The Public Safety Training Academy offers courses for firefighters. Please see the list of courses offered below and use the Registration Form for each course you will be attending.
Tuesday Night | Thursday Night | Saturday All Day
Course Start: Saturday | June 01, 2024
*Mandatory Orientation Day 06/01/2024
Course End: Saturday | November 16, 2024
1930 - 2230 Nights | 0800 - 1630 Days
Fee: $500 In-county | $750 Out-County
Firefighter 1 is the first level of a progressive program. This level introduces the novice firefighter to the basics of nationally recognized firefighting techniques. Methods of instruction will include classroom theory and skill-oriented "hands‑on" drill sessions. Student performance will be evaluated throughout the course including quizzes, mid‑term, and final exams; both written and practical. The New Jersey Division of Fire Safety's standardized Firefighter 1 test is given as part of the final exam. Firefighter 1 meets the performance objectives of the NFPA standard 1001 and N.J.A.C. 5:73‑4.3 standard, allowing a firefighter to perform firefighting under direct supervision. All students will receive ICS, CPR, Hazardous Materials Awareness, and Operational Levels of training as required by N.J.A.C. 5:75-6.1.
Firefighter 2 is the second level of a progression which includes Firefighter 1. Instruction at this level will be aimed at providing the student with the skills and knowledge necessary to function under general supervision. Students will learn advanced strategies and tactics in the following: IMS, Rapid Intervention, Extrication, Advanced Suppression, Advanced Search, VES, Rescue Task Force Awareness, and assisting Technical Rescue Crews just to name a few.
*Mandatory Evaluation must be completed to satisfy NJDFS Job Performance Requirements*
Further instructions will be emailed upon registration.
If you already have Firefighter 1, you can start with Firefighter 2 within the same recruit program. The date below is the anticipated course start date. *The date is subject to change for inclement weather cancellations. Check back on this site for updates or changes.
Tuesday Night | Thursday Night | Saturday All Day
Course Start: Thursday | August 22, 2024
Course End: Saturday | November 16, 2024
1930 - 2230 Nights | 0800 - 1630 Days
Fee: $500 In-county | $750 Out-County
***If you have taken Firefighter 1 within the past three years, there will be classes in the matrix that you will be excused from. Upon registering, you will receive an email for confirmation and instructions.
Firefighter 2 is the second level of a progression which includes Firefighter 1. Instruction at this level will be aimed at providing the student with the skills and knowledge necessary to function under general supervision. Students will learn advanced strategies and tactics in the following: IMS, Rapid Intervention, Extrication, Advanced Suppression, Advanced Search, VES, Rescue Task Force Awareness, and assisting Technical Rescue Crews just to name a few.
Flashover is the stage of a fire at which all surfaces, gasses, and products of combustion are heated to their ignition temperature and flame breaks out almost at once within the compartment area. This course will teach you to develop a working definition of a flashover, understand the 3 phases of flashover development, identify the 5 signs of an impending flashover, identify factors that can influence the development of a flashover, associated tactics such as PPV and VES and give you the understanding of the benefits and limitations of our structural fire fighting gear. We will also cover firefighter survival techniques in the unfortunate event a flashover occurs.
Firefighters seldom have the opportunity to observe a fire as it goes through its life cycle and this course will provide all of this information and more.
***Please register as a Department. Individual registrations will not be honored at this time.
*This course will be delivered in conjunction with the Recruit class. Dates are subject to change!
Prerequisites:
- ICS-100, Introduction to the Incident Command System;
- ICS-700, National Incident Management System, An Introduction;
- ICS-800, National Response Framework, An Introduction
Course Description:
After this course, you should be able to: Describe the course objectives and summarize basic information about the Incident Command System (ICS) and National Incident Management System (NIMS):
-Describe how the NIMS Management Characteristics relate to Incident Command and Unified Command.
-Describe the delegation of authority process, implementing authorities, management by objectives, and preparedness plans and objectives.
-Identify ICS organizational components, the Command Staff, the General Staff, and ICS tools.
-Describe different types of briefings and meetings.
-Explain flexibility within the standard ICS organizational structure.
-Explain the transfer of command briefings and procedures.
-Use ICS to manage an incident or event.
Prerequisite: Firefighter 1
