Fire Instructor I

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• September 26-29, 2024

class information

IFSTA “Fire & Emergency Services Instructor”

Pre-course Assignments

Equivalency to M-410, Facilitative Instructor

Download the Fire Instructor I flyer (98 kb) and Firecamp Application (170 kb) in PDF format.

Poinciana, Florida Live-Fire Training Deaths — July, 2002

Lt. John Mickel and Dallas Begg Act

NIOSH Report, 2002-34

• Introduction
• Investigation
• Recommendations

Florida State Fire Marshal Report

• Narrative Summary
• Follow-up Investigation
• Conclusion
• Supplement #2—Fire Scene Investigation
• Supplement #5—NIST Experiments

Preventing Deaths and Injuries to Fire Fighters during Live-Fire Training in Acquired Structures, CDC Workplace Solutions — November, 2004

Poinciana Video

Links to Instructor Resources

Colorado Fire Training Officers Association

Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control

Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute Drill of the Month

FirefighterCloseCalls.com Weekly Fire Drills

Poinciana Training Deaths.

Video of Live-Fire Training Exercise
July 30, 2002

Download Poinciana .wmv clip, 3.5 mb.

Raw video footage, scene photographs and radio recording released by Florida Division of State Fire Marshal, Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigations.

Listen to Billy Goldfeder's Through the Smoke broadcast , “LIVE FIRE TRAINING? Get’m in There and DO WHAT?” — from February, 2006 on Radio@Firehouse.Com.