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.
 

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!