Fire Fighter I

This course is a combination of specialized classroom material, practical instruction, and learning experiences concerned with the practices and techniques of firefighting outlined by the Ohio Firefighter I curriculum and defined by the Ohio Division of Emergency Medical Services and the Ohio revised Code. Instruction includes the following topic areas taken from NFPA1001 Fire Fighter 1: fire department organization, fire alarms and communications, portable extinguishers, ropes, fire streams, foam fire streams, fire control, salvage, overhaul, emergency medical care, rescue, water supplies, sprinklers, response to hazardous materials incidents, fire prevention, public education, fire cause determination and live fire training. Successful students are eligible for state certification testing.