State Firefighter Training System

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State Firefighter Training System
State Firefighter Training System Status
DIVISION OF TRAINING
Joe Wainscott Director
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SFTS - Update

• State Fire Academy System
• Develop District Fire Training Council
• District Seven selected fire service model
• Meetings / Policy Development / Infrastructure
  Assessment / Planning
• District One - multiple disciplines
• 60 million project / State support
• District Three Fort Wayne
• Support Development

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SFTS - Update

• Mandatory Training Program Development
• Completion lesson plan - powerpoints - student
  manual / January 15, 2006
• 3 field tests
• January 5, 2006 Group of Instructors come to
  Indianapolis to edit final product / all day
  meeting
• Publish 2nd Quarter 2006

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Web Based Training

• Jones and Bartlett
• Web based training program evaluation
• Complete 1/15/06
• Action Training Systems
• Meeting needs to be scheduled in January 2006
• System is based upon CDs not web

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Fire Chief Orientation

• Complete powerpoint / lesson plan / CD resource
  materials
• Co-sponsor with Indiana Fire Chiefs Association
• Program Dates and Locations
• February 16-17, 2006 (central)
• Brownsburg Fire Territory
• Brownsburg, Indiana
• February 25-26, 2006 (southwest)
• Vincennes University
• Vincennes, Indiana
• March 4-5, 2005 (northwest)
• Highland Fire Department
• Highland, Indiana

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Fire Chief Orientation

• March 11-12, 2006 (southeast)
• Greensburg Fire Department
• Greensburg, Indiana
• March 18-19, 2006 (northeast)
• Warsaw Fire Department
• Warsaw, Indiana
• March 25-26 (central)
• Brownsburg Fire Territory
• Brownsburg, Indiana

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Courage to be Safe

• Grant provides Instruction / Lodging
• Date Not Set
• Train the Trainer
• National Fallen Fire Fighters Foundation Sponsor

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Fire Inspector Orientation

• February
• One day - Indianapolis
• Staff Instruction
• Email Marketing

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Building Inspector Orientation

• February
• One day - Indianapolis
• Staff Instruction
• Email Marketing

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Instructor In Service

• January
• Certification rules
• Certification process
• Mandatory Training Program
• Weekday Weekend
• One day seminar
• Email Marketing

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National Fire Academy

• Grant 28,000
• Pays Instructor / Lodging
• Evansville
• Fort Wayne
• Clay Township
• Indianapolis

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Purdue Envision Center Demonstration

• April 2006
• Conjunction with FDIC
• One day trip by invitation only from FDIC to
  Purdue!
• Cost to State - bus rental!
• Director Dietz pursuing grant!

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Strategy Tactics Certification Course

• Update
• CRITICAL
• Test is wide open!
• This is a specific Indiana certification course.
• Final practical exam has no measurable criteria.
• Most people don't know this exists. This class is
  a prerequisite to Fire Officer I certification.
  This certification creates a challenge to
  administer.

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State Fire Marshal Fire Inspectors

• Verbal judo!
• How to communicate with the customer!

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South Bend Swift Water Rescue Training Facilities

• MOU needed

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Fire Investigation Orientation Seminar

• One day seminar

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Haz Mat Technician

• WMD Grant Process
• Multiple opportunities