Prehospital Obstetrics and Neonatal Care
This 3-hour didactic asynchronous course is designed to familiarize the emergency healthcare provider with the knowledge and skills necessary to care for a variety of obstetrical emergencies, as well as […]
Instructor Professional Development Events
Events, both in-person and virtual, for Instructor professional development. Build upon your base to strengthen your ability as an emergency services instructor.
Firefighter I and II Modular Deliveries
These modules are designed to be delivered as part of the On My Time program which will allow the firefighter to participate in certification testing to obtain Firefighter I and […]
Optimizing Sleep for Public Service
This interactive program provides an opportunity to explore why sleep cycles are important and how sleep disorders impact fitness for duty and quality of life. In addition to learning powerful yet […]
BLS Psychomotor Exams (EMR & EMT)
BLS Exam – EMR and EMT only. State of New Hampshire BLS psychomotor exams are required for all courses offered in the State. The exemption, to this for programs that […]
ALS Psychomotor Exams (Advanced EMT & Paramedic)
ALS Exam – Advanced EMT and Paramedic only State of New Hampshire ALS psychomotor exams are required for all courses offered in the State. The exemption to this for programs […]
Candidate Physical Ability Test
The Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) is a standardized physical assessment of a firefighter candidate’s ability to perform common fireground tasks. It was developed through the Fire Service Joint Labor-Management […]
EMS Documentation
Careful and precise documentation of an EMS call, the observations, assessment, treatment, transportation provided, is a crucial part of the patient care process. It’s an important record for several reasons. […]
Firefighter I & II Combined
This course is the first and second level of standards-based certification available to firefighters. Course materials provide information on topics which allow the firefighter to participate in certification testing to […]
EMS in the Warm Zone (Rescue Task Force Concepts)
The RTF Concepts course is the final practical portion in the EMS in the Warm Zone series. This four (4) hour program is designed to familiarize the participant with the […]
EMS Professional Development Series
Monthly EMS training that supports providers fulfilling national, local, and individual hours throughout the recertification cycle.
Fire Investigator
This program provides aspiring Fire Investigators with the basic knowledge to prepare and conduct fire scene investigations. This is a hybrid course; comprised of both in-person classroom and practical sessions […]
Protocols
This is the most recent version of the State of New Hampshire Prehospital Patient Care Protocols. This course, along with the appropriate Scope of Practice course, are required for EMS […]
EMS in the Warm Zone (Operations)
The Operations level course is a three (3) hour online program that will build upon the concepts introduced in the EMS in the Warm Zone Awareness program. It will enhance […]
Train-the-Trainer
National Continued Competency Program (NCCP)
The National Continued Competency Program (NCCP) was constructed using methodology similar to that of the American Board of Medical Specialties requirements and streamlines the recertification process into three strategic categories […]
Monthly Testing
Emergency Preparedness
The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) is under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and was created first as the Civil Defense Staff College in 1951. EMI shares a campus with […]
Flipped Classrooms
The flipped classroom is just that- a switch to the traditional classroom concept with the teacher and the in-class experience taking center stage. In a flipped classroom, learning begins with […]
Educational Revolution
This was presented at the NH Fire and EMS Academy in March of 2017. The aim of this discussion was to give a brief history of where our current model […]
The Instructor as a Professional
This program will cover what it takes to be considered a professional within the fire and emergency services instructor field. This program take approximately 1 hour to complete. Once you […]
The Basics of Classroom Instruction
This course covers the factors that affect learning, individual student needs, training aids, presentation techniques and interpersonal communication. The student will also learn about leading class discussions, classroom seating and […]
Teaching Conceptual Learning Techniques
Dr. Katherine Lockwood, NREAMT, NH I/C, asks rhetorically “what are we supposed to teach? Students, she says in her recorded presentation, ask, “what am I supposed to learn?” Dr. Lockwood […]
Advanced Spinal Assessment
In some instances when treating trauma patients, the need for spinal motion restriction will be evident. If it is not, you will need a proper assessment. New Hampshire Patient Care […]
NH Trauma System Review
EMS providers’ work in the field ties in to a comprehensive healthcare structure aimed at providing high quality definitive care. This online course examines that system from the standpoint of […]
Stress in Emergency Services
Using personal narratives from emergency service providers from across the state of New Hampshire, this program looks at the unique danger that stress poses. These stories illustrate how job stress […]
EMS in the Warm Zone (Awareness)
The Awareness level course is a three (3) hour online program that will provide foundational knowledge on EMS and fire personnel taking an active role in warm zone operations. Primary […]
High Performance CPR
The concept of a highly-trained and choreographed crew is a powerful, relatable analogy for the work of an EMS team. “Pit crew CPR training” focuses on highly defined roles that […]
Ready, Check, Inject
This is a two-provider technique to manage a patient and administer epinephrine in the cases of anaphylaxis. Using this technique to administer epinephrine addresses the significant cost increases in epinephrine […]
Naloxone for First Responders
This online course will assist you in understanding how opioids work, how to recognize a person in severe respiratory depression due to an opioid overdose, the proper procedure for handling […]
PIFT: Blood Products
This program is designed to familiarize paramedics with the administration of blood products. The program will present information about antigens, antibodies, blood typing, product infusion, transfusion reactions, and other related […]
Rapid Sequence Intubation
Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is an airway management technique that induces immediate unresponsiveness (induction agent) and muscular relaxation (neuromuscular blocking agent) and is the fastest and most effective means of […]
Child Passenger Safety for EMS
Prehospital patient care in an ambulance presents significant challenges. This online course presents best practices for EMS providers regarding the safe transport of pediatric patients and children. The course presents […]
Fire Mobilization
The purpose of the State-wide Fire Mobilization Plan (hereafter known as the Plan) is to provide local first responders with easy access to large quantities of resources or specialties that may […]
Seminars
The New Hampshire Division of Fire Standards and Training & EMS hosts and organizes many seminar opportunities throughout the calendar year. The topics, schedule and length of the programs can […]
National Fire Academy
The National Fire Academy is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland and was created by the United States Federal Government as a fire training and education institution in 1973. The Federal Emergency […]
Swiftwater/Flood Rescue Boat Operator
The Swiftwater/Flood Rescue Boat Operator Course provides rescue personnel with the knowledge and skills to safely operate motorized rescue craft in swiftwater/flood rescue environments. This 23 hour course is delivered […]
Swiftwater Rescue Level II
Swiftwater Rescue Level II rescue personnel with the knowledge and skills to safely effect a rescue of a victim in a swiftwater/flood rescue environment. This course builds upon prerequisite swiftwater […]
Swiftwater Rescue Level I
Swiftwater Rescue Level I provides rescue personnel with the fundamentals needed to stay safe while working in or around swiftwater/flood environments. This 28-hour course is delivered in three blocks. Blocks […]
Fire Inspector II
This course is based on NFPA 1031 Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan Examiner. You will receive ProBoard Certification upon successful completion. This course delves deeper into […]
Fire Inspector I
This course is based on NFPA 1031 Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan Examiner. You will receive ProBoard Certification upon successful completion. A beginning level course for […]
Airport Firefighter
Designed for fire departments, both civilian and military, whose primary mission is aircraft firefighting and rescue. This course meets the training requirements for both NFPA 1003: Standard for Airport Fire […]
Fire Officer II
This course is the second level of certification for fire service leaders who work at the at the supervisory/managerial level within a fire department. As a student, you will learn […]
Fire Officer I
This course is the first level of certification for fire service leaders who work at the first-line supervisory level within a fire department. As a student, you will learn the […]
Rope Rescue Operations
Rope Rescue – Operations is an intense five-day program featuring a combination of classroom and practical evolutions combined with real life scenarios. This course will provide the knowledge and practical […]
Rope Rescue Technician
Rope Rescue – Technician is a very intense and hands-on, five-day program featuring a combination of classroom and practical evolutions combined with real life scenarios. This course is designed to […]
Trench Rescue Technician
Designed for fire and rescue personnel who may encounter trench rescues as part of their responsibilities, Trench Rescue Technician is an intense, hands-on, 32-hour program featuring a combination of classroom […]
Ice Rescue Technician
Ice Rescue Technician is an intense sixteen-hour program featuring a combination of classroom and practical evolutions, held in the classroom as well as on ice and in the water. Course […]
Confined Space Rescue Technician
Designed for fire personnel who encounter confined space rescues as part of their responsibilities, Confined Space Rescue Technician is an intense 24-hour program featuring a combination of classroom and practical […]
Firefighter II
This program is the second level of standard-based certification available to firefighters, following the training provided in Firefighter I. Course materials provide information on additional topics and allow the firefighter […]
Firefighter I
This program, which contains several modules, 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 […]
Driver/Operator: Pumping Apparatus
The Driver/Operator-Pumping Apparatus class is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills required to safely operate fire service pumping apparatus. A combination of classroom instruction and hands-on […]
Driver/Operator: All Vehicles
The Driver/Operator – All Vehicle with TIMS class is designed to provide students, both EMS providers and firefighters, with the basic knowledge and skills required to safely drive emergency vehicles. […]
Driver/Operator – Aerial Apparatus
The Driver/Operator-Aerial Apparatus class is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge and skills required to safely operate fire service aerial apparatus. A combination of classroom instruction and hands-on […]
Fire & Emergency Medical Services Instructor III
This course is the highest level of standards-based certification available to fire and emergency services instructors. During this writing-intensive 11-week executive-level education program, you will demonstrate the knowledge and ability […]
Fire & Emergency Medical Services Instructor II
This course is the intermediate level of standards-based certification for fire and emergency services instructors. During this intensive five week higher-education course you will demonstrate, in addition to the job […]
Hazardous Materials Technician
This course is designed to develop a level of competency that will allow the student, operating with other technician-certified individuals, to approach the point of release in order to plug, […]
Hazardous Materials Operations
This course provides the student with the basic skills necessary to safely and effectively manage the on-scene operations involving the uncontrolled release of dangerous chemicals. As such, it focuses on […]
Hazardous Materials Decontamination
This course is designed to provide Operations level personnel with the theory and practical application of decontamination as discussed during Hazardous Materials Operations. Information concerning responder decontamination at Structure Fires, […]
Hazardous Materials Awareness
This independent study course is intended to provide a general introduction to hazardous materials that can serve as a foundation for more specific studies in the future. The course has […]
Scope of Practice
The New Hampshire Scope of Practice program is for EMS providers who intend to practice within the State of New Hampshire. The skills discussed in the Scope of Practice […]
Paramedic
The Paramedic is an allied health professional whose primary focus is to provide advanced emergency medical care for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. This individual […]
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
The primary focus of the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician is to provide basic and limited advanced emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency […]
Emergency Medical Technician
The primary focus of the Emergency Medical Technician is to provide basic emergency medical care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system. This individual […]
Emergency Medical Responder
Emergency Medical Responders provide immediate lifesaving care to critical patients who access the emergency medical services system. EMRs have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide immediate lifesaving interventions while […]
Fire & Emergency Medical Services Instructor I
This course is the first level of standards-based certification available to fire and emergency services instructors. During this intensive six week higher-education course, you will demonstrate the knowledge and ability […]
