This 90 minute – 3 hour training program provides all first responders an in depth look at serving the intellectual disabilities communities, with a focus on Down Syndrome and Autism. The class includes recognition, understanding, communication tips, search and rescue concerns, and how to manage special needs patients and victims.

This course takes an honest approach to how easily we can lose our situational awareness and how this can lead to a firefighter's line of duty death or near miss. This program utilizes case studies, actual radio traffic, images, and open conversations about the importance of gaining and maintaining our situational awareness throughout the incident. During the case studies, students will learn directly from the instructor who served as the incident commander during a near-miss incident and a LODD where the instructor served as one of the investigating officers. Students are provided the opportunity to ask questions about the decision-making process that directly led to one firefighter being killed and one member being trapped for over 15 minutes. This is a hard-hitting and honest program about how a so-called routine fire can become instantly tragic.

This is not your Father's Leadership class! This program is based on over 35 years of experience from a small combination department to a big city. Many leadership classes are based on theories and do not address the many challenges today’s officers may and do face. This class will cover topics ranging from everyday issues, on scene problems, dealing with disgruntled members, women in the fire service, and all the hot button issues facing the fire service today. Besides experience, the program was also written through numerous interviews with officers, Chiefs, and firefighters. Students will learn how to face common leadership fears and how being ahead of the curve is the best strategy in dealing with any issue. Students are provided the opportunity for open conversation, group exercises, and even role play to improve or change how they are currently leading.

The fire service preaches “safety” at every turn, we have at times become so safety-focused, we have forgotten to be mission focused. This course looks at the importance of training, how to conduct company drills and how to maintain long term training programs. This class not only provides practical ideas to make training a priority but will motivate members to get out and train. Students will provided be different drills they can utilize and build from, will hear radio traffic of a Mayday, and participate in open discussion on how to improve any training program.

This program has been specifically written for those members that are newly promoted or are planning on advancing in their departments. The training includes tips and advice on becoming a Company Officer and best practices to be successful. To often departments depend on canned curriculums to prepare new officers, these classes only scratch the surface on becoming an effective leader. Students will participate in open conversations, role playing activities, size-up practices, training drills, time management, and learn how to be a team member, not just a boss.

Commercial fires are not everyday occurrences and pose unique challenges to our firefighters and officers. This class will look at everything from building construction concerns, associated hazards, tactical considerations for fire attack, search, and ventilation. Students will also be provided the opportunity to practice size-up and decision making for simulated incidents.