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.
Wednesday Nights Only
Course Start: Wednesday | January 17, 2024
*Mandatory Orientation Night | 01/17/2024
Course End: Saturday | June 29, 2024
Fee: $500 In-County | $750 Out-county
This course is an advanced focus on the fundamentals of fire strategy and tactics. It is a study of fire hazards, incident command, fire behavior, and the physical and chemical effects of combustion on dwellings and building construction considerations. Leadership qualities and traits are discussed and exhibited via a leadership retreat performed by the students. A capstone defense paper is required to be delivered to the instructor cadre upon completion. There will be extensive reading and assignments to complete.
PREREQUISITE: NJDFS Fire 1 & NJDFS Fire 2
Book List:
Title: Fireground Strategies
Author: Anthony Avillo
Publisher: Fire Engineering Books & Videos
Edition: 3rd Edition (2019)
ISBN: 978-1-59370-353-0
Title: Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service
Author: Brannigan & Corbett
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Edition: 6th Edition (2019)
ISBN: 978-1284177312
*Must have books for Orientation*
TOPICS TO BE INCLUDED
Incident Command: Strategic considerations of size-up
Incident Command: Arrival reports and resource requirements
Incident Command: Fireground organization, ongoing communication, post-control activities
Fire Behavior: Strategic considerations of heat transfer
Strategic considerations of building construction
Strategic modes of operation
Private dwelling fires
Multiple dwellings
High-Rise operations
Contiguous structures: Rowhouses, garden apartments, and townhouses
Small commercial occupancies: mixed-use, taxpayers, and strip malls
Large commercial and storage occupancies
Strategic considerations for vacant and renovated structures
Limited intervention incidents: Strategic considerations of the first responder
Fostering a culture of safety
Capstone Delivery: Leadership Retreat: Lab Hours (8)
Course Start: Wednesday | April 17, 2024
Course End: Wednesday | May 08, 2024
Fee: $100 In-County | $200 Out-County
National Fire Academy Curriculum
The 16-hour NFPA 1521 Incident Safety Officer course is a part of the New Jersey State Fire
Officer requirements and provides students with a solid foundation and knowledge to identify
and analyze safety concerns, as well as how to communicate and recommend solutions to
the command authority. This course is an incident-specific, scene-oriented course that will cover
topics including the role of the Incident Safety Officer; standards, policies, and regulations;
record-keeping and documentation; risk management; and incident considerations.
The intended audience for this course is Staff and Chief Officers, Line Officers, and Firefighters with
command responsibilities.
PRE-REQUISITE: NJ Firefighter 2
Course Date: Wednesday | May 15, 2024
Time: 1930-2230
Fee: FREE (10 seats available | First Come Basis)
Attributes of Leading (AoL) is designed to build more effective fire service leaders of all ranks. This is a highly interactive, real-world applicable, case study-based course. The program focuses on twelve essential qualities of effective leading:
Competence
Constructive influence
Grit
Humility
Presence
Resilience
Self-mastery
Self-regulation
Stepping up
Trust
Vigilance
Wellness
Through a process of view, review, introspection, and discussion, the program challenges attendees to focus on qualities that constructively influence members regarding overall performance, health, and safety. Short videos for each attribute featuring firefighters and officers from across the country, combined with thoughtful words from the late Chief Alan Brunacini are used to stimulate discussion.
Feedback from participants attending the inaugural rollout and subsequent deliveries has been overwhelmingly positive. Fire departments across the country are including the Attributes of Leading program in their officer development and continuing education curricula.
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.
This course provides training for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS 100 and ICS 200 courses.
The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments to earn the IACET CEU.
Individuals who may assume a supervisory role in incidents. Note: During a Type 3 incident, some or all of the Command and General Staff positions may be activated, as well as Division/Group Supervisor and/or Unit Leader level positions. These incidents may extend into multiple operational periods.
Course Objectives
-Describe how the National Incident Management System Command and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents.
-Describe the Incident/Event Management process for supervisors and expanding incidents as prescribed by the ICS.
-Implement the Incident Management process on a simulated Type 3 incident.
Develop an Incident Action Plan for a simulated incident.
Prerequisites
Participants must have completed:
- ICS-100, Introduction to the Incident Command System;
- ICS-200, Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response;
- ICS-700, National Incident Management System, An Introduction;
- ICS-800, National Response Framework, An Introduction
This course provides training for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in ICS 100 through ICS 300 courses, which are prerequisites for the ICS 400 course.
The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments to earn the IACET CEU.
Selection Criteria
The target audience for this course is senior personnel who are expected to perform in a management capacity in an Area Command or Multi-Agency Coordination Entity.
Course Objectives
-Explain how major incidents engender special management challenges.
-Describe the circumstances in which an Area Command is established.
-Describe the circumstances in which Multi-Agency Coordination Systems are established.
Prerequisites
Participants must have completed:
- ICS-100, Introduction to the Incident Command System;
- ICS-200, Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response;
- ICS-300 (E/L/G0300), Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents;
- ICS-700, National Incident Management System, An Introduction;
- ICS-800, National Response Framework, An Introduction
*This course will be delivered in conjunction with the Recruit class. Dates are subject to change!
Prerequisites:
ICS-100 | ICS-700 | ICS-800
Course Description:
The Hazardous Materials Awareness course provides attendees from all backgrounds with knowledge and practical experience in essential, awareness-level hazardous materials competencies as defined by NFPA® 1072: Standard for Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Emergency Response Personnel Professional Qualifications and NFPA® 472: Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents. The Hazardous Materials Awareness course provides students with training to proficiency in identifying hazardous materials; utilizing the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 2020 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) to identify hazardous materials risks and protective actions, utilizing hazard communication documents to identify hazardous materials risks and protective actions, and determining awareness-level personnel and public protective actions.
Below are some, but not all, of the critical skill sets learned during this training program:
-Identify hazardous materials and weapons of mass destruction
-Identify awareness-level personal and public protective actions
Tuesday | Thursday | Saturday (1)
Date(s): 04/11 | 04/13 | 04/16 | 04/18 | 04/20 | 04/23
Time(s): 1930-2230 & *Saturday 0830-1630
Fee: $100 In-County | $200 Out-County
*This course will be delivered in conjunction with the Recruit class. Dates are subject to change!
Prerequisites:
ICS-100 | ICS-700 | ICS-800 | ICS-200
PPE Required:
SCBA | Turnout Gear | Spare Cylinders (1)
Course Description:
The Hazardous Materials Operations (HAZMAT Ops) course is a course that provides responders with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to analyze, plan, and implement performance-defensive response actions for hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incidents. During this course, students receive instruction and hands-on experience in the knowledge, activities, and responsibilities required of operations-level HAZMAT responders. This course trains responders to National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) 1072: Standard for Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Emergency Response Personnel Professional Qualifications.
Below are some, but not all, of the critical skill sets learned during this training program:
-Identify hazardous materials containers.
-Identify sources of hazardous materials response information.
-Identify types of hazardous materials.
-Identify properties of hazardous materials.
-Identify behaviors of hazardous materials.
-Perform response planning for hazardous materials incidents.
-Respond to a hazardous materials incident.
-Don and doff personal protective equipment.
-Perform decontamination operations.
-Perform absorption product control technique.
-Perform adsorption product control technique.
-Perform damming product control technique.
-Perform diking product control technique.
-Perform dilution product control technique.
-Perform diversion product control technique.
-Perform retention product control technique.
-Perform remote valve shutoff product control technique.
-Perform vapor dispersion product control technique.
-Perform vapor suppression product control technique.
***THIS COURSE IS SOLD OUT! A WAITING LIST HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED***
The changes in the automotive industry have resulted in vehicles on our nation's highways with higher horsepower, lighter components, alternative fuel/power sources, and significant impact and collisions. The efficiency in disentangling victims from wreckages is critical for a successful outcome for patient survivability. This 16-hour program, which exceeds NFPA 1006 and 1670 requirements for rescuers, will provide the attendee with the skills and information needed to operate on the rescue incident.
Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:
Vehicle Construction and Anatomy
Highway Safety Guidelines
Incident Stages, from Crash Stage to Termination Stage
Patient Mechanism of Injury
New Car Technology and Alternative Power Sources
Scene Size-Up
Stabilization of Vehicles on Tires, Sides and Roofs
Gaining Access to Victims
Disentanglement Techniques
Patient Extrication and Removal
The class consists of a lecture, with 12+ hours of hands-on skill stations and scenario-based workshops simulating actual incidents.
PPE REQUIRED:
Turnout Pants and Coat, Helmet, Secondary Eye Protection, Dust Mask, Gloves, Boots.
PPE Required: Helmet, Eye Protection, Gloves, and Boots (no shorts)
This course is specifically crafted to equip drivers/operators of mobile water supply (MWS) apparatus with the essential knowledge and skills needed to proficiently execute a water shuttle operation. Upon completing this course, participants will gain the ability to distinguish various types of apparatus and equipment, address safety concerns, identify different water supply sources, grasp pumping fundamentals, tackle common challenges, and comprehend the key elements of a successful water shuttle operation.
Throughout the course, students will actively apply their skills by engaging in activities such as establishing a fill site, setting up a dump site, creating a draft from a static water source, establishing a draft from a port-a-pond, setting up a draft using multiple port-a-ponds with the assistance of a jet siphon. Ultimately, they will integrate all acquired skills to execute a comprehensive water shuttle operation.
