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Fully Involved: February 26, 2024

GSFA • Feb 26, 2024
Fully Involved: February 26, 2024

 High-Risk Unified Commander Course

High-Risk Unified Commander Course

 Rescue Task Force Advanced Training

Rescue Task Force Advanced Training

Fire Service Leaders, 

 

The Georgia Fire Academy is pleased to announce we will be hosting the ISFSI course Water Mapping (Engine Company Operations: Hose line Advancement and Water Application Hands on Training.)

This course will improve the safety and effectiveness of structural firefighting and the survivability of potentially trapped occupants by preparing and providing hands-on training for suppression-based skills to be employed on the fireground. This training goes above and beyond the very basics by providing a more in depth understanding as to the mechanics of interior, exterior and attic suppression along with hydraulic ventilation and the use of specialty nozzles.

 

The course is designed to meet the following objectives:

1.  How to manage air entrainment and effectively distribute water and map the surfaces of a structure on the approach to, and into, various interior fire compartments.

2.  Strategies for utilizing different stream types, application patterns, stream angles, and methods of deflection to assist in game-time decision-making during exterior suppression operations.

3.  How coordinating ventilation post-suppression can quickly return the environment to tenable conditions and provide better visibility when conducting interior operations.

4. How to properly place a stream into the eave line to quickly coat the attic while limiting the ventilation into the space.

5.  How different specialty nozzles can be utilized to create more effective water distribution for fires in void spaces, basements, cocklofts, and other structure features which create challenges for typical fire service suppression methods.

This 8 hour course will be held March 20, 2024 at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center – Forsyth Campus. 

Seats are limited so register today:  Water Mapping (FFAA24338)

 

Please share the attached flyer. 

 

Ike McConnell

Division Director, Georgia Fire Academy

Georgia Public Safety Training Center

478-993-4697   imcconnell@gpstc.org

www.gpstc.org

1000 Indian Springs Dr, Forsyth, GA 31029

Water Mapping Course Announcement

The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC)

The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) has introduced an online directory of behavioral health professionals dedicated to supporting emergency responders. This upgraded tool replaces the previous PDF provider directory, offering a more accessible way for first responders and their families to locate the support they need.

 

The new directory allows users to search based on criteria like location, areas of expertise, accepted insurance, provider licensing, and telehealth availability, allowing those in need to connection with providers that best fit their requirements.


There are currently 220 providers from across the United States in the directory and new providers are added monthly. Search the NVFC's Mental Health Directory
https://www.nvfc.org/provider-directory/ 

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