Elgin-Middlesex Regional Fire School

The Firefighter Level I course prepares students to meet all the knowledge and skills requirements of Fire Fighter I. Topics include theory and skills training on the following subjects: orientation and history of the fire service, firefighter health and safety, fire department communications, building construction, fire behaviour, personal protective equipment, portable fire extinguishers, ropes, knots and webbing, structural search, victim removal and firefighter survival, scene lighting, forcible entry, ground ladders, tactical ventilation, water supply, fire hose, fire streams, fire protection systems, fire control, loss control, fire origin and cause determination, and fire and life safety initiatives. Students must attend and complete the classroom, online, and practical sessions as scheduled to receive

credit for this course.

The Firefighter Level II course prepares students to meet all the knowledge and skills requirements of Fire Fighter II. Topics include theory and skills training on the following subjects: fire department communications, building construction, scene lighting, rescue tools, vehicle extrication, technical rescue, fire hose, fire streams, fire control, fire origin and cause determination, fire protection systems, and fire and life safety initiatives. Both the online and on-campus sessions must be completed as scheduled to receive credit for this course.

The Apparatus Equipped with a Fire Pump course meets the knowledge and Job Performance Requirements (JPRs) established by the NFPA 1002 Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver–Operator Professional Qualifications Chapter 5, 2017 Edition. It offers a mix of classroom-based sessions, online self-directed learning, as well as practicums. This course is designed for fire service personnel to develop skills in the operation of fire pumpers. Students will learn pressure regulating devices, the

operating principles of drive lines, positive displacement and centrifugal fire pumps, foam systems, gauges and controls, pumping from a hydrant, pumping from a static source, relay pumping, basic friction loss calculations to determine pump pressure and basic maintenance checks. Upon successful completion of this course, each student will understand and be able to demonstrate the operation of a fire department pumper from both a static and pressurized source of water.

This course is designed to teach the skills of how to approach and size up a motor vehicle accident and the correct procedures for getting into, stabilizing and disentangling vehicles. The procedures for packaging and removing victims are also demonstrated. Practical skills are taught by having the participants work on actual vehicles and perform the necessary skills with a variety of auto-extrication equipment.

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This course meets the knowledge and skill requirements of NFPA 1006 Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications, Chapter 16, 2017 Edition. Rescue personnel operating at this level will be able to perform size-up and control hazards at a surface water rescue emergency. Students will be able to recognize the general hazards associated with surface water and the procedures necessary to evaluate these hazards. Students will learn how to identify the resources required to conduct safe and effective support to emergency operations, as well as how to develop and implement procedures to activate the emergency response system and manage the site.

NFPA 1021 Fire Officer Level I

This course provides students with timely information that aids in their daily performance as a fire officer. Topics covered include roles and responsibilities, administration, accountability, cultural diversity, health and safety, human resource management, public relations, functional leadership, incident command, inspection and investigation, budgeting process, basic strategic planning, and basic strategy and tactics. The Fire Officer I course is intended for frontline fire officers with a supervisory role. This course is designed around pre-class work, classroom lectures, group interaction and activities, tabletop exercises and post-course assignment.

NFPA 1021 Fire Officer Level II

This course is designed to build off the topics covered in Fire Officer Level I. There is a more in-depth look at human resources management, government structure, inter-agency cooperation, administration responsibilities, fire & life safety inspections, fire investigations, multi-unit emergencies, post-incident analysis and critique, and safety investigations and analysis. This course is designed around pre-class work, classroom lectures, group interaction and activities, tabletop exercises and post-course assignments. This course is designed to build off the skills gained in the Ontario Fire Service Officer Level I program. Students are required to complete out-of-class study, a pre-work package that will be sent upon registration, and a post-course assignment.

NFPA 1021 Fire Officer Level III

Fire Officer III builds upon the topics covered in Fire Officer II. The Fire Officer III course consists of subjects designed to educate fire officers on topics related to management and administration so that they can make basic evaluations of employee relations and assume a more proactive role in their department. This is a project-based course, designed around classroom lectures and interactive group exercises that will enhance students’ abilities to manage a fire service organization. Subjects discussed will include community/government relations, model planning, budgeting, human resources, trends and support organizations, and emergency service delivery. Fire Officer III will enable students to be better prepared to advance into an administrative level of management in their department.

NFPA 1021 Fire Officer IV

Fire Officer IV builds upon the topics covered in Fire Officer III. The Fire Officer IV course emphasizes the following: executive-level subjects: human resources management, multi-agency emergency services delivery, and risk management. This is a project-based course, designed around classroom lectures and interactive group exercises, to provide students with advanced abilities to manage a fire service organization. It consists of online self-directed learning and an intensive 5 day in-class session involving theory and practicums. The course emphasizes the following: executive level subjects: community and government relations, model planning, budgeting, human resources management, trends and support organizations, multi-agency emergency services delivery, and risk management. Fire Officer IV will enable students to be better prepared to advance into the executive level of management in their department.

NFPA 1031 Fire Inspector Level I

This course will teach students to apply the concepts and skills of a fire inspector. Students will learn about fire safety, codes and standards, and fire protection systems and how to think their way through fire prevention inspections. The course covers preparing inspection orders, investigating complaints, identifying the applicable code or standard, understanding basic legal proceedings, classifying a single occupancy building, calculating occupant load of single occupancy, verifying construction classifications, inspecting means of egress, suppression systems, fire extinguishers, as well as recognizing hazardous conditions. In addition, this course will prepare students to identify compliance for storage, recognize fire growth potential, and determine code compliance.

NFPA 1031 Fire Inspector Level II

This course teaches students to apply concepts related to inspection and skills. Students learn about the plans review process, investigating complaints, occupancy classification, occupant load calculations for multi-use occupancies, recognizing and evaluating fire hazards, recommend policies and procedures for delivery of inspection services, inspection processes that involve new and existing occupancies for construction, and occupancy and fire protection.

This blended course covers all investigative competencies associated with NFPA 1033 Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigators, 2014 Edition, including Scientific Method, Origin and Cause, Scene Documentation, Scene Safety, Chemistry of Fire, Building Construction, and Scene Reconstructions. This course also provides in-depth instruction in all aspects of assessing and investigating fire scenes relevant to fire protection services and adheres to the NFPA 921 Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations, 2014 Edition, which is the guide to fire and explosion and investigation.

NFPA 1035 Fire and Life Safety Educator Level I

This course provides students with the skills necessary to deliver and coordinate existing fire and life safety education at various levels within a community. This course examines fire behaviour, human behaviour during a fire, educational methodology, and basic fire protection systems and devices. This course will also cover the scheduling of fire and life safety activities, identifying and recognizing opportunities for shared efforts with common fire and life safety goals, recognizing and mitigating potential hazards, and adapting lesson plans to the needs of the audience.

NFPA 1035 Fire and Life Safety Educator Level II

This course provides students with the skills necessary to prepare educational programs and information to meet identified needs. This course covers planning, networking, budget preparation, applied learning theories, and statistical analysis methods pertaining to fire and life safety education. Further, this course will provide the students with the necessary skills to conduct a community risk analysis, design and manage programs, and create and lead intervention programs to address community risk.

NFPA 1035 Public Information Officer

In this course, students will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to perform the functions of a public information officer. The course emphasizes effective writing skills, media dissemination, and monitoring skills. Students will benefit from the enhancement of interview skills and learning about the development, maintenance, and strengthening of relationships with community groups. This course will also cover the formatting of media releases.

NFPA 1041 Fire Instructor Level I

This course is designed to provide skills and teaching techniques for those who will be instructing emergency services courses. Areas covered are the role of the instructor, adult learning principles, methods of instruction, lesson planning, objectives, learning environment, instructional techniques, and lesson preparation. Students are required to complete out-of-class study and a pre-work package that will be sent upon registration.

NFPA 1041 Fire Instructor Level II

This course is designed to provide instructors with a more in-depth knowledge of the instructional process, and testing and evaluating skills. This course will cover areas of identifying training problems, learner types, developing training plans, planning the instruction, presenting lessons, teamwork communications, domains of learning and the testing and evaluation procedures.

This course is designed to give students the knowledge gained through classroom lectures and field training to act in a defensive posture to protect people, the environment, and property from the effects of an unplanned hazardous materials release. Students will gain knowledge in the areas of Personal Protective Equipment, surveying an incident, characteristics of hazardous materials, development of an incident, decontamination, and incident command. Students will also learn about the legislation dealing with dangerous goods, markings and placards for shipments, hazardous materials containers and terrorism activities. Students are required to complete a pre-work package that will be sent upon registration.

This course is designed to prepare members of the Emergency Services to understand and function in the role of an Incident Safety Officer (ISO). The course will teach history, safety concepts, risk management, safety, officer types, characteristics, function, ISO, hazard recognition, fire behavior, building construction, building collapse, technical rescue, human effect, pre-planning, safety action planning, rehabilitation, post incident analysis and accident investigation.

This course assists students to develop knowledge of fire inspection methods with respect to applications of the Ontario Fire Code Division B Parts 2 and 6. The emphasis of this course is on the elimination of fire hazards in and around buildings, maintenance of life safety systems in buildings, establishment of a fire safety plan, and the installation of smoke alarms in dwelling units. In addition, this course will cover the following subjects: Installation, Checking, Inspection, Testing Requirements of the Ontario Fire Code, and the Operation of Fire Protection Equipment and Life Safety Systems.

In this course, students will develop knowledge of fire inspection methods with respect to applications of the Ontario Fire Code Div. B, Part 4. This course covers the storage, handling, processing, and use of flammable liquids, combustible liquids, and liquids with flash points higher than 93.3 Celsius.

This course assists students to develop knowledge of fire inspection methods with respect to applications of the Ontario Fire Code Div. B Parts 2 and 6. The emphasis of this course is on the elimination of fire hazards in and around buildings, maintenance of life safety systems in buildings, establishing of a fire safety plan, and the installation of smoke alarms in dwelling units. In addition, this course will cover the following subjects: Installation, Checking, Inspection, Testing Requirements of The Ontario Fire Code, and the Operation of Fire Protection Equipment and Life Safety Systems.

This course assists students to develop knowledge of fire inspection methods with respect to applications of the Ontario Fire Code Div. B, Part 9. This course covers the upgrading of existing buildings through retrofit.

This course prepares fire prevention officers and other fire service personnel to gain knowledge and abilities related to the inspection of commercial cooking systems as well as a technical understanding of commercial cooking operations. Furthermore, students will gain a fundamental understanding of fire and building codes and standards for commercial cooking operations in Ontario.

This course is designed to teach the students about flashover and rollover recognition and safe practices. Theory portions will include safety, recognition principles, fire behaviour, rollover etc. Practical portions will be conducted in a flashover chamber.