ALBANY COUNTY FIRE TRAINING SCHEDULE #2 2018 Pre-Registration Required: When registering please provide your name, department, contact number and the course for which you are registering. E-mail: firetraining@albanycounty.com Please Note: ALL REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGE.!! An e-mail message will also be given when the course is full, canceled, or rescheduled. Note: We have had frequent incidents where students have registered for classes and have failed to attend. The expectation is for registered students to attend classes or give advanced notice when cancelling. COURSE LOCATION DATE INSTRUCTOR PREREQUISITES Firefighter I Certification (BEFO/SCBA Interior Firefighter Operations) Colonie MTB December 4 th : Orientation: 7:00 pm BEFO (W/Hazardous Materials Operations) January 2, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31, February 5, 7, 12, 15, 26, 28, March 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 At Orientation: Training Authorization Letter Start of SCBA/IFO: Medical Clearance to wear SCBA, SCBA/IFO: April 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30, May 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 29, 30 Fire Officer I Principals of Instruction Instructor - Collins Colonie MTB Orientation: DeGroff December 13 1900, January 6, 20, 27, February 3, 10, 24, March 10 Westmere February 19, 21, Wutz 26, March 12 1830-2230
Ice Rescue Slingerlands February 24 & 25 D Amico CLASS IS FULL Albany County Fire Service Instructor II Colonie MTB March 2: 1830-2230 March 3: 0800-1600, March 17: 0800-1200 April 7: 0800-1200 DeGroff Fire Service Instructor I Students are required to purchase IFSTA Fire and Emergency Services Instructor 8 th Edition. (see link below) emergency-services-instructor-8th-ed Fire Ground Strategy and Tactics for First Arriving Companies Course Length: 20 Hours Menands March 13, 15, 22, 27, 29 Trench Rescue Awareness Fort Hunter March 20, 22 Geary Rescue Technician Basic Colonie MTB March 26, 27, 28 Geary Fire Police Elsmere March 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24, 28 Sleurs Flammable & Combustible Liquid Emergencies Saturday 0800-1400 Schuyler Heights April 9, 10, 18, 23 1800-2200 C. Gould
VFIS: UTV/ATV/RTV Safety Class East Berne April 14, 2018 0800-1400 Coordinator Paris Department owned UTV/ATV/RTV (Modified for Firefighting) required for hands on portion of class. NWCG Basic Wildland Fire Suppression Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center Saturday April 14 0900 Rescue Technician Basic Coeymans April 16, 18, 23, 30, May 2, 9, 14, 16 Accident Victim Extrication Training (AVET) Coeymans Hollow May 22, 29, June 2 Weeknights 1830-2230 Saturday, 0900-1700 Firefighter I Boot Camp Combined Basic Exterior Firefighting Operations & SCBA Interior Firefighting Operations- Firefighter I Blended Learning (Internet Based Course) Class Schedule Dates: July 9, 10, 12, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25 August 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, VFIS Certificate will be issued to students completing course DEC Online course Prerequisites: L-180, S-110, S- 190, S-130 Https://onlinetraining.nwcg.gov/ Contact Tyler Briggs to register tbriggs@albanypinebush.org 518-456-0655 x1220 May 29th Orientation 1830hrs. Guilderland Training Tower Instructor: Geary Completion of Approved CPR Course, Physically capable of wearing an SCBA and Training Authorization Letter. Student must have access to a computer with high speed internet. $40 enrollment fee required at orientation Apparatus Operator Aerial Device Elsmere June 7, 21, 28, July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9 DeGroff Basic Exterior Firefighter Operations or Equivalent
Apparatus Operator Pump Fire Ground Strategy and Tactics for First Arriving Companies June 19, 26, July 3, 17, 21, 24, 31 Weeknights 1830-2130 Saturday 0900-1530 Coeymans Hollow October 3, 9 10, 16, 17 Wutz Apparatus Operator Emergency Vehicles, Basic Exterior Firefighter Operations or Equivalent Thermal Imaging Slingerlands October 22 Fire Coordinator Paris Camera Operations 1900-2130 Courses Planned for 2018: Instructors will contact Chief Officers to schedule. Please do not enroll until course has been scheduled and published. Guilderland Apparatus Operator Emergency Vehicles Center Basic Exterior Firefighting Operations Elsmere Engine Company Operations FAST Verdoy Fire Officer I Colonie Firefighter II Firefighter Survival Fort Hunter Firefighter Survival Verdoy/Colonie Firefighters Guide to Lightweight Wood Construction Westmere Highway Safety for Emergency Responders Menands Incident Safety Officer Elsmere Refresher Knox SCBA Confidence Slingerlands SCBA Interior Operations (Support Elsmere Course) Colonie Thermal Imaging Camera Ops Slingerlands Traffic Incident Management Menands Truck Company Operations
Unless changed by instructor or noted above: All evening classes will be held from 19:00-22:00 hours. All Saturday and Sunday classes will be held from 09:00-12:00 hours and 13:00-16:00 hours Fire Coordinator Gerald Paris