FIREFIGHTER ONE ACADEMY

Instructors
The Academy faculty is composed of firefighters from many departments in the Denver metropolitan area enabling students to interact with instructors who are active in the field of firefighting and to network concerning future job prospects.

Instructional Material
The Red Rocks Firefighter Academy bases all of its instruction upon the textbook Essentials of Firefighting, Fourth Edition. The entire Firefighter Academy is geared toward producing high standard firefighter candidates for the fire service. At the end of the academy, students are prepared to successfully challenge the State of Colorado Firefighter Level One Exam.

Classes

FST 100, Fire Academy/Essentials of Firefighting
9 credit hours

The classroom portion of the Red Rocks Firefighter Academy. Students study the 19 chapters in textbook, which cover all aspects of firefighting, including:

• Safety
• Personal protective equipment
• All aspects of maintaining ropes, as well as tying knots
• Ladders, including proper ladder raises, ladder maintenance, and the proper use of ladders
• Occupational safety for firefighters and other individuals involved with fire scenes

The drillground portion of the Firefighter Academy is held at the Arvada Fire Department Training Center, the drill ground provides hands-on training for the theory taught in the classroom. Included in the Fire Academy:

• Five different training stations:
  • SCBA station. Use self-contained breathing apparatus.
  • Tool station. Learn to use the K12, a giant circular saw used to cut holes in roofs and concrete, as well as the chain saw, forcible entry equipment, and ventilation equipment.
  • Ladder station. Practice the use of ladders according to information given in the classroom.
  • Ropes and knots station
  • Hose station. Practice proper hose lays and fire department connections, i.e., hooking up to a pumper truck or fire hydrant
• Academy students break up into 5 teams of 6 ( limited to 30 students), which rotate through the five stations.
• Fire behavior training: Fire Academy students experience a flash-over simulator room. The room is brought up to the ignition temp of the gases and bursts into flames, producing at the top of the room a roll-over gas which ignites and rolls down the walls while firefighters are in the simulator room.

FINAL EXAMS AND FIREFIGHTER LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATION
Red Rocks Firefighter Academy students must pass the Red Rocks Academy final written exam with a score of at least an 80% in order to challenge the State of Colorado Firefighter Level One Certification exams, both written and practical. The state exam is offered here on campus after the semester ends. Please note that the state exam is not part of the Academy.

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