Cortland County Department of FireEmergency Management

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Cortland CountyDepartment of Fire/Emergency
Management

• 2008-2
• Firefighter Boot Camp

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Ticket to the Show

• In order to qualify for entrance into Boot Camp
  students needed the following
• Active member of fire department
• OSHA compliant physical
• OSHA compliant fit test
• NIMS/ICS 100 certificate- 4-6 hours of self study
  and successful completion of online course
  administered through FEMA

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Where We Began

• September 3, 2008 _at_ 1830 hr.
• Started with 17 prospective students
• Finishing with 11 original
• One student already FFI trained enrolled for
  entire program with his father
• One student, already FFI trained, finished
  remainder of program with his son

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FIREFIGHTER I

• 91 Hours-Firefighter Level I objectives from NFPA
  Standard 1001, this course develops knowledge,
  skills and abilities based on performance
  criteria for the following topics fire
  department organization, firefighter safety, fire
  behavior, personal protective equipment,
  self-contained breathing apparatus, fire
  extinguishers, building searches, forcible entry,
  ground ladders, ventilation, hose practices, fire
  streams, and loss control

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SCBA CONFIDENCE

• 12 Hours- this redesigned course has allow the
  student to build upon their basic SCBA skills and
  further enhance the individual's confidence in
  the SCBA and its use during a "personal" critical
  event. Students demonstrated proficiency with the
  SCBA in the following situations
• Maintenance/Inspection, Donning Time/Quality,
  Restricted Operations, Emergency Procedures, Air
  Management, Room Orientation, Radio
  Procedures/Emergencies, PASS Operations,
  MAYDAY/Urgent Message Procedures and Assisting
  other Firefighters w/ Emergencies

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LPG Awareness

• 3 Hours- Presented by NYS Propane Association
  Instructor John Pitman, the students were exposed
  to the properties of liquefied propane gas,
  emergencies involving LPG and how to safely
  mitigate such emergencies.
• The program and classroom materials are entirely
  funded through the NYS Propane Association
• LPG home delivery vehicle and staff provided by
  EV Energy

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Courage to be Safe

• 6 Hours- at the heart of "The Courage to Stay
  Safe" are the gripping, untold stories of LODD
  survivors, revealing how family members must live
  with the consequences of a firefighter death. The
  program graphically underscores the need for
  firefighters and officers to change fundamental
  attitudes and behaviors in order to prevent line
  of duty deaths, and promotes the courage to do
  the right thing so that "Everyone Goes Home" at
  the end of the day
• NYS Academy of Fire Science Adjunct Instructor
• David Denniston, missing from your program

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Natural Gas Awareness

• Presented by NYSEG, the students were exposed to
  the properties of natural gas, emergencies
  involving NG and how to safely mitigate such
  emergencies.
• The program and classroom materials were entirely
  funded by NYSEG

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TRUCK COMPANY OPS.

• 24 Hours- this course provides instruction for
  using ladder company equipment including
  operating ground ladders, power saws, blowers and
  controlling utilities.
• Duties and responsibilities of the ladder
  company, operating and maintaining specialized
  tools, ventilation, forcible entry, search, and
  building construction

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Calling the Mayday

• 4-Hours- following the National Fire Academy
  course guidelines, the firefighter demonstrated
  the ability to call a Mayday under various
  emergency situations they may find themselves in,
  including being trapped or lost in a room, having
  something collapse on them, being hung/snagged on
  wires and falling through a floor or roof. 
• These conditions were simulated using various
  props with the firefighter in full PPE, SCBA, and
  portable radio in a blacked out face mask. 
  Students spent most of the evolution actively
  sending or receiving  Mayday radio
  transmissions.  Students mastered the Mayday
  doctrine job performance requirements so they
  will receive National Fire Academy certification

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Firefighter Survival

• 9 Hours- This intensive training course was
  developed in response to the tragic deaths of
  many firefighters across the nation in the past
  several years.  Many of those who perished did so
  because they could not get out of the fire
  building or area where they were working. 
• We train our firefighters on confined space,
  hazardous materials, infectious disease control,
  and incident command but there is no training
  course that teaches our firefighters how to save
  their own lives, until now.  Firefighter survival
  is that course

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Where We're At

• 150 hours of instruction by several of the
  finest, most experienced instructors in the
  country
• Mastery of over 65 nationally recognized skills
• Firm foundation of knowledge, skills and
  abilities
• Development of teamwork and interoperability
  skills
• Between the Spring and Falls classes we have
  logged 3750 hours
• No more nights and weekends with yours truly!!!!

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Special Thanks to

• CCDFEMO
• Cortland County Staff
• Cortlandville Fire Department District
• County Fire Instructors
• State Fire Instructors
• Friends, family and departments that supported
  your recruits throughout program
• Students/recruits

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• Cortland Countys
• NewestInterior Certified Firefighters

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2008-2 Firefighter Boot Camp