Course Description
This course is the first level of standards-based certification available to firefighters. Course materials provide information on topics which allow the firefighter to participate in certification testing to obtain Firefighter I certification based on National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard 1001, 2019 edition, Pro Board® Certified.
Course Modules
Online
- The Orientation and History of Firefighting
- Firefighter Cancer Awareness
- Fire Service Communications and Radio Interoperability
- Fire Behavior
- Building Construction
- Traffic Incident Management System
- Stress In Emergency Services
Classroom & Practical
- Health, Fitness & Wellness
- Firefighter Safety
- PPE & SCBA
- Portable Fire Extinguishers
- Tools & Equipment
- Ropes & Knots
- Response and Size Up
- Forcible Entry
- Ladders
- Search & Rescue
- Ventilation
- Water Supply
- Fire Attack and Foam
- Firefighter Survival
- Salvage & Overhaul
- Firefighter Rehabilitation
- Fire Suppression
- Fire Cause Determination
- Forestry
- Classes also included in a Firefighter I Program:
- Hazardous Materials Awareness
- Hazardous Materials Operations
- ECSI Standard First Aid
- Hose & Fire Streams
Course Details
Blended
213
24
Pro Board Accredited
- Student Medical Release
- 18 years of age or older
- ICS100
- ICS200
- IS700
- Professional Rescuer CPR or equivalent
- Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I&II, 2019
- Fire department shirt, blue pants, and black boots
