Service Area Risk Reduction
Want to learn how to do strategic community risk reduction at the station level? Here is the course for you. This course is designed for Company Officers (COs) who want to learn how to conduct a risk assessment of their service area. This will lead you to develop an action plan with effective intervention strategies and activities targeting a specific risk. You will learn the steps to follow to do risk reduction in an organized and planned process to keep you on track at the station level.
This six-day course is open not only to COs but also firefighters, paramedics, fire and life educators, and administrative personnel, as well as fire officers who want to learn about community risk reduction and how they can support the CO in station-based risk reduction.
DATE: Monday, April 15 thru Saturday, April 20, 2024
TIME: 0800 – 1700 hours each day
LOCATION: Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority, Station 73 26512 Military Rd S, Kent, WA 98032
FEE: There is NO COST for this class
PREREQUISITES: ICS-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available through NFA Online. Chief’s signature attests that the applicant has completed this required training.
Note: A pre-course assignment, which will be graded, will be emailed to students six to eight weeks prior to class start date.
STUDENT MATERIALS: Welcome Letter, Precourse Assignment and BYOD Instructions - Syllabus
LUNCH: Coffee, water and snacks will be available. Lunch will not be provided
STUDENT IDs: Registration requires an identification number; obtain online: https://cdp.dhs.gov/FEMASID
REGISTRATIONS & COURSE CONTACT:
Click here to register – https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KPKZTLX
DSFM Gregory Baruso 360.596.3946
E-mail: fpbpio@wsp.wa.gov
Company Level Inspections Class
Presented by: Les Townzen – Townzen & Associates
May 7 & 8, 2024
Anacortes Fire Department - 1016 13th Street - Anacortes, WA 98221
08:30-16:30hrs
Introduce participants to the general requirements of the IFC. Introducing participants to the general requirements of the IFC is important to the enforcement of the IFC. Provide the participant with the basic direction in interpreting and applying the general requirements of the IFC. After completing this course, the student will be able to provide company level inspections and applying the International Fire Code. This course does not include a discussion of state or local amendments.
This course is designed for those individuals who have:
Lunch will be on your own and refreshments will be provided for breaks
Students will be required to have the 2021 IFC.
ICC credit will be provided.
Class contact: Bill Harris, Fire Chief - billh@cityofanacortes.org or 360-855-5081
About Les:
Mr. Townzen is the President of Townzen & Associates, Inc that was started in 2006 and is a fire protection, fire code, building code consulting firm located in Olympia. Mr. Townzen has over 44 years in the fire protection field and has been involved in national code development for the past 25 plus years. He has served on the code development committees for both the International Fire and Building Codes during the change to the international codes from the regional Uniform codes in 2000. He was on the drafting committee for the first edition of the International Performance Code.
Mr. Townzen has worked in two major local jurisdictions in his fire prevention career in positions of Fire Marshal and had served as the Chief Deputy Fire Marshal for the Washington State Fire Marshal’s as the lead code officer prior to his employment as a Regional Director with a national private fire engineering consulting firm. Mr. Townzen was on the first board of directors for the Washington State Association of Fire Marshals when it was formed in 1999. Mr. Townzen served as National Codes Director for many years.
Mr. Townzen started his own firm in 2006 with many of the clients being local jurisdictions. Townzen and Associates, Inc has contracts that has Mr. Townzen served as the Building Code Official for the cities of Kalama, Woodland, Vader, Roy and Yacolt and Fire Marshal for the city of Kalama. Mr. Townzen has been teaching fire and building code seminars across the country for the past 20+ years for both model code groups and under his own firm.
Fire Pump Commissioning Class
Presented by UA Local 699
May 8, 2024
South Seattle College- Georgetown Campus 6737 Corson Avenue South - Building B119, Seattle, 98108
09:00-14:00hrs
Cost $25.00
(Includes Certificate and Lunch)
The primary focus of this class will be what to expect and look for during a fire pump commissioning test.
Course Outline: This presentation will provide a description of NFPA 20 Fire Pump Testing, key items to look for during installation approval, and how a flow curve is built.
Class will be limited to a maximum of 15 attendees.
ICC credit will be issued.
Special Instructions:
There will be a small amount of classroom time to start and then the remainder out in the shop. Dress should be appropriate duty uniform and duty boots to avoid wet feet.
Class Contact: Donnie Reese (206) 940-4919 Email: Donnie@ualocal699.org
Instructors:
Steve Miller - Training Director for UA Local 699's apprenticeship & Instructor, Prior foremen at McKinstry, ASSE 15000 ITM instructor and proctor, UA Special hazards systems instructor, UA Instructor Graduate, UA Training Directors program graduate, Licensed Washington state fitter, Passed NICET 2 ITM, Passed NICET water based systems layout LVL 2, Victaulic Valve “train the trainer” instructor, Victaulic Grooving Essentials “Train the Trainer” instructor, OSHA Authorized Construction Trainer and Disaster Site Worker
Ricky Campbell - Business agent for UA Local 699 Sprinkler Fitters. Instructor at UA Local 699 Sprinkler Fitters. Past service foreman at McKinstry Fire Protection. NICET 2 ITT, ASSE 15000 instructor and proctor, UA Instructor Graduate.
Donnie Reese- Assistant Training Director & Instructor for UA Local 699 apprenticeship, Washington state licensed Sprinkler fitter, Prior foremen and Emerald Fire, ASSE 15000 ITM Instructor and proctor, NICET 2 ITM, OSHA Authorized Construction Trainer and Disaster Site Worker.
Fire Sprinkler Valve Class
June 6, 2024
The primary focus of this class will be what to expect and look for during a Fire Sprinkler Valve Acceptance test
Course Outline: This presentation will provide a description of acceptance testing on Wet, Dry, Pre-action, and Deluge systems, in addition we will review these key items.
July 10, 2024
September 26, 2024
Washington State Association of Fire Marshals
Address: 605 11th Ave SE, Suite 211, Olympia WA, 98501
(360) 352-0161 email: wsafm@wsafm.com
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