Basic Fire
Communications
As Fire
Service telecommunicators, you’ll be confronted with the possibly of a
hazardous materials incident, a structure fire, a wildland blaze, or a
multi-casualty incident. You need the
latest information on:
 |
- The Incident Command
System
- Fire Terminology
- Fireground Tactics
- Fire Behavior
- Hazardous Materials
Incidents
- Mobile Incident Command
Units
- “2 In / 2 Out’ and
Rapid Intervention Teams
- Personnel
Accountability Systems
- GPS and Mapping Systems
- and an overview
of the new National Incident Management System (ICS 700)
|
Merced (CA) FD Division Chief Donnelly
demonstrates a Thermal Imaging Camera
|
|
Our
Instructor will guide you through all this with plenty of exercise time
thrown
in to get the thought processes rolling. Whether you work in a rural or
urban
environment, in a large or small department, you’ll need to get
up-to-speed
with this fast-paced, interesting class!
This class is
recommended for entry-level fire service telecommunicators who have
less than five years of dispatch experience.
Advanced Fire Communications
Designed and paced for
those fire service telecommunicators who have a good working knowledge
of the Incident Command System with five years or more of experience, Advanced Fire Communications will
highlight those calls that you don't get 'every day'... Calls like:
|
- Multi-Casualty
Incidents
- Hi-Rise
Structure Fires
- Rural
Fire Service Emergencies
- Vegetation
and Wildland Fires
- Man-made
and Natural Disasters (hurricanes, floods, transportation accidents)
- Terrorist
/ Weapons of Mass Destruction events
|
Long Beach (CA) Fire Communications
Center Supervisor John Landstrom
|
Here's a great
opportunity to learn new skills, or to reinforce those skills you
already know.
Either way, you'll come away with a renewed interest in what you do in
the Fire Service!
To schedule a class in
your area, call our
Customer Care Line at
(866)
613-1911 for more information.
Home
