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All emergency responders should teach risk reducing strategies in their communities. The South Carolina Fire Academy has multiple programs to assist emergency responders in this area.

  1. 4165: Fire And Life Safety Educator I Prerequisites: None
    Contact Hours: 40

    This course is designed to take the student to the NFPA 1035, "Standard for Professional Qualifications for Public Fire and Life Safety Educator" level. The course is designed for the individual who will coordinate and deliver comprehensive community fire and injury prevention programs designed to eliminate or mitigate situations that endanger lives, health, property, or the environment. Subjects include: a history of fire prevention education, learning styles, methods for effective teaching, public relations, high-risk populations, professionalism, developing life safety curricula, and evaluation & assessment.
    Students who successfully complete the course will receive an accredited certificate from IFSAC and an application for a ProBoard accredited certificate for NFPA 1035 Fire and Life Safety Educator.

    Course Fee:
    Campus $45
    Catalog/Request $5
    In-House $5

    Students: Min: 12 Max: 16


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    14165-251032/10 - 2/148am-5pm South Spartanburg Fire District  Enroll
    14165-251024/14 - 4/188:30-5:30 pm Clear Spring Fire - Rescue  Enroll
    74165-257016/3 - 6/281800-2200 Weeknights 0830-1700 Weekends Oconee Co Emergency ServiceOnly Saturday class is 6/28 Enroll
    74165-257026/23 - 6/270830-1700 Oconee Co Emergency Service  Enroll
  2. 5241: Fire And Life Safety Educator Quarterly Training Prerequisite: None
    Contact Hours: 6

    This course is designed to address the job performance requirements outlined in NFPA 1035 (Fire and Life Safety Educator). In addition to providing continuing education for fire and life safety educators, updates on state programs will be given and there will be an opportunity for professional networking.

    This class is also appropriate for public educators who work with emergency medical service and law enforcement agencies. Class topics will be different each quarter. For more information, contact crr@llr.sc.gov.

    Students: Min: 10 Max: 30
    Fee: $8.00 lunch included
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     5241-2500112/2 - 12/20900-1600 SC State Fire Marshal  Enroll
  3. 6100: End User Training Learn how to navigate the modules of fire incident reports, the purpose of NFIRS, how to write a great narrative, and how to gather information regardless of the situation. This class is ideal for those new to NFIRS and a great refresher for experienced users.
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     6100-25w0312/12 - 12/121pm - 4pm Virtual  Enroll
  4. 6190: Iow End User Training
    No classes currently offered.
  5. 6200: Administrator I Use your local data to solve your district’s fire problem– and learn ways to get from “bad data” to “great data”! This class covers quality control, using web-tools, and communication from the field to the report-writing process. This class is recommended for individuals who oversee their department’s fire incident reporting process and most advanced NFIRS users.
    No classes currently offered.
  6. 6201: Large-jurisdiction Administrator
    No classes currently offered.
  7. 6290: Iow Administrator I
    No classes currently offered.
  8. 6300: Data Analyst Training
    No classes currently offered.
  9. 6501: Nfirs Workshop
    No classes currently offered.
  10. 6502: Nfirs Codes & Logic Workshop
    No classes currently offered.
  11. 6505: SCFire And Community Risk Reduction Summit Moving to a larger location, the Fifth Annual Fire & Community Risk Reduction Summit will bring together local and national industry leaders to provide participants with valuable ideas and resources for targeted fire and life safety risk reduction in their own community. Reduction of fire and life safety risks cannot be done by emergency professionals alone. An engaged and proactive community is necessary for effective risk reduction. Learn from our national and local partners how to reduce the risk of fire and other life safety concerns for you and your community.

    This in-person event will be filled with speakers, vendor spotlights, and giveaways. Please share this invitation with your community partners to encourage their involvement in this opportunity and to further their engagement with your community risk reduction efforts.

    The summit is sponsored by State Farm and supported by NFPA and Vision 20/20.
    This class is free and lunch is included.
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     6505-250023/4 - 3/48-5pm Florence Center  Enroll
     6505-250013/5 - 3/58-5pm SCFire Academy  Enroll
  12. 6509: Vision 20/20 CRR for Chief Fire Officers Community Risk Reduction for Chief Fire Officers is Vision 20/20’s latest innovative training based on discussions and surveys with CFO’s from across the nation. Addressing misconceptions about the true meaning of CRR, this one day offering builds on difficult discussions, identifying prohibitive cultural aspects of the fire service and best practices that have helped move fire departments toward meeting the challenges of the 21st century. From Battalion Chiefs to the Fire Chief, this course delivers on researched-based information to set a solid foundation to meet your CRR goals.
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    16509-2510112/10 - 12/109am - 4pm South Spartanburg Fire District  Enroll
  13. 6510: Vision 20/20 Data Collection & Analysis Training For many departments, assembling the data elements for a Community Risk Assessment (CRA) can be a challenging and daunting task. Efforts to pull together community and organizational specific data, analyzing and presenting such in a meaningful format can many times fall flat. Varying levels of expertise within the organization can have significant impact on selecting the proper data elements, understanding where to easily access them and incorporating visualizations into an easily readable document. The 3-day Data Collection & Analysis training breaks this process down into a linear set of well-defined and manageable tasks to draft a basic CRA. Students use various organizational data sets along with Vision 20/20’s intuitive training, tools and proprietary template to quickly and efficiently draft their CRA, setting the foundation for organizational CRR planning and implementation. The Data Collection & Analysis training was developed with Vision 20/20’s philosophy to Educate, Equip & Engage and is a strategic investment to build a vital skillset for current and future fire service leaders.
    Learning objectives
    • Organize a variety of data elements and their relationships into meaningful segments related to your organization and community
    • Apply the fundamentals of data analysis such as advanced Excel functions, pivot tables, RMS, and practical statistics to build components of your Community Risk Assessment
    • Demonstrate the ability to communicate data insights effectively to stakeholders using data storytelling and visualizations

    Course Fees: $24.00
    Dorms and breakfast extra.

    No classes currently offered.
  14. 7013: Fire Service Leadership, Recruitment & Wellness 8 Hour Program Tuesday June 25, 2019
    7013 Fire Service Leadership, Recruitment & Wellness (Max 50 Students)
    Lead Instructors: Jeff Cash & Kevin Quinn
    Leadership: Quality leadership is essential for the fire service to face current and future challenges. Examine leadership styles, qualities, and practices that will help your department function at a high level by avoiding fire service leadership pitfalls.
    Recruitment & Retention: Many fire and EMS departments across the nation are struggling to find new volunteer members. This course will discuss the challenges of recruiting volunteers and provide valuable research collected as part of the NVFC's Make Me a Firefighter campaign.
    Fit for Duty, Fit for Life: Firefighters do a dangerous job and face many risks. To mitigate these risks, firefighters should be in top physical condition and participate in occupational health screenings. NVFC Chair Kevin Quinn, discusses the importance of firefighter physicals, provides an overview of the options available to departments, and shares his personal account of how a firefighter physical saved his life.

    No classes currently offered.
  15. 7014: Mental Health Fire Aid For Fire & Ems 8 Hour Program Wednesday June 26, 2019
    7014 Mental Health Fire Aid for Fire & EMS (Max 30 Students)
    Lead Instructor: Michael Allora
    Mental Health Fir Aid for Fire/EMS teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. This 8-hour training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care. It focuses on the unique experience s and needs for firefighters and EMS personnel and is a valuable resource that can make a difference in their lives, their coworkers’ and families’ lives, and the communities they serve.

    No classes currently offered.
  16. 7020: Youth Firesetter Intervention Specialist Youth Firesetter Intervention Specialist is a 2-day course based on the requirements of NFPA Standard 1035 pertaining to the Youth Firesetting Intervention Specialist.
    The course focuses on how identification, intake, screening, disposition, and follow-up are used to mitigate youth firesetting behavior.
    This course is for the practitioner who provides services at the program delivery level.
    No classes currently offered.
  17. 7021: Youth Firesetter Program Manager Youth Fire setter Program Manager is a 2-day NFA course based on the requirements of NFPA Standard 1035 pertaining to the Youth Fire setting Program Manager. It empowers students with knowledge on how to develop, implement and evaluate a youth fire setting prevention and intervention program. The course is designed for the person who is responsible or will be responsible for leading a youth fire setting prevention and intervention program.

    Course Fee: $0.00
    Campus $16.00
    Catalog/Request $0
    In-House $0

    Dorms: Single $50/Double $25
    No classes currently offered.
  18. 7176: Leadership Strategies CRR Hours 48

    Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training

    NFA Direct Delivery This six-day course is designed for the student who has or will have responsibility to develop, implement and lead community risk reduction and health programs to include human-caused, natural disasters, and health risks. The course empowers students with knowledge of how to prevent, reduce and mitigate community risk. This course advocates the use of: • Proven interventions. • Mechanisms to gather and analyze critical data. • Actions to target specific at-risk populations. • Evaluation. • How to build internal and external support to accomplish the changing mission of fire and emergency services. This course will benefit progressive fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) departments who are initiating programs to reduce their community’s risks and mitigate their consequences. Student pre-course materials and course syllabus: https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/pcm_r0200.pdf PDF 747KB https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_r0200.pdf PDF 159KB Target Audience: Students desiring to enhance their knowledge and skills to lead fire prevention, community risk reduction initiatives, illness prevention and health promotion at the local, state or national level. Target audiences include chief fire officers, company officers, firefighters, fire inspectors, fire marshals, EMS officers, fire and life safety educators, and other community or allied professionals in community risk reduction.
    No classes currently offered.
  19. 7760: Best Practices In Community Risk Reduction Course description

    This two-day course demonstrates to students nationally recognized principles that, when used appropriately, can lead to community risk-reduction programs that can measure success in local communities. This course will give students the opportunity to explore programs from communities across the United States that have been showcased at Vision 20/20 symposiums. These programs demonstrate what nationally recognized organizations identify as examples of “best practices” in community risk reduction.

    At the end of the course, students will be evaluated through a 25-question multiple-choice examination. A final grade will be provided to each student. The minimum score needed to pass is 70.

    Link to pre-course work:

    https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/pcm_f0635.pdf

    Selection criteria
    The target audience for this course includes:
    • Fire and emergency services personnel who help develop and deliver fire prevention and community risk-reduction programs.
    • Fire and emergency services staff with an interest in advancing risk-reduction efforts in their community.
    • Allied health and community service personnel who help develop and deliver risk-reduction programs
    Prerequisites
    1. Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available through NFA Online. Chief's signature attests that the applicant has completed this required training.
    2. There is a pre-course assignment that should take about one hour to complete.

    Weekend Cost: $80 (nonrefundable*). This includes Friday night dinner, three meals Saturday (cookout/social, breakfast), and lunch Sunday.

    (* Registration is transferrable prior to June 30. Payment will be billed in advance and is due by June 30.)


    No classes currently offered.
  20. 7761: Service Area Risk Reduction This 6 day NFA delivered class is for those who want to learn how to do strategic community risk reduction at the station level? Here is the course for you. This course is designed for company officers who want to learn how to conduct a risk assessment of their service area. This will lead you to develop an action plan with effective intervention strategies and activities targeting a specific risk. You will learn the steps to follow to do risk reduction in an organized and planned process to keep you on track at the station level. This course is open not only to company officers but firefighters, paramedics, fire and life educators, and administrative personnel, as well as fire officers who want to learn about community risk reduction and how they can support the company officer in station based risk reduction. Prerequisites:

    The links to the two online self-study requisite courses for NFA Risk Reduction Training.

    https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/nfacourses/catalog/details/10802 Introduction to Strategic Community Risk Reduction.

    https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/nfacourses/catalog/details/10807 Introduction to Community Risk Assessment.
    No fee
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     7761-250014/7 - 4/128:30-5pm SCFire Academy  Enroll
  21. 7762: Demonstrating Your CRR Programs Worth
    No classes currently offered.
  22. 7766: Managing Effective Fire Prevention Programs Hours: 48


    This 6-day NFA course is meant to empower students with the ability to lead a fire prevention/risk-reduction bureau. The course units will cover: • Defining your new role. • Fostering cultural change. • Building fire prevention and risk-reduction bureau strength. • Power, politics and influence. • Establishing bureau priorities and strategies. • Organizational finances.

    No Fee
    No classes currently offered.
  23. 8617: Fire Safe SC Home Safety Visit Train-the-Trainer Overview and Update of Fire Safe SC/ Fire Safe SC Home Safety Visit Train-the-Trainer - Fire Safe SC was first announced at the SC Fire Marshals Association’s Spring Conference in 2017. During this session, an update on the progress of Phase 1 of Fire Safe SC and an introduction of Phase 2 of Fire Safe SC will be provided. As part of Fire Safe SC Phase 2, participating fire departments who desire to earn the Fire Safe SC designation will be challenged to conduct home safety visits in their communities. The Fire Safe SC Home Safety Visit Train-the-Trainer will provide the learner with the knowledge and resources needed to implement home safety visits in their community
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    58617-2550312/9 - 12/91800-2100 St. Stephen Rural Fire Dept  Enroll
     8617-2500412/12 - 12/126-9pm SCFire Academy  Enroll
  24. 8654: Everything Battery Workshop
    No classes currently offered.