Build Your Own Customized Fire School Courses

 Lambton College Fire and Public Safety Centre of Excellence routinely customizes Fire and Hazmat courses for our Industrial clients. The following topics are available for insertion into our customized “Fire” classes. A listing of approximate classroom time for both Introductory and Refresher classes is shown. If students have had no prior fire experience they would benefit more from attending the three day Introduction to Fire Fighting Interior Exterior course than from a single day Refresher. Introductory courses are a pre-requisite before attending and fully participating in refresher classes to ensure the safety of all participants.

All classes do require approximately 60 minutes of classroom time while the fire grounds and equipment are prepared in the morning. Our philosophy is that we will discuss a topic, handle the hands-on activity related to the topic, and then discuss what we have done.

Your employee participation and level of learning is greatly increased if we can relate the course content to your specific needs and hazards. There are numerous options available that can increase the interest and learning levels for your employees but your company input is needed to make sure this happens.

Students attending courses where Self Contained Breathing Apparatus will be used will be required to show proof of fit testing on either Scott Av 2000 or Scott Av 3000 style masks or they may bring their own SCBA with appropriate fit test records. An additional charge to fit test students at our facility may apply.

Once we have received your completed forms we will contact you to discuss specific plant hazards and customizing components.

Thanks in advance for your continued support of our Industrial Fire School programs.

Sandra Morrison, Academic Support Coordinator
Fire and Public Safety Centre of Excellence
519-542-7751 Ext. 3800
sandra.morrison@lambtoncollege.ca

The following classroom topics are available and we can certainly consider other options provided we have the development time. The times shown are only guidelines. They may change depending on the class involvement, prior knowledge of the topic and on your specific plant hazard discussion!

Please check the classroom topics you would like us to include:

Live Fire Exercises

Field evolutions can be customized to use either full class numbers or some fires may be handled with a minimum number of students. When choosing the “minimum” numbers consideration should be given to handling another fire evolution at the same time with a split group. Although handling fires with a minimum number shows what a small crew can handle it may also result in a lot of “standing around” time for those not involved unless the groups are split. Splitting the groups requires more fire school faculty. When using water as our agent we require three fire fighters on each handline. When using foam we require a minimum of two on the handline and one on each pick up tube. If using your apparatus we need a minimum of two per handline plus your pump operator.

 

Fire School Field Exercises

Please note: Hose handling is to be conducted with all classes to re-familiarize the students with the hardware, operating pressures and approach procedures. This applies as well when using your own fire apparatus and hardware to ensure the safety of your employees. When using your own apparatus there is usually more “standing around” time while equipment is being set up.

Please check the live fires you would like to do plus check whether you want to use Water or Foam (or both) as agent(s) and with or without SCBA. Some fires can be extinguished with both Water then Foam for comparison purposes. If using foam on the fires, foam should also be discussed in the classroom.

Minimum number of students required without fire apparatus is noted below.