STATE FIRE TRAINING COURSES

February 10-11, 2025

General Administrative Functions

This course provides information on general administrative functions and the implementation of department policies and procedures and addresses conveying the fire department’s role, image, and mission to the public.

Prerequisites: Meet the educational requirements for Fire Fighter II OR four (4) years as a career firefighter OR six (6) years as a volunteer firefighter.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS JANUARY 27, 2025

February 17-20, 2025

Human Resource Management

This course provides information on the use of human resources to accomplish assignments, evaluating member performance, supervision and integrating health and safety plans, policies, and procedures into daily activities as well as the emergency scene.

Prerequisites: Meet the educational requirements for Fire Fighter II OR four (4) years as a career firefighter OR six (6) years as a volunteer firefighter.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS FEBRUARY 3, 2025

February 24-27, 2025

Fire Inspections and Investigation

This course provides information on conducting inspections, identifying hazards and addressing violations, performing a fire investigation to determine preliminary cause and securing the incident scene and preserving evidence.

Prerequisites: Meet the educational requirements for Fire Fighter II OR four (4) years as a career firefighter OR six (6) years as a volunteer firefighter.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS FEBRUARY 10, 2025

March 10-11, 2025

Initial Attack Incident Commander

This course is designed to meet the training needs of the incident commander type 4 (ICT4). It is presented in a discussion/exercise format. The six instructional units include Foundation Skills; Intelligence Gathering and Documentation; Size Up the Incident; Develop a Plan of Action; Post-fire Activities; Evaluating Incident Objectives and Manage the Incident. Evaluation of the student is by unit tests and performance based evaluations.

Prerequisites: Qualified as any single resource boss; and satisfactory completion of precourse work.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS FEBRUARY 24, 2025

March 31 - April 3, 2025

All-Risk Command Operations

This course provides information on conducting incident size-up, developing and implementing an initial plan of action involving single and multi-unit operations for various types of emergency incidents to mitigate the situation following agency safety procedures, conducting pre-incident planning, and develop and conduct a post-incident analysis.

Prerequisites:

- Meet the educational requires for Fire Fighter II OR four (4) years as a career firefighter OR six (6) years as a volunteer firefighter.

- ICS-200.B

- Hazardous Materials Incident Commander

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS MARCH 24, 2025

April 21-24, 2025

Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior

This course is a classroom-based skills course designed to prepare the prospective fireline supervisor to undertake safe and effective fire management operations. It is the second course in a series that collectively serves to develop fire behavior prediction knowledge and skills. Fire environment differences are discussed as necessary; instructor should stress local conditions.

Prerequisites:

- Successful completion of S-190

- Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior

- AND satisfactory completion of pre-selection assessment and pre-course work.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS APRIL 7, 2025

April 28 - May 1, 2025

Wildland Incident Operations

This course provides information on evaluating and reporting incident conditions, analyzing incident needs, developing and implementing a plan of action to deploy incident resources completing all operations to suppress a wildland fire, establishing an incident command post, creating an incident action plan, and completing incident records and reports.

Prerequisites:

- Meet the educational requirements for Fire Fighter II OR four (4) years as a career firefighter OR six (6) years as a volunteer firefighter.

- All Risk Command Operations

- S-290

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS APRIL 14, 2025

May 27-30, 2025

Instructional Methodology

This course provides the skills and knowledge needed for the entry level professional instructor to safely, effectively, and competently teach and deliver instruction from a prepared lesson plan utilizing instructional aids and evaluation instruments, adapt a lesson plan, and complete the reporting requirements to the local jurisdiction.

Prerequisites: Introduction to the Incident Command System (FEMA / IS-100.B) OR National Incident Management System (FEMA / IS-700.A)*

*FEMA often changes course titles and course codes. SFT will accept the current equivalent course title/code.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS MAY 13, 2025