STATE FIRE TRAINING COURSES

August 25-28, 2025

Human Resource Management

This course provides information on the use of human resources to accomplish assignments, evaluating member performance, supervision and integrating health and safety plans, policies, and procedures into daily activities as well as the emergency scene.

Prerequisites: Meet the educational requirements for Fire Fighter II OR four (4) years as a career firefighter OR six (6) years as a volunteer firefighter.

Instructor: Ret. Chief Ken Harrison

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS AUGUST 11, 2025

September 8-11, 2025

All-Risk Command Operations

This course provides information on conducting incident size-up, developing and implementing an initial plan of action involving single and multi-unit operations for various types of emergency incidents to mitigate the situation following agency safety procedures, conducting pre-incident planning, and develop and conduct a post-incident analysis.

Prerequisites:

- Meet the educational requires for Fire Fighter II OR four (4) years as a career firefighter OR six (6) years as a volunteer firefighter.

- ICS-200.B

- Hazardous Materials Incident Commander

Instructor: Ret. Chief Ken Harrison

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS AUGUST 25, 2025

September 29-30, 2025

General Administrative Functions

This course provides information on general administrative functions and the implementation of department policies and procedures and addresses conveying the fire department’s role, image, and mission to the public.

Prerequisites: Meet the educational requirements for Fire Fighter II OR four (4) years as a career firefighter OR six (6) years as a volunteer firefighter.

Instructor: Ret. Chief Ken Harrison

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

October 13-16, 2025

Fire Inspections and Investigation

This course provides information on conducting inspections, identifying hazards and addressing violations, performing a fire investigation to determine preliminary cause and securing the incident scene and preserving evidence.

Prerequisites: Meet the educational requirements for Fire Fighter II OR four (4) years as a career firefighter OR six (6) years as a volunteer firefighter.

Instructor: Ret. Chief Ken Harrison

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS SEPTEMBER 29, 2025

October 27-30, 2025

Wildland Incident Operations

This course provides information on evaluating and reporting incident conditions, analyzing incident needs, developing and implementing a plan of action to deploy incident resources completing all operations to suppress a wildland fire, establishing an incident command post, creating an incident action plan, and completing incident records and reports.

Prerequisites:

- Meet the educational requirements for Fire Fighter II OR four (4) years as a career firefighter OR six (6) years as a volunteer firefighter.

- All Risk Command Operations

- S-290

Instructor: Ret. Chief Ken Harrison

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS OCTOBER 13, 2025

November 10-12, 2025

Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents

This course provides training for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS 100 and ICS 200 courses.

Prerequisites:

-IS0100, Introduction to the Incident Command System

-IS0200, Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response

-IS0700, National Incident Management System, An Introduction

-IS0800, National Response Framework, An Introduction

Instructor: Ret. Chief Ken Harrison

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS OCTOBER 27, 2025

December 8-11, 2025

Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior

This course is a classroom-based skills course designed to prepare the prospective fireline supervisor to undertake safe and effective fire management operations. It is the second course in a series that collectively serves to develop fire behavior prediction knowledge and skills. Fire environment differences are discussed as necessary; instructor should stress local conditions.

Prerequisites:

- Successful completion of S-190

- Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior

- AND satisfactory completion of pre-selection assessment and pre-course work.

Instructor: Ret. Chief Ken Harrison

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS NOVEMBER 24, 2025