Course Description

This course provides fire fighters with the initial training of firefighting skills to meet their Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) requirements.  The course is a combination of theory and practical skills that are designed to expose students to the functions of a fire fighter and provide fire fighting exposure.  

*NFPA 1001 - 2019 Edition, Ch. 4

Contact Hours: 200

Mandatory Text: Jones & Bartlett, Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills and Hazardous Materials Response, Canadian Fourth Edition

Course Outline

• Lesson 1: The Fire Service
• Lesson 2: Firefighter Health and Safety
• Lesson 3: Personal Protective Equipment
• Lesson 4: Fire Service Communications
• Lesson 5: Fire Behaviour
• Lesson 6: Building Construction
• Lesson 7: Portable Fire Extinguishers
• Lesson 8: Firefighter Tools and Equipment
• Lesson 9: Ropes and Knots
• Lesson 10: Forcible Entry
• Lesson 11: Ladders
• Lesson 12: Search and Rescue
• Lesson 13: Ventilation
• Lesson 14: Water Supply Systems
• Lesson 15: Fire Hose, Appliances, and Nozzles
• Lesson 16: Supply Line and Attack Line Evolutions
• Lesson 17:  Fire Suppression
• Lesson 18: Fire Fighter Survival
• Lesson 19: Salvage and Overhaul
• Lesson 20: Fire Fighter Rehabilitation
• Lesson 21: Wildland and Ground Cover Fires

Learner Outcomes

• Apply departmental general operating guidelines, rules and regulations for firefighting operations
• Effectively use fire ground communications
• Perform fire ground operations necessary to ensure life safety, fire control, and property conservation
• Perform prevention, preparedness, and maintenance activities to reduce the loss of life and property due to fire

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Fire Fighting Level I, NFPA 1001 - 2019 Edition, Ch. 4 : Fire Fighting Level I, NFPA 1001 - 2019 Edition, Chapter 4