Conducted by Michael A.Terpak
Deputy Chief, Jersey City Fire Department

Educational Seminars
Programs available for both the career and volunteer fire service:

• NEW 2010- Command and Control through use of the F.D. Radio - This is a 3-hour comprehensive program that focuses on a uniformed/informative and disciplined approach toward scene management and control through use of the FD radio. In this seminar we provide you with a scripted outline for the initial radio report, the alarm status report, and the incident scene progress report. Additionally, we will focus on identifying building construction, floor/occupancy designation, and discipline in your radio use. By reviewing actual radio transmission clips and case studies we will provide your department with uniformed approach on what to say, how to say it and how it should affect your fireground operations.
  
  
• NEW 2011 – Situational Awareness - This seminar is a MUST for every fire officer. Knowing when to stay or when to go are the critical factors outlined in this seminar. Situational Awareness, or the lack of it, is a consistent series of factors that leads to the success or failure of an emergency incident. The crucial component(s) in this seminar focus on what to look for, how to anticipate ahead of your incident and being prepared for the expected as well as the unexpected. This 3-hour program is truly designed to get everyone home.
  
  
• Fireground Size-Up - This program is a comprehensive review of the15-Size-Up factors necessary for an efficient, effective and safe operation. This program is designed for a current or future company and chief fire officer. This is NOT a basic program! This seminar can be presented as a 3-hour lecture or an all-day workbook seminar.
  
  
• MAY-DAY/URGENT Radio guidelines and Procedures - This is a three hour program designed to establish procedure with your members for a MAY-DAY or URGENT radio transmission. In this seminar we will identify the difficulties, the parameters, the difference between the messages, as well as how to transmit and when to transmit. Through the use of actual case studies we will present your department with a model SOP for a realistic approach to this subject.
  
  
• Team, Large Area Rope Search - This program covers all of the necessary steps your department will need in order to implement an organized rope search in large area buildings. In this seminar we will discuss the tools, the techniques, air management, and member responsibilities. The program is presented as a 3-hour lecture/demonstration with an all-day practical if requested.
  
  
• Development and Use of Fireground Tactical/Command Boards - This three-hour lecture/demonstration will take the student through the design and use of a Tactical Worksheet and Command Tracking Board. Students will be able to apply the tactical worksheets through a series of mock fireground scenarios utilizing their own department’s resources.
  
  
• Fireground Size-Up/Occupancy Specific - Each of the listed occupancy/buildings is presented as 3-hour lecture or an all-day interactive workbook seminar. Each class will cover size-up factors specific to the occupancy listed, as well as suggested strategies and tactics for the first due engine, ladder and chief officer.

Available classes:

1. Private Dwellings
2. Multiple Dwellings
3. Row frames and Brownstones
4. Taxpayers and Strip Malls
5. Warehouses, Factories and Loft Buildings
6. Garden Apartments and Townhouses
7. Churches
8. Residential and Commercial Office High-Rises
9. High-Rise Buildings Under Construction
10. Vacant Structures

Promotional Seminars - Through our sister company, Promotional Prep, we offer seminars for firefighter entrance, Lt./Captain, Battalion, Deputy and Chief of Department.

Go to promotionalprep.com or call 201-663-1068 for more information..

Seminar prices vary based on type offered.

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