Fresno Fire Department - Training Division

Professional Development.

FISCAL YEAR 2010-2011

Residential Fire Sprinkler Overview
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(8/16/10) Clovis Fire, Fresno Fire and Cal Fire Departments will be presenting Residential Fire Sprinkler Overview.

Course Overview: A broad overview of residential fire sprinklers in one and two family dwellings, and an introduction to design concepts for the inspector and plans reviewer.

Instructor: Steve Leyton, President of Protection Design & Consulting in San Diego, CA
Location: Clovis Veterans Memorial Building, 808 Fourth Street, Clovis, CA 93612
Registration is now open to outside fire service agency personnel.

Fire Training Instructor 1A: Cognitive Lesson Delivery (2009)
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(1/31 and 2/1-4/2011) Designed For: Personnel preparing for a Company Officer, SFT Registered Instructor, or Training Officer position. Description: This is the first of a three-course series. Topics include methods and techniques for training in accordance with the latest concepts in career education; selecting, adapting, organizing, and using instructional materials appropriate for teaching cognitive lessons; criteria and methods
to evaluate teaching and learning efficiency; and an opportunity to apply major principles of learning through teaching demonstrations. Two (2) student instructor teaching demonstrations are required of all.

Prerequisites: None
Certification: Fire Officer; Training Instructor
Instructor: Captain Daniel Perkins, Fresno Fire Department
Location: Fresno Fire Department Headquarters, Museum, 911 H Street, Fresno, CA 93721
Registration will open to outside fire service agency personnel after November 30, 2010.

Fire Training Instructor 1B: Psychomotor Lesson Delivery (2009)
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(2/7-11/2011) Designed For: Personnel preparing for a Company Officer, SFT Registered Instructor, or Training Officer position Description: This is the second of a three-course series. Topics include methods and techniques for training in accordance with the latest concepts in career education; selecting, adapting, organizing, and using instructional materials appropriate for teaching psychomotor lessons; criteria and methods to evaluate teaching and learning efficiency; and an opportunity to apply major principles of learning through teaching demonstrations. Two (2) student instructor teaching demonstrations are required of all.

Prerequisites: Training Instructor 1A
Certification: Fire Officer; Training Instructor
Instructor: Captain Daniel Perkins, Fresno Fire Department
Location: Fresno Fire Department Headquarters, Museum, 911 H Street, Fresno, CA 93721
Registration will open to outside fire service agency personnel after November 30, 2010.

Fire Training Instructor 1C: Instructional Development Techniques (2009)
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(5/16-20/2011) Designed For: Personnel preparing for a Company Officer, SFT Registered Instructor, or Training Officer position Description: This is the third of a three-course series. Topics include methods and techniques for developing lesson plans, ancillary components, and tests in accordance with the latest concepts in career education. The course offers the opportunity to develop, receive feedback, and finalize instructional materials and deliver a teaching demonstration. Two (2) student instructor teaching demonstrations are required of all.

Prerequisites: Training Instructor 1A, Training Instructor 1B
Certification: Fire Officer; Training Instructor
Instructor: Captain Daniel Perkins, Fresno Fire Department
Location: Fresno Fire Department Headquarters, Museum, 911 H Street, Fresno, CA 93721
Registration will open to outside fire service agency personnel after December 23, 2010.

Fire Command 1A: Command Principles for Company Officers (1995)
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(3/21-25/2011) Designed For: First-in incident commander and company officers. Description: This course provides instruction and simulation time pertaining to the initial decision and action processes at a working fire. Topics include the fire officer, fire behavior, fireground resources, operations, and management.

Prerequisites: I-200
Certification: Fire Officer
Instructor: Captain Dan Perkins & Captain Oney Durney, Fresno Fire Department
Location: Fresno Fire Department Headquarters, Museum, 911 H Street, Fresno, CA 93721
Registration will open to outside fire service agency personnel after November 30, 2010.

Fire Command 1B: Incident Management for Company Officers (1998)
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(4/25-29/2011) Designed For: First-in incident commander and company officers. Description: This course provides the student with information on tactics, strategies, and scene management for multi-casualty incidents, hazardous materials incidents, and wildland fires. Each student also has the opportunity to increase his or her knowledge and skills by handling initial operations at these types of incidents through simulation and class activities.

Prerequisites: I-200, Fire Command 1A
Certification: Fire Officer
Instructor: Captain Daniel Perkins, Fresno Fire Department
Location: Fresno Fire Department Headquarters, Museum, 911 H Street, Fresno, CA 93721
Registration will open to outside fire service agency personnel after November 30, 2010.

Fire Command 2A: Command Tactics at Major Fires (1989)
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(5/9-13/2011) Designed For: Chief officers, company officers, and training officers. Description: This course prepares the officer to use management techniques and the Incident Command System when commanding multiple alarms or large suppression forces.

Prerequisites: I-300, Fire Command 1A
Certification: Chief Officer
Instructor: Deputy Chief Micheal Despain & Battalion Chief Charles Tobias, Fresno Fire Department
Location: Fresno Fire Department Headquarters, Museum, 911 H Street, Fresno, CA 93721
Registration will open to outside fire service agency personnel after December 23, 2010.

Fire Command 2C: High-rise Fire Fighting Tactics (1995)
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(5/23-27/2011) Designed For: Chief officers and experienced company officers. Description: It is approached from a system basis and is applied to both small and large high-rise buildings. Topics include: prefire planning, building inventory, problem identification, ventilation methods, water supply, elevators, life safety, strategy and tactics, application of the ICS, and specific responsibilities. Case studies and simulation are used.

Prerequisites: I-300, Fire Command 2A
Certification: Chief Officer
Instructor: Deputy Chief Micheal Despain & Battalion Chief Charles Tobias, Fresno Fire Department
Location: Fresno Fire Department Headquarters, Museum, 911 H Street, Fresno, CA 93721
Registration will open to outside fire service agency personnel after December 23, 2010.