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| One Day Classes |

These One Day Classes will be offered on Saturday and Sunday (repeated) during the Annual State Fire School:

528 Sat NEW 530 Sat 531 Sun
529 Sun Fire Prevention Applications Responding to Grain Bin

National Traffic Incident for the Company Officer Fires
Management (TIM) Orey Schwitzer, Fire Marshal, Mitch Nordmeyer, Emergency
Responder Training Coralville Fire Department; and Jim Management Coordinator, Butler
Thatcher, Fire Marshal (retired), Cedar County, and FSTB Field Instructor
Doug Allen, Commander, Ames Fire Rapids Fire Department
Department, and Training Specialist, This class is to familiarize firefighters on
Fire Service Training Bureau; and This class is specifically geared for the how to respond to fires in grain elevators,
representatives from the Iowa State company officers who have been, or are grain bins, silos, and feed mills. The focus
Patrol newly responsible for conducting company will be on the hazards, what to look for,
level inspections. This course will blend how to approach, and how to extinguish
Three injury crashes occur every minute current and timely philosophical aspects of these fires. Also included are life safety
in the United States, putting nearly 39,000 fire prevention and mitigation with concerns when fighting these tricky fires.
incident responders potentially in harms technical inspection details to help a full-time A review of case histories will also occur
way every day. Congestion from these or volunteer officer in accomplishing basic- during this class.
incidents can generate secondary crashes, level inspections in a variety of occupancies.
increasing traveler delays and frustration. The course will provide summaries of Class Limit: 25
The longer responders remain on the scene, various occupancy classification and hazards
the greater the risk they, and the motoring that are common, and will include details on
public face. This national training program how they should be managed. Basic fire
is designed to encourage multi-discipline prevention information will be included
responders to work together from the to help street-level personnel recognize
moment the emergency call is made, to critical fire prevention issues that may be
correct deployment of response vehicles and easily corrected, and those that may require
equipment, to a safe work area using traffic the attention of fire prevention personnel.
control devices, to final scene clearance.
This class is being
Class Limit: 30 sponsored by the
Hawkeye State Fire
Safety Association.

Class Limit: 25

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