Anhydrous Ammonia Emergencies
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Bill Erb, Coralville Fire Department
Objective: Anhydrous ammonia is a chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen. At atmospheric pressure it is a gas with a density just over half that of air. It liquefies at modest pressures. This course is designed to give emergency responders basic information concerning anhydrous ammonia including tactical considerations involving outdoor releases at typical storage and transportation situations.

Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (12:30 pm-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5025-16316 Cost: $27

Emergency Burn Care
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Jackie Heinle, RN, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Department of Nursing, Iowa City
EMS: Approved for 3.0 FE EMS Credit
Objective: The purpose of this program is to provide current emergency care management and interventions to the critically injured adult and pediatric burn patient. Upon completion of this topics you will be able to: Identify the components of the primary and secondary survey and identify management techniques for the burn victim; determine the depth of burn injury and the extent of the burn size; estimate and initiate fluid resuscitation needs for the burn patient.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-12:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5003-16315 Cost: $27

EMS and Hazardous Materials
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Mark English, Cedar Rapids Fire Department
EMS: Approved for 3.0 OE EMS Credit
Objective: The student will demonstrate a better understanding of hazardous materials emergencies and the roles and responsibilities of emergency medical services personnel at them.

Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (12:30 pm-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5004-16317 Cost: $27

EMS Training for Individuals with Disabilities That Present Medical/Trauma Emergencies
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Lisa Roberts, Wadena-Illyria Fire Department
EMS: Approved for 3.0 FE EMS Credit
Objective: This course would teach EMS personnel that there are many people integrated into our communities that suffer from a varying differences in disabilities. At the conclusion of this class you will be able to: Identify all individuals that can present challenges; Teach EMS Personnel how to identify themselves without speaking; and also teach the basic universal hand and sign language techniques to assist in medical and trauma emergencies.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (1:00 pm-4:00 pm) Section:FULL
Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5005-16329 Cost: $27

Ethanol Safety Seminar
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Renewable Fuels Association
Objective: The course will focus on numerous important areas of ethanol safety including an introduction to ethanol and ethanol blended fuels, chemical and physical characteristics of ethanol and hydrocarbon fuels, transportation of ethanol blended fuels, storage and dispensing locations, firefighting foam principles and ethanol, ethanol blended fuel emergencies, and incidents at tank farm and bulk storage locations.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (1:00 pm-4:00 pm) Section:
Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-11:30 pm) Section:

Forcible Entry
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Professional Rescue Innovations Staff
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing 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 potential fire or to rescue a potential victim can be time consuming, hazardous, and difficult. The instructor conducting forcible entry training must teach the various methods employed to gain entry into a building through doors, windows, walls, and by forcing locks. This training must emphasize safety, speed, and the need to minimize 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. This course will provide the students the opportunity to practice with realistic props for hands-on practice.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (1:00 pm-4:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5009-16326 Cost: $32
Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-11:30 am) Section: FULL

How to Write a Fundraising Plan
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Dawn Svenson-Holland, Flashpoint Fundraising
Objective: You dedicate significant time and effort to developing and keeping your SOP's, SOG's and more current. How much time do you have left over to develop a fundraising plan? Would it be nice to not feel like you're shooting from the hip a few days before your pancake breakfast? This course will cover the steps involved in creating a fundraising plan for your department that establishes clear direction, goals and makes your case for community support stronger.

Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (12:30 pm-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5013-16335 Cost: $27

Hybrid Vehicle Training: What You Need to Know
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Professional Rescue Innovations Staff
Objective: Is your department trained to handle the increasing number of incidents involving hybrid vehicles? Are your members aware of the unique dangers surrounding these electric vehicles and how to minimize the risk to both themselves and victims? In 2010 it is expected that hybrid vehicles will account for nearly 10 - 20 percent of the midsize vehicles sold in the US. By 2011 some estimates place 5.2 million hybrid vehicles on the road with nearly 50 models available. From an in-depth look at the technology in hybrids to response procedures, this training covers everything needed to operate safely and effectively around these vehicles.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-12:00 pm) Section: FULL
Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (12:30 pm-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5011-16339 Cost: $32

Juvenile Firesetter Awareness
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Jim Plunket, Retired from Lombard Fire Department; Illinois
Objective: This program is designed for the firefighter just getting into the Juvenile Fire Setting field. Some of the areas that are covered in this program are: They height, width and depth of the Juvenile Firesetting problem; interviewing methods and techniques for various age groups; evaluation of the firesetter and how to develop an education action plan for the firesetter and their family.

Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (12:30 pm-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5014-16340 Cost: $27

Organ, Tissue and Eye Donation
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Leslie Bohlen, 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 explaine the rationale for accurate patient care documentation and the consequences of inadequate/inaccurate documentation; Guidelines for EMS Providers Initiating Organ & Tissue donation at the scene of the deceased; describe the process for tissue donation and how EMS providers play a role in making a donation a realty.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (1:00 pm-2:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5028-16342 Cost: Free

Patient Assessment
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Jeff Larson, Paramedic Specilist Story County EMS; Tracy Tope, Nevada Fire Department
EMS: Approved for 3.0 FE EMS Credit
Objective: Introduces the fundamental principles and skills involved in assessing the pre-hospital patient. Emphasis is on the systemic approach to patient assessment, with adaptations for the medical versus the trauma patient. Topics include: therapeutic communications, history taking, techniques of physical exam, patient assessment, clinical decision-making, EMS communications, and documentation.

Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-11:30 am) Section: FULL

PIO For Line Firefighters and Officers
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Jim Plunket, Retired from Lombard Fire Department; Illinois
Objective: The subjects covered in this program are the basis that are needed to survive the media at an emergency incident are as follows: 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 Making your department look good at all times.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (1:00 pm-4:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5016-16348 Cost: $27

Reading Smoke: What Firefighters Need to Know
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Bob Downs, Retired Fire Chief, Vinton Fire Department
Objective: One of the most important sizeup skills an officer or firefighter can have is the ability to capture in an instant the size of a fire and the potential for a rapid, hostile fire event like flashover or smoke explosion. Often smoke issuing from a structure is the only clue available to predict fire behavior. This session gives firstdue fire officers and firefighters a process to read smoke and predict hostile fire events.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-12:00 pm) Section: FULL

Responding to a Fire in a Building with A Sprinkler System
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Shawn Fluharty, Marion Fire Department
Objective: Almost every department protects a building with a sprinkler system. This class will discuss the types of systems that are out there. You will see how effective sprinklers are and most importantly how to fight a fire in a building with a sprinkler system.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-12:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5031-16354 Cost: $27

Retaining and Recruiting Volunteers: Practical Ideas for Fire, EMS and Emergency Services Departments
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Todd Moomaw, Fire Service Training Bureau, Ames Fire Department
Objective: Today Iowa's fire and emergency response departments face some big challenges staffing their departments. This course contains a number of practical ideas that my fit your community. They are based on this prmise: the most effective way to get volunteers (recruitment) is to keep (retention) the ones your already have. Your current voluntteers will be your best recruiters. Most of the concepts are focused on retaining your current volunteers. The last section of this course will offer some tips on recruiting new volunteers. Each idea presented is simple, straighforward and desinged for even the smallest emergency response department.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (1:00 pm-4:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5032-16359 Cost: $20

Trauma Emergencies
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Jeff Larson, Paramedic Specilist Story County EMS; Tracy Tope, Nevada Fire Department
EMS: Approved for 3.0 FE EMS Credit
Objective: Introduces the student to assessment and management of the trauma patient. The student will integrate pathophysiology principles and assessment findings to formulate a field impression and implement a treatment plan for a suspected trauma patient. This course covers Epidemiology, detailed anatomy and physiology, physical assessment, and management techniques relative to all types of trauma. Topics include: trauma system and mechanism of injury, hemorrhage and shock, soft tissue trauma, burns, head and facial trauma, spinal trauma, thoracic trauma, abdominal trauma, and musculoskeletal trauma.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-12:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5030-16369 Cost: $27

Advanced Vehicle Extrication Techniques
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
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: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Section: FULL

Agricultural Grain Bin Rescue
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Professional Rescue Innovations and Fire Service Training Bureau Staff
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: This class is designed to give students knowledge of grain bin design and structure as well as the inherent dangers involved in working with and around these structures and equipment related to grain handling and movement. Emphasis will be on safe rescue techniques for personnel when faced with grain bin entrapments. Students will be simulating engulfment, and actually be pulling people out of grain, just like in a rescue situation. The content will meet NFPA 1006 and NFPA 1670 requirements.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-4:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5202-16314 Cost: $35
Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Section: Cancelled

Basic Auto Extrication
For: All Fire, EMS 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.
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: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-4:00 pm) Section:

Basic Water Rescue - Awareness Level
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Professional Rescue Innovations and Fire Service Training Bureau Staff
Required Equipment: Personal Flotation Device (PFD). In addition, if you have any of the following equipment, please bring: Water Rescue Helmet, Water Boots, Ice or Dry Suits.
Objective: This course is designed for agencies who have recognized the need to start a formalized water rescue team. This course has approximately 3 hrs. of classroom instruction followed by 3 hrs. of hands-on skill training. Any agency who may at some time work around lakes, ponds, or other non-flowing water will benefit form the course. PRI believes that anyone who works around water should be familiar with the potential hazards so that knowledgeable decisions can be made when needed.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-4:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5242-16325 Cost: $40

Basics of SCBA, Search and Rescue
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Al Esch, Dan Klaren and Staff from Dubuque County Firefighter's Association
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: Putting the SCBA into operation quickly and correctly is a core skill for every firefighter. Each step in the donning sequence must be completed and all related safety checks and procedures must be followed. In addition this course will perform search and rescue as part of a team to locate and remove victims trapped by heat or smoke in simulated fire conditions. Remain oriented to location in building, air supply operational time and crew accountability at all times.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-4:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5239-16319 Cost: $45
Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Cancelled

Building Construction: What's New?
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Dennis Correll, Medford, Minnesota
Objective: Building techniques are changing with the "BUILDING GREEN" energy efficient movement and other new technologies of today. Residential housing and commercial buildings are being built better, faster, and stronger than ever before. But, how does this change the response to a structure fire or building collapse? What about new composite materials like "ICF", "SIP", and "TJI's"? Does this affect the weight bearing capacity of beams, walls, floors, and the roof? Should this type of construction dramatically change your response? In this class you will get a chance to see these materials first hand and discuss the differences and how it might change your tactics based on the incident.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-4:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5248-16327 Cost: $40

Combine Extrication
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Dan Neenan, NECAS (National Education Center for Agricultural Safety)
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing 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 class will take an in-depth look at Agricultural trauma including injuries a combine entrapment. 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: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5209-16328 Cost: $35

Confined Space Rescue
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Professional Rescue Innovations and Fire Service Training Bureau Staff
Required Equipment: Will need helmets, leather gloves, safety glasses and footwear that provides ankle support, will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: This course is designed to provide basic strategies for confined space rescue responses. The focus is on the hazardous atmospheres most often confronted in a confined space. Students will practice rescue techniques in a State-of-the-Art training simulator for both horizontal and vertical rescues. Students will understand facility pre-planning, working with the Incident Command System and establish procedures for conducting rescues. The content will meet NFPA 1006 and NFPA 1670 requirements.

Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5210-16330 Cost: $35

Driver Operator Training for Firefighters
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Marv Trimble, Cedar Rapids Fire Department
Required Equipment: Will need a valid driver's license, Kirkwood will have a fire truck to drive but would also like students to volunteer to bring one from there department if possible.
Objective: Student will learn basic safety requirements, minor preventive maintenance, vehicle check procedures, and basic vehicle operation. The student will also participate in various driving scenarios to demonstrate competency in vehicle operation.

Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5215-16332 Cost: $50

Foam and Foam Usage
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Jay Frederickson, ChemGuard, Minnesota Region
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: Today’s firefighter is faced with an increasing number of flammable liquid and hazardous vapor risks. This course will outline the characteristics and types of foam as well as application hardware and proper application techniques. The "hands-on" portion of this course will apply what is learned in the classroom in putting out a Class A fire.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-4:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5249-16337 Cost: $50

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: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-4:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5201-16338 Cost: $35
Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5201-16343 Cost: $35

Meth Lab Awareness plus Booby Traps & Other Suprises
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Dennis Correll, Medford, Minnesota
Objective: The first part of this class is the new updated program that shows the dangers of a Meth Lab. As you know, responding to a fire, explosion, or medical emergency may not be what it seems if a Meth Lab is found. You could be the first one on the scene exposed to the dangerous chemicals, enviroment, and other devices. Meth Labs are very dangerous and affect everyone. But did you protect yourself? What you do could put your life and those around you at risk. Knowing what NOT to do could be the secret to surviving. In this class, we will look at meth labs and what they include; what chemicals are used, the health effects, and what to look for. In the second part of this class, we will look at some different types of devices that can injure or kill First Responders. These devices are designed to protect their chemicals, drugs, and money in an attempt to control the local drug market. But, when responding, these items can become a threat to the safety of the First Responders. We provide you this information in an attempt to make you safer and give you a heads up, should you ever encounter one of these labs.

Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5247-16351 Cost: $40

Positive Pressure Attack
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Reinhard Kauffmann and Kriss Garcia, Salt Lake City (Utah) Fire Department
Objective: In the last two decades, lightweight building construction methods and the use of manmade materials in construction and furnishings have become more and more common. The time until structural failure can be expected in a fire has been reduced, and firefighters have seen hotter fires that generate high levels of deadly gasses. Recent students have concluded that fires grow more rapidly but the ventilation methods used by modern firefighters have not kept pace. This cousre will cover the proper use of PPA to allow firefighters great control over the interiror environment of a fire building and starts at the earliest stages of the operation when ventilation can provide the greatest benefit for victims, firefighters and the structures.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-4:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5232-16352 Cost: $40
Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5232-16355 Cost: $40

Propane Emergencies
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Fire Service Training Bureau Field 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 is designed for all fire fighters who may be called upon when propane is inadvertently released from its container. The course starts with a classroom session on the physical properties of liquefied petroleum gases and more specifically, propane. This session is followed by hands-on evolutions demonstrating the proper offensive and defensive techniques for a propane device leaking product. The leak may or may not be ignited.

Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5250-16357 Cost: $35

Pumping 101
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Scott hagenson, Lake Mills Fire Department
Objective: This class is for Training Officers and other Chief Officers whose jot it is to teach and refresh department members on pump training. In this class we will discuss developing a pump training program and the importance of this skill being practiced each year by the veteran firefighter as well as the new members. Ideas of how to make the skill fun as well as making members realize that it all starts at the pump.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-4:00 pm) Section:

Tractor Rollover
For: All Fire, EMS and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Dan Neenan, NECAS (National Education Center for Agricultural Safety)
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: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-4:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5244-16360 Cost: $35

Current Issues for Today's Training Officers
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Doug Kolkman, Iowa Society of Fire Service Instructors
Objective: In this course, students will unravel several issues facing today's training officers. This presentation is interactive, so come prepared to discuss issues such as lack of interest in training, mandated training, sharpening of aquired skills, keeping the training officers motivated, NPFA 1403, and other related issues.

Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5253-16363 Cost: $40

Vehicle Fires: The In's and Out's
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Randy Thompson, Grundy Center Fire Department; Nathan Kappel, Ackley 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: Students will leave the course with the knowledge and skill to safely operate a vehicle fire. Topics will include Incident Command, Accountability, Safety Issues, Extinguisment, Overhaul and termination. This course is a combitnation of classroom and hands-on fire exercises.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/24/2011 Time: (9:00 am-4:00 pm) Section: ETFR-5511-16312 Cost: $50
Date: 9/25/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (8:30 am-3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5511-16366 Cost: $50

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: 9/24/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (9:00 am/8:30 am-4:00 pm/3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5502-16344 Cost: $85

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: 9/24/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (9:00 am/8:30 am-4:00 pm/3:30pm)

Fire Ground Support and Critical Search Operations
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Fred Malven, Dean Tope and Staff; Nevada 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: Life safety should be the top fire service priority at every emergency. Firefighters have to be ready to perform a thorough search for victims and, if necessary, remove or protect them from harm under extreme conditions, at any time. And, they have to be prepared to save themselves or their colleagues, should they become trapped, disoriented or disabled. Is your department ready? Are you ready? This hands-on class is will focus on strategies for searching for, finding, protecting and removing emergency victims, while maximizing the firefighter’s own safety. Mini-lectures before numerous hands-on exercises are intended to be fun but challenging and informative. They will focus on four search dimensions: Search size-up and strategy; Accessing victims; Victim management; and Escape.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (9:00 am/8:30 am-4:00 pm/3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5513-16356 Cost: $85

Fire Investigation Hands-On Training
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: State Fire Marshal’s Office Staff
Required Equipment: Full NFPA compliant protective clothing and flashlight will be required for all students involved in the hands-on portion of this class.
Objective: The course provides firefighters with basic skills required in an initial fire scene investigation. Participants will learn about fire behavior and basic origin and cause investigation techniques, along with scene preservation, documentation and evidence collection of an on-scene investigation of a live burn.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (9:00 am/8:30 am-4:00 pm/3:30 pm) Section:FULL

Ropes That Rescue
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Jim Whitaker, Burlington Fire Department; Aaron Whitaker, Davenport 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: 9/24/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (9:00 am/8:30 am-4:00 pm/3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5508-16349 Cost: $85

Urban Search and Rescue – Heavy Lifting, Moving and Cribbing
For: All Fire and Rescue Service Personnel
Instructors: Rick Halleran, and Members of IA-TF1 Urban Search and Rescue - Cedar Rapids, Division
Required Equipment: Steel toed boots, gloves, safety glasses & helmet
Objective: Your fire department was just dispatched to a concrete storm culvert that fell off of a semi and landed on top of a vehicle trapping occupants inside. Does your fire department have resources and knowledge to deal with situations like the one just described? If you can’t answer this question, you’re not alone. Many fire departments don’t have the knowledge of lifting and moving heavy objects. In this class you will learn how to lift and move objects weighing in the thousands of pounds; the student will learn proper cribbing techniques, how to effectively use tools as levers for holding and moving. The student will work with air bags, cribbing, pry bars, mechanical advantage system (MA), rollers, shims and concrete. Students will be using Urban Search and Rescue techniques of heavy lifting & moving, heavy cribbing, and leveraging principles.

Date: 9/24/2011-9/25/2011 Time: (9:00 am/8:30 am-4:00 pm/3:30 pm) Section: ETFR-5510-16367 Cost: $85