IN-SERVICE TRAINING
The Shift Captains coordinate the annual continuing education classes mandated by Department guidelines. Firefighters attend fire-related and emergency medical classes throughout the year at various locations. Programs on equipment use and maintenance, new products or apparatus, or other specialized training is ongoing to meet the needs of today’s changing society.The Department utilizes the many outside sources and programs for ongoing professional development including:
TRAINING COURSES
Training is an essential component in the delivery of quality life safety and emergency response services to the citizens of Hull. All members of the Department must obtain and maintain minimum training requirements which include: Medical First Responder, Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic, Fire Fighter I & II, and Rescue diver.
High Rise “Safety and Survival for the Residents”
The power point presentation is designed to educate the residents living in our multi-story buildings how to assist the Fire Department during fire related emergencies.This consists of safe evacuations using stairwells, a meeting place for accountability of all residents, knowing where and how they should escape the building and other important safety concerns.
Worcester Firefighters “Safety and Survival Symposium”
This comprehensive hands on (3) day seminar focuses on several area’s of techniques designed to better prepare firefighters who become lost, trapped or injured due to extreme fire conditions, building collapse, disorientation due to smoke, and many situations that arise in everyday emergency conditions that firefighting presents.
“Basic Warfare” School for Fire Officers
This class which is done through the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy in conjunction with the Chicago Fire Department provides a demanding class room and hands-on approach to extreme pressures fire officers face on the fire ground. It is the intention to subject company officers with managing live fire scenario’s when things go wrong. That would consist of trapped civilians, lost or trapped firefighters, building collapse, equipment failure and other related unexpected problems that may occur.
Elevator Training
Our newest edition to the elevator training process is being delivered through Public Safety Educators with instructors Deputy Chief John O’Donahue of Cambridge Fire Emergency Operations and Robert Colametta. Due to the existing amount of elevators and varying type and manufacturers it is imperative for the members to be trained in the operations of each elevator, means of securing and most importantly procedures for emergency access.
MASSACHUSETTS FIRE FIGHTING ACADEMY:
Recruit Training Program:
This intense 55 day training program, currently only conducted at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Training Center in Stow, Ma. Under the guidance of the Massachusetts Fire Training Council, the Recruit Training Program consists of an eleven week, 462 hour course in which all participants are trained and evaluated against the NFPA 1001 standard. Lecture and practical training includes; over 70 hours of hose and appliance handling; over 60 hours of pump operation; over 100 hours of ground and aerial ladder raising and climbing; over 140 hours of self-contained breathing apparatus and search and rescue work; and over 20 hours of rope and hauling activity.
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