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6B Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
On learning how to teach firefighters
The Training Instructor 1A graduating class: (left to right standing) Chief Robbie Cassou, Quincy; Capt. David Schmid, Quincy;
Capt. Chad Castagnetti, Plumas Eureka; firefighter William Marshmann, North Tahoe; Chief Bill Robinson, Eastern Plumas Rural;
Chief Lee Brown, Downieville; Asst, Chief Thomas Hansen, Sierra Valley; Capt. Eric Ward, Portola; (left to right kneeling) Chief
Ed Ward, Graeagle; Capt. James Arevalo, Graeagle; Asst. Chief Frank Carey, Quincy; Chief Gary Castagnetti, Plumas Eureka;
Asst. Chief and Instructor Tom Forster, Plumas Eureka. Photos submitted
INSIDE THE
FIREHOUSE
focuses on learning how to
teach firefighters technical
topics, typically in a class-
room. Training Instructor 1B
will be taught to this group in
the fall, and is focused on
learning how to teach manip-
ulative, hands-on skills. Both
of these classes teach how to
............................. "rC)MF't~RSTER .......................... work with basic lesson plans
Assistant Fire Chief
Plumas Eureka Fire Department
Twelve local fire officers re-
cently completed a 40-hour
California State Fire Service
Training & Education System
certification course for in-
structors. The class, called
Training Instructor 1A, was
held at Graeagle Fire Depart-
ment on five weekend days
and was open to all fire de-
partments in the region.
Training Instructor 1A
that are available statewide,
based on national firefighter
standards. Over the winter
the group will complete Train-
ing Instructor 1C, where they
learn how to develop custom•
lesson •plans for local needs.
They must also complete an
eight-hour Ethics for Instruc-
tors course, and an eight-hour
Regional Instructor Orienta-
tion course where they learn
how to coordinate certification
training through the State Fire
Training system. When all of
this is done, each student will
be eligible for certification as a
california Fire Training Ir~-
structor Level 1. This means
they can apply to teach various
certification courses based up,
on student and fire department
needs, and their own related
backgrounds.
Training and certification
requirements have increased
significantly in the American
fire service in the last few
decades, driven in part by the
increased complexity of ser-
vices needed and related chal-
lenges. 'iInereased training
standards make firefighters
more effective at their job and
ultimately reduce losses of
we have to be realistic about
how we structure training de-
livery -- how it isfunded,
where and when it is offered
and attitudes towards train-
ing to ensure that volun-
teer fire departments aren't
forced to choose between ade-
quate staffing levels and ade-
quate training."
Retired California State
Fire Marshal Ronny J. Cole-
man completed instructor
training in the 1960s and '70s,
when the state fire training
programs were in their early
days. "The fire service be-
came one of the few vocation-
al professions at that time
who were approved to certify
Council Health and Safety
Committee Chairman Ken
Fontenot. "At the same time,
life and property from fire,,, ,~ th¢ir~wn teachers at, thecom,
said National Volunteer Fire munity~0llege level," he said.
"Our instructor training had
to meet what was known at
that time as the UCLA 60
clock-hour course on instruc-
tion. We reached an agree-
ment with the State Depart-
ment of Education to. be able
Capt. Frank Carey, of the Quincy Fire Department~ completes a
required teaching demonstration on thetopic of structural fire
search techniques.
Level I, while some go all the Historically, most volun-
way through the series and teer fire departments would
become a master instructor, train only montldy, and al'
someone who can teach most always only with in-
these classes and certify oth- house instructorS. Today
ers to teach. Chief Coleman there is a strong need to work
now serves as the volunteer together with neighboring de-
chair of the State Fire Train- partments given the volume
mg& Education Committee, and complexity of the train-
an advisory board to State ing required. It also helps
Fire Training. He is also everyone through sharing re-
leading an effort to help rut- sources and expertise that
al volunteer and combina- they might otherwise not
tion fire departments with have access to. Weekly train-
leadership, recruiting and ing is now more common,
retention through the non- with additional weekend or
profit California State Fire- online classes thrown in as
fighters ,ASsociation. needed. ....
• In 2008, the National Votun- .'In Order to make wide- ; -~
teer Fire Council adopted a spread adoption of training
policy position that all volun- standards a viable option for
teer fire departments should a number of volunteer fire de-
establish a goal to train all partments, training and certi-
personnel to a level consis- fication opportunities are also
tent with the mission of the being made available locally
fire department, based on the and online. Regional facilities
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283-6363
to certify our own instructors
as long as we conformed to
the UCLA course. We devel-
oped three levels of instructor
training to help advance the
fire service."
Most local fire officers
are encouraged to complete
job performance require-
ments outlined in National
Fire Protection Association
1001: Standard for Fire Fight-
er Professional Qualifica-
tions. The standard applies to
all firefighters, both career
and volunteer.
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The Plumas County Fire
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very helpful, and we look for-
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said Graeagle fire chief and
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