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Field Programs
To schedule courses, contact Field Programs Manager, Russ Grossman, or the Fire Service Training Bureau at:
Russ Grossman
Field Programs Manager
grossman@dps.state.ia.us
Phone: 515.608.2288 or 515.727.3426
The Field Programs Unit of the Fire Service Training Bureau delivers hundreds of courses to Iowa Fire Departments each year. Participants choose course topics ranging from basic fire fighting skills to advanced fire strategies and tactics. Only qualified instructors teach these programs to assure the fire service receives the best instruction available.
Course Delivery
The majority of courses can be delivered directly to the requesting fire departments and regional fire schools through Mobile Training Units.
- Interior Fire Attack Simulator
- Mobile Breathing Apparatus Trailer (MOBAT)
- HLPE Gas Trailer
LP Gas “Bobtail” Trainer
- Forcible Entry Trailer
- Vehicle and Machinery Extrication Trailer
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- Confined Space Entry and Rescue Trainer
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- Mobile Training Tower
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- Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) Trailer
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The Fire Service Training Bureau also delivers training with "In-House" training kits, as well as "On-Site" training at the Fire Service Training Bureau.
- In-House Training
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Fire departments with “certified instructors” may borrow teaching kits from the Bureau at little or no cost. Certified instructors teach the course “In-House," complete the Bureau’s paperwork, and return the materials to the Bureau. The Bureau will transcript the course, and issue course completion certificates. The following “In-House” programs are available:
- Essentials of Firefighter I
- Essentials of Firefighter II
- Driver/Operator: Pumping Apparatus
- Driver/Operator: Aerial Apparatus
- Incident Command System (ICS)
- Line of Duty Death and Injury: Why?
- Rapid Intervention Teams (RIT)
- Propane Emergencies (classroom portion only)
- Pipeline Emergencies
- Ammonia Emergency Response
- Confined Space Entry and Rescue
- National Fire Academy “short courses”
- National Incident Management System (NIMS IS-700)
- On-Site Training
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The Fire Service Training Bureau, at its fixed facility in Ames, has the following “props” to support “On-Site” training courses:
- Skills building
- Confined space “entry” prop
- Various flammable gas props, including hot tub, sprinkler, jungle gym, pipeline, etc.
- Hazardous Materials “Tanker Rollover” prop
- Vehicle Fire prop
- Dumpster fire prop
Field Programs Course List
- Basic Firefighter Skills
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- Essentials of Firefighter I
- Essentials of Firefighter II
- Interior Fire Attack (using the Interior Fire Attack Simulator)
- Advanced Breathing Apparatus Training (using the MOBAT Trailer)
- Live Fire Skills
- Vehicle Fire Fighting
- Rapid Intervention Teams
- Various firefighter skills – individual topics in 3-hour, 6-hour, 9-hour, and 12-hour formats
- Hazardous Materials/Terrorism
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- Hazardous Materials: Awareness Level
- Hazardous Materials: Operations Level
- Propane Emergencies
- Pipeline Emergencies
- Ammonia Emergency Response
- Flammable Gases (at FSTB only)
- Rescue Training
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- Confined Space Entry & Rescue
- Vehicle Extrication
- Combine Rescue and Tractor Roll-Over, in cooperation with the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS)
- Rope Rescue, Water and Ice Rescue, Grain Bin Rescue, and Trench Rescue, in cooperation with Professional Rescue Innovations (PRI)
- Specialized Training
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- Driver/Operator: Pumping Apparatus
- Driver/Operator: Aerial Apparatus
Requirements
- All Courses Include
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- Appropriate student materials
- Audio/visual media
- One instructor (unless otherwise specifically noted)
- Instructor wages and expenses
- All course materials are shipped to the instructor prior to the course Individual certificates for each participant
- Host Responsibilities
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- Provide a location suitable for the course topic and activities
- Provide audio/visual equipment
- Fire Service Training Bureau Responsibilities
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- Provide schedule and pay the instructor
- Provide financial statement/billing
- Provide course coordination
- Provide certificates for participants
- Record student course attendance records in the statewide transcript database
FSTB Training Specialists
Interested in being an FSTB Training Specialist?
Please fill out the Training Specialist Application and follow the instructions in the packet.