This class will give students live fire training using the City of Springfield Class A Live Fire Trainer. Students will review basic and advanced fire behavior. Training areas will include hose movements, direct and indirect attack, thermal imaging, basement fires and more. Each participant must have at least a 36 hour card, full PPE, SCBA, and an extra cylinder.

Auto Extrication at the 2008 GCFS promises to be a challenging experience for rescuers all level.  Each one-day class will feature scenario-based evolutions allowing participants to practice necessary skills using hydraulic, pneumatic, and hand-powered rescue tools.

This 8-hour course is designed to give the Firefighter a basic knowledge of RIC operations. This course will focus on techniques for the rescue and removal of trapped firefighters.  Other topics to be included are responsibilities of the RIC crew and fireground size-up considerations.  This course will include some lecture on the history and evolution of RIC, strategy and deployment of the RIC, and will involve hands-on instruction that will require the students to provide full NFPA compliant P.P.E. and S.C.B.A. with spare cylinders.

Firefighters are still dying at an alarming rate due to poor health and lack of fitness.  Fire departments, career or volunteer, are raising the bar on testing and maintenance of their firefighter’s physical health.   Are you ready to meet this new challenge?  This 8-hour course will provide the firefighter or fire officer with the general knowledge needed to develop fitness programs which are flexible enough for the department or company.  The course is classroom and manipulative including the following basic topics: firefighter physical health, nutrition, fitness testing, group fitness activities, motivation and fitness plan development. 

This 16-hour course was developed by the National Fire Academy to define the role of initial responder organizations and to teach them to recognize the potential of an intentionally set fire, preserve evidence and report the information to the appropriate official.

This 8 hour class is designed to assist current company officers and officer candidates in their decision making process regarding structure fires and provide essential knowledge and benchmarks to help them recognize the actual and potential dangers associated while operating in and around buildings that are on fire.

The first half of this course includes the following a review of basic building construction and how fire behavior, critical observations of the first arriving crew(s), reading the fire conditions, listen to the building and deciding on the appropriate course of action are effected by building construction.

The second half of the class is designed to give each participant hands-on practice in dealing with single and multi company fire scenarios using the now famous Sinclair City table top simulator. The role and responsibilities of fire officers, the use of common standard fire ground procedures, integration of standard company functions, and the role of the Incident Management System in fire incidents will be stressed.

Active student participation is required.

Attendees will learn about new NFPA standards as they relate to Fireground Rehab and discuss ways to implement these recommendations. We will also discuss the role of Carbon Monoxide and Cyanide monitoring on the Fireground. Students will have classroom as well as hands on activities.

Students in the Trauma class will discuss the management of the Major Trauma victim and the latest guidelines for dealing with these type of emergencies. Students will have hands on practice with dealing with an entrapped victim.

CEU's will be awarded, including 1 Hour of Ohio Trauma Triage CEU's