series!

As we step into a new year, it’s the perfect time for firefighters to focus on strengthening both body and mind. Join our experts in their field for a live webinar session as they share invaluable insights and strategies to support your health, wellness, and performance. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with industry leaders and get your questions answered in real-time!

Webinar Start Times: 5:00PM/MST
Length: Approximately 2 Hours

Sign up for all 4 webinars and save $10 at checkout!

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• The Secrets of How Not to Die from Heart Disease - Dan Noonan

• Mental Performance for the Tactical Athlete - Liz Robakiewicz

• Nutrition for Firefighters. Eat for Health. Eat for Life. Eat for Real. - Lisa Desilet

• Firefighter Syndrome. Wake Up. - Jadie Miller

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 – 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

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)  

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Register

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

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

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 

Register