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JUNE 6 & 7, 2015 Held at

BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA’S LARGEST

FIRE SCHOOL WEEKEND

COOPERATING RESOURCES

BUTLER COUNTY FIRE CHIEF’S ASSOCIATION BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA STATE FIRE ACADEMY

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Registration: Registration fees must accompany the registration form. Registrations must

be received by May 23, 2015. Any late registrations will be assessed a $20.00 charge. All courses will be filled on a first come basis. Each registra-

tion MUST include a second choice course selection. Confirmation will be by

return mail. The Fire School Committee reserves the right to cancel any course

prior to the start time.

Fees: Registration Fee- $70.00 (includes lunch both days)

No refunds unless class is cancelled

Make Checks Payable To: Butler County Fire Chiefs Association

Mail Registrations To: Registrar Butler County Fire School PO Box 1945 Cranberry Twp., PA 16066

Any student not a resident of PA is required to pay an additional $40.00 fee pay-

able to Butler County Community College. Mail check payable to Butler Coun-

ty Community College, PO Box 1203, Butler PA 16003 Attention Fire Training

Coordinator.

Chiefs’ Authorization In authorizing a student to attend the school the Chief certifies that the student:

Meets the qualifications/requirements to attend.

Has work permit Is covered by his/her company’s workmen’s compensation insurance while

attending this training. PPE used must meet NFPA or OSHA standards.

NO FACIAL HAIR PERMITTED IN CLASS USING S.C.B.A.

NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PERMITTED ON CAMPUS.

PLEASE NOTE: NEW ADDRESS FOR REGISTRATIONS

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Utility Response Series This Series will give Firefighters the opportunity to get four different areas of training to help them in responding to emergencies involving utilities. Students will receive 3 PSFA certificates and 1 BC3 certifi-cate. Students must attend all 4 classes to receive their certificates. Certificates will not be issued for one class. PREREQUISITES: -None INSTRUCTOR: -Kevin McIlwain / John Eckel LOCATION: -BC3 Students will need paper and pencil for class. 3 hrs. ELFS Electrical Emergencies PSFA Cert. Con Ed Yes 5 hrs. Response to Natural Gas Emergencies. BC3 Cert 3 hrs. CORE Carbon Monoxide PSFA Cert. Con Ed Yes 4.5 hrs. PPEA Propane Awareness PSFA Cert Con Ed Yes

Fire Rescue Awareness Series This series will give the Firefighter the opportunity to learn about four different rescue disciplines. From this point on the student can decide if he/she would like to move on to more extensive training in each disci-pline. Students will receive 2 PSFA, 2 BC3 and 1 Fish and Boat com-mission certificates for the weekend. Students must attend all 5 classes to receive their certificates. Certificates will not be issued for one class. PREREQUISITES: -None LOCATION: -BC3 INSTRUCTOR: -Norm Auvil / Ray Everitt / Don Straw / others Students will need a paper and pencil for class. 3.5 hrs. Structural Collapse Operations I PSFA Cert. Con Ed Yes 2.5 hrs. Water Rescue For First Responders Awareness PAFBC Cert 2 hrs. RITC Rapid Intervention Teams PSFA Cert. 4 hrs. Elevator Emergencies BC3 Cert. 4 hrs. Trench Awareness BC3 Cert.

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TECHNICAL HEAVY TRUCK RESCUE For the student to have an understanding of the difficulties associated with Commercial Vehicle Rescue as compared to Basic Vehicle Rescue and the skills to accomplish this technical rescue successfully and safe-ly. PREREQUISITES: -ELIF or EBM or FFI, BVRT CLASS LIMIT: -24 STUDENTS LOCATION: -BC3 / OFFSITE INSTRUCTOR: -Dennis Cherish NOTE: This is not a basic rescue class and is in no way intended to replace a basic vehicle rescue course. The student should have the skills equivalent to those acquired in the PA State Fire Academy Basic Vehicle Rescue Technician course. Students will need: Full TOG/PPE with eye protection

A Butler County Community College Certificate will be issued.

FIRE DEPARTMENT TOPICS SERIES This series is general in nature and gives the Firefighter an introduction to knowledge that he/she can take back to their fire department and begin using immediately. The information, though general in nature is important to the day to day operation of every fire department. Stu-dents will receive 4 PSFA for the weekend. Students must attend all 4 classes to receive their certificates. Certificates will not be issued for one class PREREQUISISTES: -None LOCATION: -BC3 INSTRUCTOR: -Ed Mann / Ron Wojcik Students will need paper and pencil for class 4 hrs. Courage to be Safe PSFA Cert. 4 hrs. EVRD Dynamics of Emergency Vehicle Response PSFA Cert. 5 hrs. RAO Resource Accountability Officers PSFA Cert. 3 hrs. RAR Resource Accountability Responder PSFA Cert.

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Class Times: All Classes will be held on Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Overnight Accommodations: Are available throughout the Butler area at these Hotels: Comfort Inn 724-287-7177 Days Inn 724-287-6761 Super 8 724-287-8888 Fairfield Inn 724-283-0009 Holiday Inn Express 724-841-0103 Hampton Inn 724-431-2400 Meals: Lunch Provided with Class Registration

All students must complete an “ Emergency Contact and Medical Form” these will be provided in the classrooms. DISCLAIMER: By signing the registration form you understand that the But-ler County Fire Chiefs Association and BC3 reserves the right to use photo-graphs and videos taken in the classroom and /or on campus for promotional purposes of the Butler County Fire School and the Butler County Community College Public Safety Training Center and its programs.

Days Inn Conference Rate is $79.00 per night. Please mention FIRESCHOOL to get the Conference Rate

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This from may be duplicated ****Please Print Clearly****

Social Security # Date of Birth Primary Phone #

First Name M.I. Last Name

Street Address County

City State Zip Email Address

Applicant Signature Parent Signature (under 18 permission for medical release)

Organization Chief’s Signature

Course Selection (total course fee $70.00)

1st Choice 2nd Choice

3rd Choice 4th Choice

Butler County Fire Chiefs Association Student Registration

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11 THINGS A FIRE OFFICER MUST KNOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL

This course is specially designed to help the new and current Brigade or Line Officer to be successful as they continue or begin their term or appointment as an Officer. This course will reinforce and introduce the legal requirements, relationship building, management disciplines, lead-ership skills, planning and other essential requirements to be successful. This is a break from the normal leadership classes. You will be given the basic knowledge and tools you need to become an effective leader in the fire service PREREQUISITES: -Students must be a brigade or line officer to attend this class. CLASS LIMIT: -30 STUDENTS LOCATION: -BC3 INSTRUCTOR: -JC Tedorski Students will need: Pen/pencil and notebook

A Butler County Community College Certificate will be issued.

INCIDENT SAFETY OFFICER (NFA) ISO This course focuses on the duties of the person who finds him/herself in the role of the responding safety officer at the scene of an incident. It is an incident-specific, scene-oriented course designed to teach what a safety officer on the scene needs to know and be able to do, using sce-narios to convey instructional points. Students should be experienced company officers, familiar with safety issues, the ICS, Haz-mat man-agement, and applicable NFPA standards and federal regulations. PREREQUISITES: -NICS –FS or NICS-EMS or ICS and IAFF or HISI or HMOR or HM Ops Cert CLASS LIMIT: -30 STUDENTS LOCATION: -BC3 INSTRUCTOR: - Bill George CON ED: -16 HOURS A State Fire Academy Certificate will be issued

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PUMP OPERATIONS I (PUOP) This course provides the firefighter with an introduction to basic pump construction and theory as well as operating techniques in this course. Emphasis is placed on getting water to the pump, getting water from the pump for hose streams, and prevention of common mistakes in pump operations PREREQUISITES: -ELFG CLASS LIMIT: -30 STUDENTS LOCATION: -BC3 INSTRUCTOR: -Chuck Craig Rick Craig Students will need: -TOG. A State Fire Academy Certificate will be issued

AVIATION RESCUE & FIREFIGHTING FOR THE STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTER

This is a new course developed by Erie Airport Fire Chief Rick Robie and Butler County Community College. It is designed to edu-cate structural firefighters to proper rescue and firefighting techniques to be used when confronted with an aviation accident. This course will associate them with the special hazardous encounter with an aircraft accident such as special fuels, aircraft components and construction, types of aircraft crashes, proper extinguishment techniques, extinguish-ment agents, rescue procedures, mass casualties, mutual aid-multi agen-cy response, and site investigation. PREREQUISITES: -ELIF or EBM CLASS LIMIT: -30 STUDENTS LOCATION: -BC3 INSTRUCTOR: -Rick Robie NO FACIAL HAIR PERMITTED per PSFA Policy Students will need: Full TOG/PPE, SCBA with spare cylinder. A Butler county Community College Certificate will be issued.

This Program will involve Live Fire Scenarios.

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Course Codes & Prerequisite Abbreviations

BVRO Basic Vehicle Rescue Operations BVRT Basic Vehicle Rescue Technician

DHVR Department of Health Vehicle Rescue EBM Essentials of Firefighting ECOP Engine Company Operations ELIF Interior Firefighter ELIS Introduction to the Fire Service ELFG Fire Ground Support

FFI Firefighter I Certification HMO Hazmat Operations Level HMOR Hazmat Operations Level Annual Refresher ICS Incident Command System LPGE Liquid Petroleum Gas/ Natural Gas Emergencies NFFT Foam Firefighting Technician

NICS-FS NIMS Incident Command System for Fire Service NICS-EMS NIMS Incident Command System for EMS NIMS National Incident Management System PUOP Pump Operations I REPR Respiratory Protection RICE Rapid Intervention Crew Exercises

RITC Rapid Intervention Teams SBS Structural Burn Session SFR Structural Fire Rescue SURV Firefighter Survival VRES Vehicle Rescue

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EMS Response to the large Scale Incident: The Forgotten Details

The first part will be titled "Managing the Mass Causality Incident" (1.0 Med and .5 other) This will cover the understanding of an MCI, the operations, logistics, resource management, etc. It will cover the inci-dent from start to finish. After Lunch we will do the second part of the class. It's called "Emergency Rehab, Beyond Bottled Water" (1.0 Med and 2.0 Other) It is going to cover the long term effect of the MCI on a first responder. Treatments both physically and mentally. This class is for all first responders including Fireman PREREQUISITES: -NONE CLASS LIMIT: -30 STUDENTS LOCATION: -BC3 INSTRUCTOR: -Scott Dolan / Larry Pollock / Philip Rozic CON ED: -4.5 HOURS

Sponsored by: UPMC Pre-hospital Services

ONE DAY CLASS—$35.00 Includes Lunch

SATURDAY ONLY

3 New Classes for 2015

Residential Rescue instructed by Jim Petruzzi of the Pittsburgh

Bureau of Fire

2 CON ED Classes for Medical Providers that deal with Mass

Casualty Events

Also new Fire Department Topic Series Class with a class enti-

tled The Courage to be Safe by Fire Commissioner Ed Mann.

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FORCIBLE ENTRY (TFE) This course will provide the fire fighter with a better understanding of building construction. Also covered are opening techniques and the use of tools for safe and quick access to a structure. PREREQUISITE: -ELIF CLASS LIMIT: -30 Students LOCATION: -Cranberry Twp VFC Training Center INSTRUCTOR: -John Gardell Jr. CON ED: - 8 HOURS Students will need: TOG, SCBA A State Fire Academy Certificate will be issued

INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRE SERVICE (ELIS) This course is designed to introduce new firefighters to basic infor-mation including an overview of the fire service, fire service organiza-tion, firefighter safety, personal protective equipment and terrorism awareness. This is the first of four courses in the curriculum. Junior Firefighters may attend. Students must have textbook. The textbook can be purchased through the Lancaster Fireman’s Association by call-ing 1-800-456-6932 or online at www.lcfabookstore.com.. Approxi-mate cost is $65.00, IFSTA 6th Edition. Skill books will be provided by the PSFA through BC3 at no cost. Firefighters 14 and up may attend.

PREREQUISITES: - NONE CLASS LIMIT: - 30 STUDENTS LOCATION: - BC3 INSTRUCTOR: - Frank Lemon Students will need: TOG/PPE

A State Fire Academy Certificate will be issued.

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ENGINE COMPANY OPERATIONS (ECOP) This course provides instruction in the duties and responsibilities of an engine company. Topics include: positioning of apparatus, use of attack and back-up lines, search and rescue, and water supply. PREREQUISITES: - ELIF, FFI CLASS LIMIT: - 30 STUDENTS LOCATION: -BC3/ OFFSITE INSTRUCTOR: - TJ Bonura Students will need: Full TOG/PPE, SCBA. A State Fire Academy certificate will be issued

STRATEGIES AND TACTICS FOR THE RURAL FIRE DEPT Firefighters and fire officers must be prepared to handle situations they encounter when responding to emergencies. This course will help stu-dents recognize the importance of selecting safe and appropriate strate-gies and tactics at structural fires. It will also help students understand the importance of conducting a thorough size-up, how to appropriately manage risk, effective radio communications, and how their decisions can affect the outcome of an incident. Instructor led group discussion on various fire ground tactics will be an integral part of this course. Students will also receive State Fire Academy certificates for Fire Dynamics Fundamentals and Fire Dynamics Strategy and Tactics PREREQUISITES: -ELEF CLASS LIMIT: -OPEN LOCATION: -BC3 INSTRUCTOR; -Jeremy Simcheck A Butler County Community College certificate will be issued as well as

2 State Fire Academy Certificates

3 Certificate Class

BASIC FIREMANSHIP The basic skills necessary to function as a member of a fire department are covered in this course. Topics include hose, ladders, and use of SCBA. Junior Fire fighters 14 and up may attend. PREREQUISITES: - NONE CLASS LIMIT: - OPEN LOCATION: - BC3 INSTRUCTOR: - John Gardell Sr. and crew Students will need: Full TOG/PPE, SCBA with spare cylinder. A Butler County Community College certificate will be issued.

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RESIDENTIAL RESCUE 46% of all structure fires are residential in nature. This class will allow searches to be accomplished faster and safer. This class will cover: ef-fects of fire flow on search, review of fire behavior, VES, basic search review, oriented search, split search, drag techniques, ladder rescue, and multiple scenarios under smoke condition. . PREREQUISITES: -ELIF or EBM CLASS LIMIT: -24 STUDENTS LOCATION: -OFFSITE INSTRUCTOR: -Jim Petruzzi Students will need: Full TOG/PPE, SCBA with spare cylinder. A Butler County Community College Certificate will be issued.

Mass Shootings, Penetrating Trauma, and Basic Tactical EMS Exercises

Col. Tom Stein, MD and Lt. Col. Allan Philp, MD (SEP) from Alle-gheny Health Network team up with Butler County Team 200 to bring you this invaluable presentation. Lt. Col. Philp will discuss Penetrat-ing trauma, followed by Col. Stein’s first-hand experience of the 1991 Luby’s Cafeteria Massacre. The afternoon session will consist of basic Tactical EMS exercises led by Butler County Special Medical Re-sponse Team (Team 200). Graphic materials will be shown (discretion advised). Please wear long pants/BDUs, and works boots. An application for 8 Continuing Hours in the Medical/Trauma category has been submitted for ALS and BLS providers. . PREREQUISITES -Must be in Good Physical Condition CLASS LIMIT -30 STUDENTS LOCATION -BC3 INSTRUCTOR -Col. Tom Stein, MD / Lt Col. Allan Philp, MD

Sponsored by: Allegheny Health Network

ONE DAY CLASS—$35.00 Includes Lunch

SATURDAY ONLY

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Industrial Firefighting for Structural Firefighters This class will help Structural Firefighters to understand the complexi-ties of responding to fires in industrial facilities. Discussion will in-clude the importance of reviewing the in-house pre-plans and emergen-cy plant procedures and to incorporate them into the department’s re-sponse to an emergency/fire in the facility. Students will have the op-portunity to roll in and extinguish industrial type props fires by closing valves, using foam, fixed monitors and other standard fire equipment. PREREQUISITES: -ELIF or FFI and SBS. CLASS LIMIT -24 STUDENTS LOCATION -BC3 INSTRUCTOR -Kevin Smith/Donny Crawford TOG and SCBA with a spare bottle is required. A Butler County Community College Certificate will be issued

BASIC WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER / PA-130 (WFBB) This course emphasizes safety, basic skills, and teamwork in preparing individual wildland firefighters to work together as an effective fire-fighting unit. Junior Firefighters 14 and up may attend. PREREQUISITES: -ELIS CLASS LIMIT: -30 STUDENTS LOCATION: -BC3 INSTRUCTOR: -Clay Williams Field exercises require the student to wear leather, non-composition, lug sole, 8” top (minimum) boots, leather gloves, non-synthetic long sleeved shirt and pants (Nomex is acceptable) and a non-metallic hard hat with chin strap and eye protection. A State Fire Academy Certificate will be issued.

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EMERGENCY VEHICLE DRIVER TRAINING (EVDT) A large proportion of emergency responder deaths and injuries occur as a result of motor vehicle accidents involving emergency response vehi-cles. This course is suitable for both novice and veteran emergency ve-hicle operators, consisting of 8 hours of classroom and 8 hours of driv-ing on a competency course. It will teach, reinforce and review those issues and skills needed by anyone who operates a motor vehicle in re-sponding to an emergency. Students are encouraged to bring their own Department’s vehicles. Must be 18 years of age with a valid PA Driv-er’s License. PREREQUISITES: -ELIS or EBM CLASS LIMIT: -25 STUDENTS LOCATION: -BC3 INSTRUCTOR: -Eric McFadden CON-ED: -16 HOURS A State Fire Academy Certificate will be issued

STRUCTURAL BURN SESSION (SBS)- Acquired This course will provide the student with a review and application of the techniques used in safe fire fighting practices in an actual fire envi-ronment. Emphasis is placed on safety for both interior and exterior operations. PREREQUISITES: -ELIF or EBM, orFFI CLASS LIMIT: -30 STUDENTS LOCATION: -OFFSITE INSTRUCTOR: -Jim Thompson and staff. NO FACIAL HAIR PERMITTED per PSFA Policy Students will need: Full TOG/PPE, SCBA with spare cylinder. Stu-

dents must submit with registration a copy of their pre-requisite certifi-

cate. If Students do not provide pre-requisite certificates they cannot

attend class. A State Fire Academy Certificate will be issued