King County Fire Training Officers

ODA Class List

Leadership & Supervision
February 13 - May, 16, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 35 Feb. 13,14 & 16,17. May 15,16. This 6 day course will cover the entire Leadership l,ll & lll NFA series. The first 2 days are dedicated to Leadership l and the basic skills and tools needed to perform effectively in the fire service environment. As strategies for Company Success. The next 2 days of the course are dedicated to Leadership ll and strategies for Personal Success addressing ethics, use and abuse of power at the company officer level, creativity in the fire service environment, and management of the multiple roles of the company officer. And the final 2 days of the course will cover strategies for Supervisory Success to include when and how to delegate to subordinates, assess personal leadership styles through situational leadership, discipline subordinates and apply coaching/motivating techniques. You must complete the entire series to recieve a certificate or eligible for college credit.

Instructor: Randy Krause

Location: Port of Seattle Fire Department 2400 S. 170th St. Seattle, 98158

Health & Safety Officer
March 26 - 27, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 30 This course examines the Health and Safety Officers role for a fire department. The class is at an awareness level of instruction showing the non emergency and emergency operations responsibilities assigned to the Health and Safety Officer. The students will be able to identify and describe the Principles of Risk Management and how the department can manage Risk. Additional subjects covered inclued Health Maintenance, Current Safety Issues in the Fire Service, Investigations and the need for a system change. Students activities will allow the students to increase their knowledge about the job of the Health and Safety Officer.

Topics Include :

   • Legal definitions, why safety legislation was enacted.
   • OSHA and L&I’s purpose and how they are organized.
   • The state and national accident/injury statistics for the fire service and their costs.
   • The importance of an accident prevention program and how to implement a program.
   • Overview of a blood borne pathogens training program (infection control program).
   • Understanding of how OSHA and L&I enacts legislation and the importance of WAC 296-305.

Instructor: Rick Ashleman

Location: Shoreline Fire Department 17525 Aurora Ave. Shoreline, 98133

Incident Safety Officer
March 28 - 29, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 50 This is a two-day (16-hour) course derived from the book: "Fire Department Incident Safety Officer" (Delmar, 2 edition) and addresses ISO components of NFPA 1521 (2007 - proposed). The course is a realistic, street-applicable approach to performing the functions of the Incident Safety Officer at fires and other working incidents. The class serves as an excellent study tool for those challenging the ISO Certification test for the National Professional Qualifications Board.

Instructor: David Dodson

Location: Shoreline Fire Department 17525 Aurora Ave. Shoreline, 98133

Fire Investigation
April 9 - 10, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 40 This class gives the Company Officer insight into how to conduct fire suppression activities with the Investigator in mind and fire inspection techniques.

Instructor: Mark Crowley

Location: South King Fire & Rescue 1405 SW 312th Federal Way, 98023

Fire Inspection
April 11 - 13, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Welcome to "Company Officer Inspector - Beyond the Three Es (Exit lights, Extinguishers 7 Extension Cords)". This course has been designed to provide you an introduction to concepts of fire prevention and an overview of the fire & life safety provisions of the International Building and Fire Codes. This will be accomplished while showing how enforcement of their provisions supports Fire Operations Strategies! This course has been designed to provide prospective engine company officers with the background information necessary to understand the code enforcement process and to implement that process at the engine company level.Goal, to satisfy the 2 primary fire prevention job performance requirements from NFPA Standard 1021 with respect to fire inspections. Certificates awarded after class attendance,Passing the written exam,and completion and passing of the take home practical exercise.

Topics Include :

   • Codes
   • Building Materials
   • Roof Design and Hazards
   • Fire Characteristics of Buildings
   • Stability and Instability Indicators
   • Preparation for Collapse
   • After Collapse
   • Hazard Survey

Instructor: Michael Trabue

Location: South King Fire & Rescue 1405 SW 312th Federal Way, 98023

Incident Command System
April 30 - May, 2, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 30 This course is about developing and working within an Incident Command System model for fire service emergencies.

Topics Include :

   • Practical understanding of the ICS System, Effective Communications, Crew Resource Management, Understanding the Role of Engines and Trucks
   • Determining Emergency Scene Problems, Making Initial Assignments within ICS, Developing an Incident Action Plan, Managing and Effective RIT, Expanding Assignments within ICS
   • Operational Support Considerations, Utilizing Strike Teams and Task Forces, Performing and Effective Transfer or Command, ICS Simulation Exercises, Final Exam

Instructor: Roy Gunsolus, Rick Marshall

Location: Eastside Fire & Rescue HQ 175 Newport Way NW Issaquah, 98027

Spring Strategy & Tactics for Initial Company Officers
May 3 - 4, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 25 STICO is designed to meet the needs of company officers responsible for managing multiple crews during firefighting operations. STICO is intended to develop the management skills necessary to accomplish strategic goals via tactical operations for various structures. The primary objective is to equip the initial arriving company officer as well as the later arriving battalion commander, with the skills necessary to implement, manage and successfully bring to completion a structural fire operation. A successful fire operation can be defined as one in which the incident strategy was well defined, tactical operations were clearly stated and implemented and safety practices were deliberately managed. STICO puts a strong emphasis on all aspects of the Incident Command System.

Topics Include :

   • Incident Communications
   • Initial Operations
   • Strategy and Tactics
   • Simulated incidents will allow participants to respond to a wide variety of structures and occupancies which have varying degrees of fire complexity.
   • Each of these topics will be explored during class lecture, discussion as well as practical implementation during fire simulation. The intent of the two day course is to put each participant into the role of Incident Commander during at least one simulated operation. Participants not in the "Command " role during simulation exercises will help facilitate operations communicating as engine and ladder crews assigned to the event.

Instructor: Brian Maier, John Stuckey

Location: Eastside Fire & Rescue HQ 175 Newport Way NW Issaquah, 98027

FS Instructor 1 Renton
May 14 - 17, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 12 May 14 & 17 Monday and Thursday. One of the elements of a Company Officer is the ability to teach their crew. Instructor 1 teaches you the different types of learning and how to present a class from introduction to evaluation. This class meets NFPA requirements for instructing level 1 and is accredited by IFSAC through Washington State. Students with questions or concerns about the course may contact Darin Murphy at darin@darinmurphy.com

Instructor: Darin T. Murphy, Chris Piper

Location: Renton Fire Training Center 1900 Lind Ave SW Renton, 98057

FS Instructor 1 Woodinville
May 14 - 17, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 12 May 14 & 17 Monday & Thursday One of the elements of a Company Officer is the ability to teach their crew. Instructor 1 teaches you the different types of learning and how to present a class from introduction to evaluation. This class meets NFPS requirements for instructing level 1 and is accredited by IFSAC through Washington State. Students will need to purchase the IFSTA 7th Edition Textbook and Study Guide.

Instructor: Steve Cooke, Marty Fowler

Location: Woodinville Fire & Life Safety 17718 Woodinville Snohomish Rd. NE Woodinville, 98072

Building Construction
September 17 - 20, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students:30 This course will provide a comprehensive strategic overview of the engineering principles of building construction, building construction methods and techniques, building classifications and related characteristics, fire and life safety assemblies, fire resistance flame spread and fire loading.

Topics Include :

   • Students will identify strategic characteristics of the five basic types of building construction
   • Students will identify and/or describe fire resistance, fire resistive assemblies, resistance and flame spread ratings, fire load, and construction features which may contribute to the spread of fire.
   • Identify principles of building design and the significance of each to safe fire suppression efforts
   • Identify various structural components and building materials and their performance under fire conditions.
   • Identify safety hazards created by various building construction methods and techniques that can injure or kill firefighters.
   • Students will identify how fire may extend within various structures and identify appropriate options for controlling fire spread and ensure the safety of personnel.

Instructor: Mark Emery

Location: Woodinville Fire & Life Safety 17718 Woodinville Snohomish Rd. NE Woodinville, 98072

Budget and Finance
October 1, 2012 0800-1200

Class Description Maximum Students:35 This is a 4 hour class starting in the AM with an earlier start time than the other ODA classes. This class will provide students with the skills, knowledge, and abilities to successfully request or maintain funding for fire/emergency services needs. This course aims at developing the officer candidates knowledge of basic financial terms, financial planning, budget cycles, funds/revenue sources and the skills necessary to deliver a proposal. Students will learn to:

Topics Include :

   • Describe the uses of a Strategic Plan, or Long Range Plan, and how it can impact the budgetary process of a fire department.
   • Describe the budgetary process in general and relate it to the importance of public support.
   • Identify the five (5) types of budgets utilized in today’s fire service and the steps in the budget process that describe the fire officer’s role in the budget process.
   • Describe the impact of personnel costs on a fire department budget, the audit process and the levels of non-compliance within a fire department audit.
   • Describe the political process and the process for passing a piece of legislation within the State of Washington as related to fire department funding, or a fire service issue.

Instructor: Allen Church

Location: Bellevue Fire Training Center 1838 116th Ave NE Bellevue, 98004

Media Workshop & Public Education
October 1, 2012 1300-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 35 This class will focus on who our media are, what they want, and how we can use that knowledge to further our own messages. Laws that pertain to media rights and fundamentals of working with the media will be addressed. The course will also include an introduction to Fire and Life Safety Public Education; determining who is responsible in your department, targeting audiences and using appropriate messaging techniques. *** This class is in the afternoon from 1300-1700

Instructor: Kyle Ohashi

Location: Bellevue Fire Training Center 1838 116th Ave NE Bellevue, 98004

Legal Issues
October 2, 2012 0800-1200

Class Description Maximum Students: 50 Participants will approach Ethical Challenges using suggested employer policies, procedures and regulations as a Foundation for Decision-Making. Participants will learn how to resolve workplace conflicts, the purpose of procedural rights (Weingarten,Loudermill and Garrity) and how to respond to "thorny" disciplinary issues, ie off duty conduct. Participants will learn the standards for understanding discrimination and harassment, to recognize and stop retaliatory behavior and how to resolve differences and conflicts respectfully. **** This class has an earlier start time than usual, 0800.

Topics Include :

   • Managing Employee Performance
   • Ethical Decision Making
   • Effective Management of Intergenerational Workgroups
   • Understanding Discrimination, Harrassment and Retaliation
   • What and What Not To Do When Managing Employee Discipline

Instructor: John Murphy

Location: Bellevue Fire Training Center 1838 116th Ave NE Bellevue, 98004

Technical Writing
October 2, 2012 1300-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 40 This course teaches key principles of proper narrative report writing for emergency services, security, and first-responder personnel. Through guided discussion, group work, individual exercises and lecture. *****This class has an earlier start time at 0800.

Topics Include :

   • Understanding Who Reads Your Reports Further Down the Line- Officers will learn that their reports dont just disappear once entered into the computer. They will learn to think of their audience when writing narrative reports.
   • The Various Reasons Information is Included- Officers will discover the myriad of reasons reports are written and answer the question "Why do we write reports?"
   • The Two Main Methods Used in Narrative Report Wrting - "Follow the Story", "Follow the Officer".
   • The Basic 6 Step Report Writing Format- A systematic way to write a "Follow the Story" style narrative.
   • Avoiding Libel (and accompanying lawsuits)
   • Labeling Persons in Reports
   • Proper Use of Jargon and Lingo
   • S.O.A.P. Format Review
   • Basic Grammar Refresher

Instructor: Seth Grant

Location: Bellevue Fire Training Center 1838 116th Ave NE Bellevue, 98004

Terrorism Response for Company Officers
October 15 - 16, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 25 This course fills the gap between awareness and technician-level training, taking a hard focus on the necessary knowledge and skills that a company officer will need to train and lead an engine or truck company while conducting operations-level tasks at a WMD terrorism incident. This class is 2 days and will emphasize hands-on skill stations and initial incident management tasks. Both days will emphasize the initial actions of a company officer in the first hour of the response.

Topics Include :

• The first day will focus on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear scenarios. Skill sets trained will include the proper use of personal protective equipment, conducting mass casualty decontamination, victim movement, and support to hazmat team operations. There will also be a module on active shooter response and SWAT team interaction.
• The second day will focus on explosive scenerios, and will include light structural collapse rescue skills and interaction with law enforcement bomb squads.

Instructor: Peter Brummel

Location: Renton Fire Training Center 1900 Lind Ave SW Renton, 98057

Technical Rescue Operations
October 17, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 40 This class will cover items that Incident Commanders, or would be commanders should consider when running a Technical Rescue incident. There will be some tabletop exercises and group discussions.

Instructor: Drew Cassady

Location: Renton Fire Training Center 1900 Lind Ave SW Renton, 98057

Mass Casualty Incidents
October 18, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students: 35 This one day training workshop is designed to give company officers the tools necessary to implement a command structure when faced with the chaos of a Mass Casualty or Multiple Patient Incident. You will learn: How to assess the Mass Casualty Incident. How to conduct a rapid assessment of resource needs. Applying NIMS to MCI. Responsibilities learned are of the First Unit On Scene, of the Triage, Treatment and Transport Unit. Also the responsibilities of the Medical Group/Branch and when and how to activate hospital control. How to triage patients using START method, know how to use the King County triage tag and identify the use of EMS tactical benchmarks

Topics Include :

   • Morning Session
   • Incident Size Up, Basic MCI Org. Chart, Ordering Resources, START Triage, Treatment Tags, Triage Unit, Treatment Unit, Transport Unit, Hospital Control
   • Afternoon Session
   • Tabletop MCI Planning Exercise, Case Studies, Blast MCI, Mass Shooting Incidents, Final Quiz

Instructor: Marty LaFave

Location: Renton Fire Training Center 1900 Lind Ave SW Renton, 98057

Community & Government Relations
October 19, 2012 0830-1700

Class Description Maximum Students:25 This course takes an in-depth look at the concept of "customer service" from a public sector perspective. The course will cover the Community and Government Relations portion of NFPA 1021 including information that will help company officers form a more strategic view of fire and emergency service delivery.

Topics Include :

   • Community and Government Relations. This duty involves dealing with inquiries of the community and communicating the role, image and mission of the department to the public and delivering safety, injury and fire prevention education programs.
   • Initiate action on a community need, given policies and procedures so that the need is addressed. An understanding of the role and mission of the department in the community.
   • Familiarity with public relations and the ability to communicate verbally.
   • Initiate action to a citizens concern, given policies and procedures, so that the concern is answered or referred to the correct individual for action and all policies and procedures are complied with. Interpersonal relationships and verbal and nonverbal communication and ability to communicate verbally with public relations.
   • Respond to public inquiry given policies and procedures, so that the inquiry is answered accurately, courrteously and in accordance with applicable policies and procedures. The ability to relate interpersonally and respond to public inquiries.

Instructor: Greg Bawden

Location: Renton Fire Training Center 1900 Lind Ave SW Renton, 98057