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  • FTW 025: HazMat Ops Refresh Core Comp

    0.25 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Hazardous Materials Operations Refresher/Core Competency training is for student who have previously taken an initial Hazardous Materials Operations level 472 course. This course provides a review of the information previously learned in NFPA 472 Chapter 5, Competencies for First Responder Operations Level and 29 CFR 1910.120 OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, (HAZWOPER), First Responder Operations Level. The primary target audience for this course are fire, rescue, emergency medical and law enforcement personnel.
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  • FTW 026: HazMat Ops Refresh Virtual

    0.60 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This fully online course is intended as refresher training for students who have previously taken an initial Hazardous Materials Operations level 472 course. This refresher course provides a review of the information previously learned in NFPA 472 Chapter 5, Compentencies for First Responder Operations Level and 29 CFR 1910. 120 OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, (HAZWOPER), First Responder Operations Level. The primary target audience for this course are fire rescue, emergency medical and law enforcement personnel. Prerequisite Course(s): Students should have previously completed a course meeting and initial training requirements of NFPA 472 Material Operations and their authority having jurisdiction If students wish to receive a Pennsylvania State Fire Academy PSFA accredited course certificate, they are required to upload the following documents to prove completion of prerequisite training: PSFA Hazardous Material Operations (HMO)-24 hours PSFA Delmar (DMHO)-24 hours, Jones & Bartlett (HMOJB-24 hours.
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  • FTW 027: HazMat Awareness High School

    0.40 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This educational course will train the high school students will be trained to initiate an emergency response sequence by notifying the proper authorities of the release. They shall have sufficient training or have had sufficient experience to objectively demonstrate competency to understand what hazardous substances are, the risks, potential outcomes, the ability to recognize and identify their presence, their role including site security, safe scene management and how to use the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) Emergency Response Guidebook during a hazardous materials/WMD emergency. Minimum age is 14 years old.
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  • FTW 028: HazMat Ops in the High School

    2.40 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This educational program will train the high school student to respond in a defensive fashion and at a safe distance, to contain a hazardous materials release and to keep it from spreading and prevent exposures. They must understand basic basic hazard and risk assessment, how to select and use proper personnel protective equipment, basic hazardous materials terms, basic control, containment and/or confinement operations with the the capabilities of the resources and PPE available, basic decontamination procedures and termination procedures.
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  • FTW 029: Education Methodology

    4.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This 40 hour course teaches the fire fighter about adult learning, teaching techniques, preparation of instructional objectives and development of lesson plans to meet those objectives. Various forms of audio visual aids will be demonstrated and each student will develop and present a teaching lesson. Prerequisites: Interior Fire Fighter and five years of experience in the fire service.
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  • FTW 030: Rapid Intervention Team Ops

    1.60 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This course is designed to give personnel the essential knowledge, skills and abilities to function on the fireground as a member of a Rapid Intervention Team. Staffing the RIT, searching for missing firefighters, accessing and assessing the downed firefighter rescue/removal procedures, and integrated exercises. Note: This class is physically demanding. Students participating in the program should be in good physical condition. No facial hair that will interfere with seal of the SCBA face piece will be allowed. Students must wear long sleeved shirts during all live-fire exercise. Prerequisites: Rapid Intervention Teams (RITC, 3-hr class) and Essentials of Firefighting or Fire Operations Module D.
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  • FTW 031: Ind Confined Space Res Refresh

    0.80 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This refresher course deals primarily with rescues involving confined spaces. Subjects include definition, regulations, identification, needs, psychology, and techniques. Practical application of rescue techniques are practiced in real confined spaces.
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  • FTW 032: Fire Fighter I Cert Review

    1.60 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    This course is designed to refresh and reinforce the basic knowledge and skills required by any fire fighter who wishes to work efficiently, effectively and safely as part team on the fire ground or is preparing for their Fire Fighter I Certification Exam.
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  • FTW 033: NFPA 1001: Firefighter I Exam

    0.80 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    The purpose of this open challenge exam process is to identify and recognize emergency service personnel whose accomplishments in training and education meets or exceeds nationally recognized NFPA 1001 Standards for Fire Service Professional Qualifications. Information on the certification process, prerequisites, and study guide information can be obtained from the Candidate Handbook, and Application; located on the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy website. Prior to the test date, the student must submit an original/typed Certification Application, including all prerequisites to the Shumaker Public Safety Center; Fire Training Unit.
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  • FTW 034: Bldg Const/Non Comb/Fire Res

    1.60 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    The failure of a building or building components under fire conditions is a leading cause of fire fighter death and The ability to recognize and locate relevant information about a building before a fire, and to ??read?? a building during the course of a fire incident, are essential survival skills. This course gives the student the ability to accomplish these tasks when confronted with a building of fire-resistive or non-combustible construction. The unique problems of conducting emergency operations in building under construction are also addressed.
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