Clandestine Laboratory Awareness
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors:Don Stapelton, Special Agent, Division of Narcotics and Enforcement
EMS: Approved for 3.0 FE EMS Credit
Objective: This awareness level course is designed to give first responders the basic information required to recognize the hazards involved in responding to a clandestine methamphetamine lab.

Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 - 11:30 am Section: ETFR-5040-30274 Cost: $30

Creating Reports in Iowa Fire Bridge Report Writer 2.0
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors:Instructors: Alicia VerHuel, Fire Service Training Bureau
Objective: Report Writer 2.0 is a software feature offered within the Iowa Fire Bridge. This workshop will cover the basics of using Report Writer 2.0 to create history and statistical reports for NFIRS reports, staff, training and other modules included in the Iowa Fire Bridge software. If will also include examples of common reports fire departments can write for their own use, or city or township annual reports. Basic knowledge of Iowa Fire Bridge is suggested. Students will be in a computer lab for this hands-on training.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Emergency Burn Care for EMS Providers
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Lisa Mackey, RN, Burn Unit, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
EMS: Approved for 3.0 FE EMS credit
Objective: This course is designed to provide the rural care provider with a base knowledge and skill set that will assist them with caring for the burn injured patient. Program will focus on burn identification, estimating burn percentages, medical management of the patient based on those findings, and the transfer of patients to the burn center.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5003-30507 Cost: $30

EMS and Rehab at the Fire Scene
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Tracy Tope, EMT-B; Missy Opperman, RN, Nevada Fire
EMS: Approved for 3.0 FE EMS credit
Objective: This course is to help fire and EMS departments understand the importance of rehabilitation at the fire scene. You will learn to help identify critical firefighter injuries and deaths due to stressrelated problems and lack of rehab procedures. This course emphasizes the importance of training to implement a rehab sector and highlights
the reasons for implementing rehab as directed in NFPA 1584. Students should dress for handson training and bring with them if possible a blood-pressure cuff and stethoscope.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Section: ETFR-5041-30510 Cost: $30
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Section: ETFR-5041-30599 Cost: $30

EMS Training for Individuals with Disabilities Who Present Medical/Trauma Emergencies
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Lisa Roberts, Wadena-Illyria FD
EMS: Approved for 3.0 FE EMS credit
Objective: There are many people integrated into our communities with varying degrees of disabilities. At the conclusion of this class, you will be able to identify individuals with disabilities, understand how to identify yourself as an EMS professional without speaking and learn basic universal sign language needed to assist in medical and trauma emergencies.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5055-30511 Cost: $30
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5055-30602 Cost: $30

Ethanol Emergencies
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Professional Rescue Innovations
Objective: This course provides basic information about the production, transportation, distribution and use of denatured alcohol (E-95) and ethanol (E-85). All firefighters, regardl ess of whether or not you have a production facility in your response area, will benefit. Ethanol can be found in all communities. Firefighters who protect production
facilities need additional information specifically related to such plants and processes.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Section: ETFR-5026-30515 Cost: $30
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Section: ETFR-5026-30612 Cost: $30

Everyone Goes Home: Courage to be Safe
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Jim Mitchell, Des Moines and Urbandale FD; Scott Lyon, Clive FD
Objective: The Courage to be Safe program discusses a firefighters beliefs and misconceptions and how those result in consequences. This program explains that fire service tradition and culture presents a challenge when implementing
programs to reduce injuries and line of duty deaths (LODD). The leading cause of LODD is heart attacks and the second is vehicle crashes. Simple ways are presented to prevent such injuries and deaths. Courage to be Safe
offers the Near-Miss Reporting System that will prevent injuries and perhaps LODD. Courage to be Safe explains the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives and provides recommendations to implement them in your fire department.

Forcible Entry
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Professional Rescue Innovations
Equipment Required: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and safety glasses will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: How does a firefighter gain entry into a secured building? Getting inside to stop a fire or rescue
a potential victim can be time consuming, hazardous and difficult. Learn the various methods employed to gain entry into a building through doors, windows, walls and by forcing locks. Emphasis is on safety, speed and minimizing property damage. The difference between success or failure during a fire suppression operation or rescue may depend on the ability of the firefighter to breach a barrier quickly, efficiently and safely. Get hands-on practice through through
the use of realistic props.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5009-30517 Cost: $30
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Cancelled

Halligan 101
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Tim Nemmers, Suburban Fire Development; John Halbrook, Suburban Fire Development
Equipment Required: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and safety glasses will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: Learn the correct methods and terminology for the six conventional techniques of forcible entry. Participants will also review the basic tools commonly used in forcible entry situations.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Section: FULL
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Section: ETFR-5036-30616 Cost: $30

Halligan 201
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Tim Nemmers, Suburban Fire Development; John Halbrook, Suburban Fire Development
Equipment Required: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and safety glasses will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: This hands-on workshop is a continuation of Halligan 101. This intermediate workshop takes the fundamentals obtained in Halligan 101 to build the student’s confidence and skill level. Participants will encounter reduced visibility,
confined areas and other obstacles, distracters and stressors. Students must complete the Halligan 101 workshop prior to attending this workshop.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5036-30524 Cost: $30
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5036-30615 Cost: $30

Introduction to NFIRS Reports and Iowa Fire Bridge Software
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Alicia VerHuel, Fire Service Training Bureau
Objective: This course covers the basic knowledge and skills needed by those responsible for the management of their department NFIRS reports, including the forms and descriptions, common errors, submissions and basic uses for the information captured on the forms. It also introduces students to the new online NFIRS software program - Iowa Fire Bridge from Image Trend, which was purchased by the Iowa State Fire Marshal’s Office for all Iowa fire departments to use. Instruction on how to set up the program, enter data, and additional software features will also be covered.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Section: ETFR-5037-30514 Cost: $20

New Statewide Juvenile Fire Intervention Program
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Brent Smith, Cedar Rapids FD
Objective: This course is for personnel who administer Juvenile Fire Interviews that are now required to use the statewide JFI program. The course will go through the new program requirements including: paperwork, data entry
and tracking, and regional resources. Leave with everything you need for your program. All coordinators, interviewers, coalition members and those who want to start their own programs are welcome.

Organ and Tissue Donation: What Medics Need to Know
For: All EMS, Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Iowa Donor Network
EMS: Approved for 1.5 FE EMS credit.
Objective: Currently more than 110,000 men, women and children are awaiting organ transplants to save their lives. Thousands more are in need of tissue and cornea transplants to restore their mobility and sight. This course will explain the rationale for accurate patient care documentation and the consequences of inadequate and inaccurate documentation, the guidelines for EMS providers initiating organ and tissue donation at the scene of a death, and describes the process for tissue donation and how EMS providers play a role in making a donation a reality.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Cancelled
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Section: ETFR-5028-30617 Cost: free

PIO For Line Firefighters and Officers
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Jim Plunket, Ret., Lombard FD, Illinois
Objective: This course covers the basics needed to survive the media at an emergency incident. Topics include: questions on whether or not this could this happen in your town; preparing for the on-camera interview, sweaty pale, dry mouth syndrome; writing a press release; working with the media in non-emergency situations; and ensuring
your department looks good at all times.

Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Section: ETFR-5016-30528 Cost: $30

Reading Smoke: What Firefighters Need to Know Vol. 3
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Bob Downs, Ret. Fire Chief, Vinton FD
Objective: One of the most important size-up skills an officer or firefighter can have is the instant ability to capture the size of a fire and its potential for it progressing into a rapid, hostile fire event like flashover or smoke explosion. Oftentimes, smoke issuing from a structure is the only clue available to predict fire behavior. Participate in four rapid recognition drills and four full scenarios that will give you the opportunity to read the smoke and discuss what the smoke is telling you.

Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5023-30531 Cost:$30

Red Nose Rx: Laughter and Humor in EMS
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Marion Valero-Lehman, Fire Service Training Bureau, Redfield EMS
EMS: Approved for 3.0 OE EMS credit.
Objective: Have some fun at this workshop as you learn to use laughter and humor while caring for patients in EMS or health care settings. You will learn the difference between humor and laughter and the psychological phenomenon, the four components of wellness, the four theories of humor in the wellness paradigm, and the various physiological benefits of humor. Get ready to laugh!

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5038-30529 Cost: $30
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5038-30618 Cost: $30

Responding to a Fire in a Building with a Sprinkler System
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Shawn Fluharty, Marion FD
Objective: Almost every building is protected with a sprinkler system. This class will discuss the types of sprinkler systems available. Learn how effective these sprinklers are and how to fight a fire in a building with a sprinkler system.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Section: ETFR-5031-30530 Cost: $30

Responding to Small and Large Aircraft Incidents
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Ron Harrelson, The Eastern Iowa Airport Public Safety Department
Objective: Learn to identify aircraft types and the hazards associated with an aircraft incident. See what can be learned from a scene size-up and approach, lessons learned from aircraft incidents, ballistic recovery systems, aviation inflatable restraints, FAA requirements and scene preservation of evidence.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Section: ETFR-5039-30532 Cost: $30
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Cancelled

Search-iology 104: Basic Perimeter “Search Strategies and Options”
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Fred Malven/Dean Tope/Jason Corbin/Dave Donnelly/ Staff, Nevada FD
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and SCBA will be required for all students involved in the
hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: This course focuses on the most commonly used search strategy, the so-called rule of rights or “perimeter” search approach. Several variations of this method will be discussed. Learn the strengths and limitations of this
option, as well as methods of overcoming or controlling the limitations and maximizing its effectiveness. Carries, drags and other methods of removing ground-level fire victims will also be addressed. The course concludes with practical
evolutions aimed at building understanding and familiarity with perimeter search and maximizing its safety, effectiveness and efficiency.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Section: ETFR-5035-30533 Cost: $30

Search-iology 105: Oriented and Instrumentation Search Strategies and Options
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Fred Malven/Dean Tope/Jason Corbin/Dave Donnelly/ Staff, Nevada FD
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and SCBA will be required for all students involved in the
hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: This course examines an increasingly popular alternative to the perimeter search, the oriented and related (non-contact) search methods. Learn the methods of integrating thermal imagining camera (TICs) into the search
process. The strengths and limitations of these options are addressed, as well as methods of overcoming or controlling the limitations and maximizing their effectiveness. Methods of removing fire victims from upper stories will also
be addressed. The course concludes with practical evolutions aimed at building understanding and familiarity with oriented and TIC search options and maximizing their safety and effectiveness.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5035-30534 Cost: $30

Search-iology 301: Large Area Search Strategies and Options
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Fred Malven/Dean Tope/Jason Corbin/Dave Donnelly/ Staff, Nevada FD
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and SCBA will be required for all students involved in the
hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: This course addresses various approaches to large area search. Begin with a discussion of various forms of large areas, including exceptionally large open spaces (lecture halls, theaters, factory floors, open offices), large complexes with or without normal rectangular room configurations, and maze-like spaces no matter what their size. Several methods will be introduced along with strengths and limitations of each. Methods of overcoming or controlling the
limitations and maximizing their effectiveness will also be addressed. Conclude with practical evolutions aimed at building understanding and familiarity with large area search situations and maximizing unit safety and effectiveness in dealing with them.

Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Section: ETFR-5035-30594 Cost: $30

Search-iology 401: Victim Specific and R.I.T. and High Stress Search Strategies and Options
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Fred Malven/Dean Tope/Jason Corbin/Dave Donnelly/ Staff, Nevada FD
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and SCBA will be required for all students involved in the
hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: This course focuses on high stress search situations such as those involved when a life is known to be in extreme jeopardy, whether a building occupant or an emergency responder is involved (i.e., an active R.I.T. incident). The
course will begin with a discussion of various types of high stress search situations, along with alternatives for dealing with them. Rapid options for finding, accessing, protecting and retrieving victims, including vent/enter/search,
vent for rescue, and protect-in-place methods will be discussed. The exceptional safety hazards posed by high stress will also be discussed. The strengths and limitations of various options will be addressed, as will methods of overcoming or controlling the limitations and maximizing their safety and effectiveness. The course concludes with practical evolutions
aimed at helping firefighters and fire departments bolster their preparedness for high stress search events.

Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5035-30606 Cost: $30

Traumatic Stress Involves Leaders of Recovery
For: All EMS, Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: James Coyle, Chaplain and Mental Health Doctor for the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
EMS: Approved for 3.0 OE EMS credit.
Objective: This course will provide first responders the tools to work together to help individuals in the aftermath of a disaster, as this cooperation is often a community’s first step towards repair. By providing direction, protection, treatment and security, first responders help the affected population rebuild their community. The recovery effort will require communities to work with local first responders, first responders who arrive from afar, and other agencies and communities at distant locations. All first responders bring their unique training and skills into the relief efforts.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5043-30535 Cost: $30

Advanced Vehicle Extrication
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Sandry Fire Supply
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and safety glasses will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of class
EMS: Approved for 6.0 OE EMS credit
Objective: The advanced class builds upon the basic extrication techniques and skills in the areas of stabilization, patient access and removal, and advanced hydraulic operations. Students will participate in scenario-type operations utilizing various hand-, pneumatic- and hydraulic-powered tools. Advanced scenarios will be utilized in this program.

Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Basic Vehicle Extrication
For: All EMS, Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Bob Sandry, Sandry Fire Supply & Staff, DeWitt, Iowa
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and safety glasses will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
EMS: Approved for 6.0 OE EMS credit
Objective: Auto accidents are the leading cause of accidental injury and death, and are some of the most common rescues that we respond to. Injured victims can be entrapped by the vehicle, requiring efficient and effective extrication operations to free them. Improper extrication methods can cause unwanted movement and additional injury to these patients. This course will give the student the techniques needed to safely size-up and mitigate an emergency involving an automobile type vehicle. Students will learn the proper procedures for vehicle stabilization, patient disentanglement and removal. This course will give the students hands-on experience with various types of rescue tools.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Basic Water Rescue
For: All EMS, Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Professional Rescue Innovations
Required Equipment: A Personal Flotation Device (PFD) is required. In addition, if you have any of the following equipment, please bring: water rescue helmet, water boots, ice or dry suits.
EMS: Approved for 6.0 OE EMS credit
Objective: This course is designed for agencies starting a formalized water rescue team. This course has approximately three hours of classroom instruction followed by three hours of hands-on skill training. Any agency that may work around lakes, ponds or other non-flowing water will benefit from the course, and anyone who works around water should be familiar with the potential hazards so that knowledgeable decisions can be made when needed.

Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5242-30537 Cost: $35

Combine Extrication
For: All EMS, Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors:Dan Neenan, National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS); Staff, Fire Service Training Bureau
Required Equipment:Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and safety glasses will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
EMS: Approved for 6.0 FE EMS credit
Objective: This hands-on class will take an in-depth look at agricultural trauma including a combine entrapment. The hands-on portion of the program will deal with trauma patient care, cribbing and extrication tools. Students will perform several evolutions in patient extrication.

Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5209-30539 Cost: $35

Creative Training for Your Fire Department
For: All EMS, Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Doug Kolkman, Iowa Society of Fire Service Instructors
Objective: Maintaining your firefighters interest in training can be a challenge. This program will give training officers several ideas to be creative and create interest for your firefighters to attend their fire department training.

Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5253-30540 Cost: $45

Dangers of Positive Pressure Ventilation
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Kriss Garcia, Salt Lake City (Utah) FD
Objective: A look at ventilation practices and how they interact with the modern fire loading as related to the fire triangle. This class boils away all the emotion of various favored fire tactics by looking at the behavior of fire within a structure.
Students will review the basics of fire behavior in a structure and acquire a thorough knowledge of how various fire ventilation tactics influence the portion of the incident that is immediately dangerous to life or health.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5232-30541 Cost: $45
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5232-30620 Cost: $45

Electric Vehicle Safety for Emergency Responders
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Joe Coen, Newton FD; Joe Zittergruen, Guttenberg FD; Field Instructor, Fire Service Training Bureau
EMS: Approved for 6.0 OE EMS Credit
Objective: The Electric Vehicle Safety Training Project is a nationwide program to help firefighters and other first responders prepare for the growing number of electric vehicles on the road in the United States. This course will provide
first responders with information they need to most effectively deal with potential emergency situations involving electric vehicles.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5254-30543 Cost: $35
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5254-30621 Cost: $35

Fire Investigation Awareness
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Special Agents, Iowa Department of Public Safety, State Fire Marshal Division
Objective: This classroom-only course is designed to enhance the ability to detect and determine the origin and cause of a fire. Specific topics include fire behavior review, investigator ethics, construction, ignition sources, reading fire patterns
and scene reconstruction.

Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Grain Bin Rescue
For: All EMS, Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Dan Neenan, National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS) Staff, Fire Service Training Bureau
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and safety glasses will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
EMS: Approved for 6.0 OE EMS credit
Objective: This class is designed to give students knowledge of grain bin design and structure, and you will learn the four most common ways victims are trapped. During the hands-on component of class, you will practice lock out/tag out and extrication procedures for both fully engulfed and partially engulfed victims. The content will meet NFPA 1006 and NFPA 1670 requirements.

Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5202-30545 Cost: $35

Live Burn Simulator Class "A" Fires
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Customized Firefighter Training, Graettinger, Iowa and Fire Service Training Bureau Staff
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and SCBA will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: This class from Customized Firefighter Training Inc. includes classroom and hands on time in the Advanced Mobile Live Burn Simulator. The class will give you smoke, heat, fire and rollover in a controlled enviroment. Hands on training with hose handling in hallways and stairs, extinguishing fire, performing fire attack, ventilatio and overhaul. All the advantages of live fire training with safety and convience. Classroom will cover how fires have changed, to modern day fuel loads and construction, to some of the techniques to battle them.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5201-30546 Cost: $35
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5201-30622 Cost: $35

Live Flashover Simulator
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Customized Firefighter Training, Graettinger, Iowa
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and SCBA will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: The Flashover Unit allows Firefighters the opportunity to see, look for and learn to recognize the pre-flashover conditions. The Firefighter will see and experience real fire that will follow the realworld time temperature curve, not some computerized controlled propane simulation. It is extremely important that Firefighters not only appreciate the limits of their protective gear but to experience the fully developed fire, dense smoke, high heat, and rollover-the warning signs of flashover, all of which are present in the unit. Must be trained to the Fire Fighter 1.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Section: Saturday is FULL
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5230-30623 Cost: $60

Responding to Grain Bin Fires
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Cliff McFarland, Ret., West Des Moines FD; Staff, Fire Service Training Bureau
Objective: This class is to familiarize firefighters on how to respond to fires in grain elevators, grain bins, silos or feed mills. Focus on what to look for, how to approach and how to extinguish these fires. This class will also cover life safety when fighting these tricky fires.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5255-30548 Cost: $45
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Section: ETFR-5255-30624 Cost: $45

Retaining and Recruiting Volunteer Firefighters
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: George Oster, George Oster and Associates, LLC; Todd Moomaw, Fire Service Training Bureau, Ames FD
Objective: Does your department have trouble recruiting new people and keeping members for the long haul? This course will examine the problems with recruitment and retention in the emergency services arena. We will look at what has
changed in the volunteer service over the last 20 years and why getting and keeping people is so challenging. We will also discuss solutions to problems that have worked for other departments across the nation. Come prepared
to discuss what your department has tried to do with this issue including what has worked and what was not so successful.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5236-30549 Cost: $45

School Bus Extrication
For: All EMS, Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Staff, Professional Rescue Innovations; Staff, Fire Service Training Bureau
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and safety glasses will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of class
EMS: Approved for 6.0 OE EMS credit
Objective: The school bus rescue program will give students an in-depth look at the unique features and rescue considerations when dealing with a school bus incident. This course will identify the different types of buses and explain school bus construction and how it impacts the responder. This course will also help the participants lay
the ground work for dealing with a large scale MCI. Equipment and resource needs will also be identified. The hands-on portion of this class will address stabilization, several techniques for gaining access into the bus and special considerations for victim removal. The personal impact on responders will also be discussed.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5240-30550 Cost: $35

Tactical and Practical Incident Command Systems
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Mike Burds, Dubuque FD; Joe Hein, East Dubuque FD
Required Equipment:Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and SCBA will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: The school bus rescue program will give students an in-depth look at the unique features and rescue considerations when dealing with a school bus incident. This course will identify the different types of buses and explain school bus construction and how it impacts the responder. This course will also help the participants lay
the ground work for dealing with a large scale MCI. Equipment and resource needs will also be identified. The hands-on portion of this class will address stabilization, several techniques for gaining access into the bus and special considerations for victim removal. The personal impact on responders will also be discussed.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5256-30575 Cost: $50

Tractor Rollover
For: All EMS, Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Dan Neenan, NECAS (National Education Center for Agricultural Safety); Staff, Fire Service Training Bureau
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and safety glasses will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
EMS: Approved for 6.0 FE EMS Credit
Objective: The tractor rollover extrication training program will give the students an in-depth look at how tractors roll over and new safety devices that help stabilize a tractor including Roll-Over Protection Systems (ROPS). The latest data shows 2.32 million tractors in the US without ROPS. The hands on portion of the program will deal with trauma patient care, cribbing, extrication tools. Students will perform several evolutions in patient extrication.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Trench Rescue: The Silent Killer
For: All EMS, Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors:Staff, Professional Rescue Innovations; Staff, Fire Service Training Bureau
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and safety glasses will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
EMS: Approved for 6.0 OE EMS Credit
Objective: This course will give responders hands-on training on trench rescue procedures and the content will adhere to NFPA 1006 and NFPA 1670. The purpose of this course is to explain basic strategies to safeguard responders’ health
and safety when dealing with potential dangers associated with trench collapse emergencies. Individuals will gain basic knowledge in trench procedures, new equipment, trench hazards and proper patient packaging. This course allows
responders to work together to understand the patient’s needs.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5246-30577 Cost: $35

Vehicle Fire Attack: What Firefighters Need to Know
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Randy Thompson, Grundy Center FD; Nathan Kappel, Ackley FD
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and SCBA will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: Students will leave the course with the knowledge and skill to safely extinguish a vehicle fire. Topics include incident command, accountability, safety issues, extinguishment, overhaul and termination. This course is a combination
of classroom and hands-on fire exercises.

Date: 9/22/2012 Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Section: ETFR-5251-30578 Cost: $50
Date: 9/23/2012 Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Section: CANCELLED

Basic Firefighting
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: John Zlabek, Hiawatha & West Bertram Fire Department; Roger Berry, Indianola Fire Department; Shawn Fluharty, Marion Fire Department
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and SCBA will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: This course covers the necessary skills for basic firefighting operations. The course includes a blend of lecture with the majority of class time focused on practical skills and competency. Topics include: firefighter safetry, use and care of SCBA, basic search and rescue techniques, use of fire extinguishers, fire behavior and fire attack with water fire streams. This class is NOT a substitute for the Firefighter 1 class.

Date: 9/22/2012 and 9/23/2012 Time: (9:00 am/8:30 am-4:00 pm/3:30 pm)

Big Rig Rescue
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Professional Rescue Innovations & Fire Service Training Bureau Staff
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and safety glasses will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of class
Objective: This course will focus on rescue from these large over-the-road trucks when they become involved in an accident. Topics include truck/trailer construction, air brake systems, vehicle stabilization, extrication equipment, patient removal, and techniques and tools uncommon to other vehicle rescue situations. This course will provide students with hands-on experience with techniques to use when these large over-the-road trucks are involved in an accident. The content will meet NFPA 1006 and NFPA 1670 requirements.

Date: 9/22/2012 and 9/23/2012 Time: (9:00 am/8:30 am-4:00 pm/3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5512-30581 Cost: $95

ICS 300: Intermediate Incident Command Systems for Expanding Incidents
For: All EMS, Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Staff, Fire Service Training Bureau
EMS: Approved for 12.0 OE EMS Credit
Objective: This course is intended to serve as a vehicle to share proven incident management strategies and practices, as well as to enhance teamwork and coordination among the agency’s mid-level managers and command staff directly
responsible for emergency response to incidents of all types. The course utilizes scenarios and application exercises to highlight key issues and facilitate discussion.

Date: 9/22/2012 and 9/23/2012 Time: (9:00 am/8:30 am-4:00 pm/3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5514-30584 Cost: $50

Ropes That Rescue
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Jim Whitaker, Burlington Fire Department; Ray Wilson, Mediapolis Fire Department
Required Equipment: Students in this class must bring a helmet (rescue style preferred), clean tight fitting leather gloves (no firefighting gloves), shoes with ankle support and non-slip soles (boots preferred), and long paints. Student should bring a harness if possible.
EMS: Approved for 12.0 OE EMS Credit
Objective: This course provides those personnel who are, or will be operating as a member of a rescue team, with the basic knowledge and skills needed to perform rescues using rope systems. Topics covered include: knots, rigging, belaying, raising and lowering systems, mechanical advantage, patient packaging, and rescue procedures.

Date: 9/22/2012 and 9/23/2012 Time: (9:00 am/8:30 am-4:00 pm/3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5508-30588 Cost: $95