DATES: Choose one, two-day course:
November 20 & 21, 2025 December 13 & 14, 2025
TIME: Day one: 0800-1630 hrs.; Day two: 0800-1500 hrs.
This course is intended to provide either the “dedicated” safety officer or any member who might be assigned the role of “Incident” safety officer with skills to function effectively as the Safety Officer at fire department incident operations and training. The primary focus shall be on developing decision-making skills through the recognition of cues that affect personal safety. This is a National Fire Academy-accredited course.
DATES: October 8, October 11, November 22, December 1, 2025 (choose one date)
TIME: 0800 hrs. to 1500 hrs.
This program is designed to ensure that instructors know and understand the safety issues inherent in all areas of firefighting training. Instructors must be capable of demonstrating the proper methods of identifying and correcting an unsafe act/task as it occurs. Safety must be stressed during training, so the Fire Fighter develops good habits.
DATES:
October 10, November 15, December 7 or December 19 (choose one date)
TIME: 0800 hrs. to 1400 hrs.
CEVO IV is a must attend program for both experienced drivers and those who wish to drive emergency vehicles. This highly interactive program is intended to be part of your agency’s comprehensive driver training or recertification program.
Are your apparatus operators truly qualified to drive the emergency equipment in your station? Are you in a position to fully defend your agency’s procedures, policies, and guidelines? Can you defend your driver’s training program? Hardly a day goes by that, somewhere in the United States, a chief finds himself or herself, struggling to answer these questions while seated in a court of law.
Dates/Times: Friday, November 7, Saturday, November 8, and Sunday, November 9, 2025
Friday: 1900 hrs. – 2200 hrs.
Saturday: 0800 hrs. – 1600 hrs.
Sunday: 0800 hrs. – 1600 hrs.
The Heavy Vehicle Rescue program is a specialized program focusing on accidents involving large trucks and autos. The program eliminates time consumption of rescuers learning on the job. Precious minutes of the Golden Hour are saved thus reducing the mortality of those involved in accidents. Rescuers may apply these techniques immediately upon returning to their agency.
Dates/Times: Thursday, Nov. 13 - Saturday, Dec 13 (click link above for specific times)
This 40-hour program will utilize modules based on NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications. This course will consist of classroom instruction and Job Performance Requirement (JPR) activities. This class will use the Jones and Bartlett textbook Fire Officer: Principles and Practice including Navigate Advantage Access, fourth edition.
https://www.psglearning.com/catalog/productdetails/9781284172393 The book must be purchased prior to the start of the class.
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM I-200.c
Dates/Times: Friday, November 21, 2025, 1830-2230 hrs, and
Saturday, November 22, 2025, 0800-1600
The 12-hour Incident Command System I-200.c course consists of the following topics in accordance
with the NIMS (NJDFS requirement for Level 1 IMS Certification): Leadership and management;
delegation of authority; management by objectives; functional areas and positions; briefings;
organizational flexibility and transfer of command.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT COMMANDER
Dates/Times: December 2, 3, 8, 10 - 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Zoom classes
December 14 - 8:00 am – 3:00 pm, practical skills and testing
This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills to perform his/her role as the Incident Commander at an incident involving a release or potential release of a hazardous material. Some of the topics covered include personal protective clothing, decontamination, hazardous materials containers, branch functions within the incident command system, and the eight-step process for managing hazardous materials incidents. Successful completion of this course meets the NJ Division of Fire Safety requirements for Hazardous Materials Incident Commander certification.
