Training Announcements
FIRE ACADEMY
The 2010 resident course catalog for the PA State Fire Academy is available online, and a copy is saved on the network at the stations.
NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY
The National Fire Academy offers a variety of courses both on-campus and on-line. The 2010-2011 semester is posted on line. For more information on the on-campus courses held in Emittsburg, MD, go to the NFA website.
There are a number of National Fire Academy courses offered locally at the Montgomery County Fire Academy and online at the NFA Online website.
Responding to Terrorist Incidents in Your Community:
Flammable Liquid Fire Fighting Techniques for Municipal and Rural Firefighters
Four day (32 hour) course.
Various weekends are available, but dates are filling up.
Held at the University of Nevada's Reno Fire Science Academy in Carlin, NV
Training cost is FREE, pending approval of a scholarship grant.
This special 32 hour course will include training for response to terrorist behavior, sabotage, and damage to "soft targets," including truck and rail terminals, pipeline transfer stations and other industrial facilities in municipal and rural communities. Instructors are experts chosen for their depth of knowledge, teaching skills, and real-life experience in their fields.
Tuition, PPE use, travel, lodging, and meals are FREE. You must apply for a scholarship. For more information or an application for the scholarship grant, please go to the Reno Fire Science Academy web site.
There are requirements for this program. The 32 hours for the course do NOT include the travel time. We have had two members (James Staufenberg and George Myers) that have attended this course, so feel free to ask about the program. If you would like to attend, please see the Chief.
