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Photovoltaic Safety for Firefighters

Location:  Woodbury Fire Department
When:  April 16, 2024
Time:  1800 – 2100
Application deadline:  noon on April 2, 2024

Applications can be emailed to: dps.vfaapplications@vermont.gov.

 

Solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems are becoming more common on homes and businesses across Vermont. Building mounted PV systems present special considerations for firefighters when handling emergencies within these buildings and around these systems. This course will provide the participants with information about what firefighters need to know to safely deal with fires in buildings equipped with PV systems and other emergencies that occur around ground mounted PV equipment.

Topics include an introduction to photovoltaics and electrical theory, recognition of PV systems and components, general PV system operation, common safety labeling, tactical considerations, disconnecting means, fire suppression and ventilation issues, and the hazards associated with fire service operations in the area of a PV system.
 

2024 Three State - Women's Weekend

The U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA) National Fire Academy (NFA), in partnership with Women in Fire, is pleased to announce the dates for our 2024 session in Emmitsburg, Maryland.  Please place June 15-16, 2024, on your calendars and join us!

The below classes are FREE of charge, and ALL are welcome to attend.  You do not need to be a certified or uniformed member of a fire or EMS agency; you need to be with a fire, EMS, or allied organization, and meet the class participant requirements for the class you wish to attend.

-Building Organizational Support for Community Risk Reduction (W0636)
-Building Resilience in Leadership: Strategies for Growth and Confidence (W0952)
-Command and Control for Company-Level Operations (W0296)
-Command and Control of Wildland Urban Interface Fire Operations for the Structural Chief Officer (W0612)
-Fire Investigation: Fire as a Weapon (W0756)
-Fire Investigation: First Responders (W0770)
-Incident Safety Officer (W0729)
-Initial Response to Terrorism: Basic Concepts (W0443)
-Leadership in Supervision: Creating Environments for Professional Growth (W0646)
-Leadership in Supervision: Perspectives in Thinking (W0647)
-Supervising Emergency Medical Services (W0146)
-Youth Firesetting Intervention Specialist (W0633)

We are accepting online applications NOW https://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfa/programs/national-weekend.html

Please take a look at the above webpage for more details!

Three State Weekend 2024 - Emmitsburg, Maryland

Three-State Weekend 2024

National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland 
Application Deadline: Monday, May 6 at noon
Weekend is: June 21, 22, and 23, 2024

Join Firefighters from Vermont, New Hampshire, and Alabama in a weekend of training, networking, and camaraderie on the campus of the National Fire Academy. Applicants can choose from 9 course offerings delivered by National Fire Academy Instructors from across the country.

Please click on the course names for a description:

Best Practices in Community Risk Reduction (W0635)

Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership to Facilitate Adaptive Change (W0521)

Fire Investigation: First Responders (W0770)

Incident Safety Officer (W0729)

Leadership in Supervision: Frameworks to Success (W0648)

New Fire Chief: Contemporary Issues (W0762)

Shaping the Future (W0602)

Strategy and Tactics for Initial Company Operations (W0455)

Youth Firesetting Intervention Specialist (W0633)

 

Click here for the course brochure, forms, and details.

Wildland Fire Control - Huntington

Location:  Huntington Fire Department
When:  April 11 (1800 - 2100) and April 13 (0800 - 1600)
Application deadline:  noon on March 28, 2024

Applications can be emailed to: dps.vfaapplications@vermont.gov.  

Course Description:
This course is designed specifically for Vermont firefighters, both career and volunteer.  Although much of the material covered is standard basic training for wildland firefighters in all of the Northeastern states, reference is made to conditions specific to Vermont.  Topics include wildland fire behavior, fire suppression methods and tactics, and wildland tools.  Information will be provided on fireline construction, anchor points, and direct and indirect attacks.  There is a practical skill component where participants will receive hands-on training on the use of wildland tools, water handling equipment, personal protective equipment, safe work practices, construction of a hand-dug fireline, and mop-up considerations.
Prerequisites:  None
Personal Protective Equipment is required including work pant, boots, hardhat, gloves, and eye protection.  Structural Firefighting PPE is not acceptable.
Minimum class size:  15   Maximum class size:  30

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