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TWO DAY CLASSES

NATIONAL

748 Saturday & Sunday NEW FIRE ACADEMY
CLASSES
Firefighter I & HazMat Ops Review and Test

These Two Day National Fire Academy
Mark Neff, Fire Chief, Oskaloosa Fire Department and FSTB Field Staff classes will be presented by National Fire
Instructor; and additional FSTB Field Staff Instructors Academy Adjunct Instructors.

Participants taking this course will begin the first day taking a “group pre
test” administered in a PowerPoint format. Answers to the questions will be NOTE: To comply with the NFA’s requirement
given as soon as all participants have been given an opportunity to answer. of having a minimum number of students
Participants will self-score. This test will consist of questions from all chapters 40 days prior to the start of the class, this
relevant to Firefighter I and HazMat Ops certification. At the conclusion of class requires an early registration due
the pre-test, Instructors will discuss the test results with the participants and date of January 6, 2017.
determine how much time needs to be devoted to reviewing each chapter.
This will be a rapid pace, highly interactive class to prep the participants for
certification retesting at the end of the second day.
750 Saturday & Sunday
There will be
NO CHARGE Health & Safety Officer
for this Two Day Class!
This two day course examines the Health and Safety
REGISTER EARLY! Officer’s role in identifying, evaluating and
implementing policy and procedures that affect health
Class size will be limited to the first 30 registrants. and safety aspects for emergency responders. Risk
analysis, wellness, and other occupational safety
issues will be the main emphasis of this course.

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What/ Where/ When/ Why - Politics & the White Helmet
Line of Duty Deaths Uncovered
This two day course is aimed at providing the chief
officers in both fire service and Emergency Medical
Todd Van Scoy Firefighter/Paramedic, Burlington Fire Department Services (EMS) agencies with an overview of the ways
and FSTB Field Staff Instructor to succeed and work within the political system at
local, county and state levels to achieve positive
This course will take a look back at numerous Line of Duty Deaths and Near results for their department. It will give the officer
Misses across the country. It is unfortunate that many of the Line of Duty an improved insight into better ways to relate and
Deaths and Near Misses were 100% preventable. We continue to see the speak to citizens and others in order to gain support
pattern of countless Near Misses and Line of Duty Deaths every day, despite and understanding of their needs for bond issues, tax
efforts by all ranks throughout the fire service to stop unsafe practices. votes and general elections. Participants learn about
successful approaches that are appropriate for
This class will provide great insight into previous Line of Duty Deaths, Near government employees and volunteers. The course
Misses and also some of the more recent incidents to date. You will view identifies successful tools needed to address the
and listen to actual incidents as they unfolded, and hear first-hand accounts challenge that is necessary to bring about change
from Chief Officers and Firefighters who were present during these various and how a department’s culture of power, influence,
incidents.
negotiation and coalition building is important to
This will be a packed two day course that will cover many of the “routine” success.
incidents we roll out each and every day in our communities. These routine
incidents are the ones getting us in trouble.

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