Sunday Classes

The first segment of the class will discuss the importance of Traffic Incident Management for all public safety personnel. The goals of the class will be to inform participants on how to avoid traffic congestion which can cause secondary crashes and avoid injury or eath to emergency workers. The theory of 'quick clearance' will be discussed as well as placement of emergency vehicles when setting up a scene for protection of emergency workers. The second segment of the class will cover the importance of crash scene evidence preservation. The types of evidence found on scene can be critical to crash investigators. Emergency responders will be taught how to identify and protect roadway, victim and vehicle evidence at a scene.

Description: No action taken on the fire ground is more important and saves more lives, both civilian and fire fighter, than getting water on the fire. This water must be applied in the right amount, in the right place, and in the proper form. It's not just a matter of "getting the wet stuff on the red stuff". The modern fire environment is much more volatile and far too dangerous to not have a complete understanding of proper fire attack and fire control techniques. This program, which is geared toward Company Officers, Pump Operators, and Firefighters assigned to Engine Companies examines the most basic fire fighting operation, applying water to fire. The class begins with a historical, objective look at the origins and intentions of the three basic methods of fire attack. The program will examine how these methods have been taken out of context and misused over the years, resulting in many painful burns and lost fire buildings. The class will discuss the modern fire environment and requirements for effective, efficient fire extinguishment as well as reviewing basic engine company and support functions. This 2-hour lecture / discussion will be followed up with hands on training stations, including live fire evolutions when possible. The hands on rotations will cover nozzle types and selection, fire flows, proper water application, and the basics of stretching and advancing attack lines.This program should be required of anyone who may find themselves on the business end of an attack line in one of the most dangerous work environments known - the inside of a burning building! Requirements: FF I minimum training level. Complete set of turnout gear, SCBA with spare cylinder required.

Description: A course designed to initiate the beginning firefighter in the knowledge necessary for fire fighting. Areas included are: role of the firefighter, fire behavior, protective equipment, hand tools, hose and appliances, familiarizing with apparatus and others. Subjects covered will not be in depth and further training in those specific areas is important. Students in this course should preferably be members of a department with less than two (2) years experience. This course will be primarily lecture with familiarization of apparatus that is on hand.

Description: This class will focus on the use of rope and rope systems in technical rescue. After a brief classroom session students will have a review of basic fire service knots. They will then rotate through a number of practical stations, including instruction on advanced knots, basic and advanced anchor systems, basic and advanced mechanical advantage systems for hauling/raising, and the use of friction/gravity for lowering. Incident size-up, operational and safety concerns, and patient packaging are also discussed.

Description: This course is designed to familiarize first responders with basic large animal rescue (LAR) techniques. Though the course focus is on horses, farm livestock and other large animal information will be available. Topics include animal behavior, medical needs, and ICS issues regarding animals in traumatic events. Hands on exercises include handling horses and introductions to equipment used in LAR incidents.

Description: You are sitting watching your favorite television show. All of a sudden the alarm goes out for a structure fire with people trapped. You race to the truck and gear up and head for the scene. You arrive to find heavy smoke conditions and by standers saying that there is a person on the third floor trapped in the bedroom. Or what if it was a fellow firefighter down; do you have what it takes to get him or her out? Think about the above scenario. Are you truly ready for this? Can you make the stairs in heavy smoke, find the bedroom and the victim, and then rescue the victim from the third floor. Are you truly healthy and fit enough to make this rescue safely. This class will give you information on why you need to be fit, and how you can become healthy and fit. We will demonstrate the muscles used in the above incident and how we can get ourselves in the shape we need to be in to perform the job. We will also demonstrate other firefighter and EMS actions and the muscle groups used to perform those tasks. Then we will look at the exercises to build those muscles to what we need. Mike Carroll is a firefighter/paramedic. He is the EMS coordinator for South Portland Fire Department and an ACE certified Peer Fitness Trainer.

Description: ICS 700 course introduces NIMS and it explains the purpose, principles, key components and benefits of NIMS. ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

Scott Air-Pak field level training includes: Air-Pak theory of operation and Air-Pak and cylinder maintenance. Field level maintenance procedures for the back frame, regulator, reducer, face piece, and cylinder valve. Hands-on training includes regulator opening, cleaning, and disinfecting, face piece disassembly and cleaning.