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Nebraska State Fire Marshal

Scott Cordes, State Fire Marshal

Awareness

Hazmat Awareness Level (6 hrs)

Course Description

This course is based on NFPA 472, 2013 edition, Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents. This program is designed to familiarize individuals, who may come upon emergency involving hazardous materials, with the knowledge to initiate a proper sequence of responder procedures and to notify the proper authorities of a potential problem.

Instructor I

Course Description:

This course introduces instructors in the fire service to instructional methodology. Topics to be covered include understanding what training and course objectives are, how to use a lesson plan, methods of instruction, concepts of the adult learning process, administering a test and how to interrupter test results, and the course evaluation process. Participants will use a prepare lesson plan and make presentations to the class. This course meets objectives of NFPA 1041: Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications Chapter 4 – Instructor 1.

Apparatus Driver Operator

Apparatus Driver Operator – Pumper (32Hrs)

This course is designed to meet objectives of the current edition of NFPA 1002, Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications. The student will learn topics such as: fire apparatus construction, inspection and maintenance, fire pump theory, various systems of pumping apparatus, transfer valve, pressure control devices, primers and drafting principles, fire streams and hydraulic calculation, and water supply and private protection systems.