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Region 5 Course Update

This is a summary of some of the in-house and requested classes scheduled for Region 5, that have openings:

 

Course Code/Section #	Course Name	Dates	Location	Registration Deadline
1221-13-506	Pump Ops II	4/25-4/26	St. John’s Fire Dept HQ	4/4—fax to regional office
1250-13-511	Aerial Ops	4/30-5/2	St. John’s Fire Dept HQ	4/12---fax to regional office
4171-13-508	Fire Instructor I	6/17-6/21	Harleyville Fire Dept	4/22---fax to regional office
2102-14-501	Fire Officer II	7/8-7/12	City of Charleston Fire Dept	6/3---fax to regional office

 

This is a brief update on some of the upcoming catalog classes in Region 5:

 

·         1160-13-505, Truck Co, scheduled to start 3/2 at Goose Creek Rural Fire Dept will go---this class is full
·         2147-13-505, NIMS ICS, scheduled to start 3/4 at Colleton Co Fire/Rescue will go---this class is free through grant funding
·         8118-13-502, PPV, scheduled to start 3/7 at Jasper Co Fire Dept will go
·         2102-13-501, Fire Officer II, scheduled to start 3/11 at Lady’s Island Fire Dept will go---this class is full
·         2144-13-503, IC: High-Rise, scheduled to start 3/12 at St. John’s Fire Dept will go
·         2155-13-509, Command Sim, scheduled to start 3/13 at City of Charleston Fire Dept will go---this class is full
·         2171-13-506, Leadership I, scheduled to start 3/19 at North Charleston Fire Dept will go---this class is full
·         1250-13-509, Aerial Ops, scheduled to start 3/20 at Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue will go---this class is full
·         2130-13-504, Bldg Const: N/C, scheduled to start 3/21 at James Island Fire Dept will go
·         2132-13-506, Bldg Const: Comb, scheduled to start 3/23 at Bluffton Fire Dept will go
·         2121-13-505, DMICO, scheduled to start 3/27 at Beaufort Fire Dept will go
·         2118-13-505, PICO, scheduled to start 4/6 at Goose Creek Rural Fire Dept will go---this class is free through grant funding

 

The following classes are in danger of cancelling (low enrolment):

 

·         3330-13-504, Auto Extrication, scheduled to start 3/23 at Jasper Co Fire Dept
·         1153-13-503, FFI, scheduled to start 3/25 at Colleton Co Fire/Rescue
·         2145-13-502, IC: Structural Collapse, scheduled to start 3/25 at Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue---this class is free through grant funding!
·         2100-13-505, Fire Officer, scheduled to start 4/1 at Bluffton Fire Dept
·         2172-13-505, Leadership II, scheduled to start 4/6 at Summerville Fire Dept
·         8118-13-503, PPV, scheduled to start 4/6 at Berkeley Co ESTC

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Camaraderie in the Firehouse

By Stephen Marsar
Published Sunday, February 10, 2013
From www.firefighternation.com

In a good portion of the northeastern United States, and in the FDNY specifically, many firefighters (including volunteers) call their place of work a firehouse for a reason: They’re a family. The firefighters of the FDNY have a long-standing reputation for treating each other like family; together, they have their good times, along with the occasional pains, squabbles and dysfunctions.

In many other parts of the United States, however, the building where the fire trucks are parked is often simply referred to as a “fire station,” a workplace, a location where firefighters go for a certain period of time and then leave. A firehouse isn’t just a work location; it’s where your second family lives. It’s a way of life.

Region 5 Course Update

·         2119-13-505, STICO, scheduled to start 2/21 at Summerville Fire Dept will go---this class is full
·         3310-13-506, Rope Rescue, scheduled to start 2/22 at Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue will go---this class is full
·         2150-13-513, ISO, scheduled to start 2/27 at Lady’s Island Fire Dept will go
·         1160-13-505, Truck Co, scheduled to start 3/2 at Goose Creek Rural Fire Dept will go---this class is full
·         4171-13-507, Fire Instructor, scheduled to start 3/4 at Summerville Fire Dept will go---this class is full
·         4174-13-502, Instructor Orientation Workshop, scheduled to start 3/5 at Colleton Co Fire/Rescue will go
·         2102-13-501, Fire Officer II, scheduled to start 3/11 at Lady’s Island Fire Dept will go---this class is full
·         2144-13-503, IC: High Rise, scheduled to start 3/12 at St. John’s Fire Dept will go
·         2155-13-509, Command Sim, scheduled to start 3/13 at City of Charleston Fire Dept will go
·         2171-13-506, Leadership I, scheduled to start 3/19 at North Charleston Fire Dept will go
·         1250-13-509, Aerial Ops, scheduled to start 3/20 at Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue will go---this class is full
·         2130-13-504, Bldg Const: N/C, scheduled to start 3/21 at James Island Fire Dept will go
·         2132-13-506, Bldg Const: Comb, scheduled to start 3/23 at Bluffton Fire Dept will go
·         2121-13-505, DMICO, scheduled to start 3/27 at Beaufort Fire Dept will go
·         2118-13-505, PICO, scheduled to start 4/6 at Goose Creek Rural Fire Dept will go----this class is free through grant funding

 

The following classes are in danger of cancelling (low enrollment):

 

·         2147-13-505, NIMS ICS, scheduled to start 3/4 at Colleton Co Fire/Rescue (5 more students needed)---this class is free through grant funding
·         8118-13-502, PPV, scheduled to start 3/7 at Jasper Co Fire Dept (need 5 more students)
·         3330-13-504, Auto Extrication, scheduled to start 3/23 at Jasper Co Fire Dept (need 9 more students)
·         1153-13-503, FFI, scheduled to start 3/25 at Colleton Co Fire/Rescue (need 5 more students)
·         2145-13-502, IC: Structural Collapse, scheduled to start 3/25 at Hilton Head Island Fire/Rescue (need 9 more students)---this class is free through grant funding
·         2100-13-505, Fire Officer, scheduled to start 4/1 at Bluffton Fire Dept (need 9 more students)
·         2172-13-505, Leadership II, scheduled to start 4/6 at Summerville Fire Dept (need 9 more students)
·         8118-13-503, PPV, scheduled to start 4/6 at Berkeley Co ESTC (need 11 more students)

Taking Pride in the Fire Service

By Brian Meroney
Published Tuesday, February 5, 2013
From www.firefighternation.com

A few weeks ago, I had lunch with a group of firefighters of varied age and rank who were taking a fire officer class I was teaching. While we were eating, an older captain sitting at the end of the table brought all conversation to a halt when he asked: “Where did the pride go in the fire service?”
I sat back in my chair and thought about his question, but I didn’t provide an answer because I wanted to hear what the others in the group would say. No one ever answered the question and I wondered why. As I thought about it, I wondered what the captain considered pride. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to ask him his definition of pride and how he thought it was tied to the fire service. While I can’t answer for the captain, I can try to share what pride means to me.

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The Company Officer Influence on Firefighter Career Development

By Timothy E. Sendelbach
Published Saturday, January 26, 2013 
from www.firefighternation.com

  
The phrase chewing the fat has been around for a long time. It’s often attributed to military sailors who, during prolonged periods of down time, would converse while chewing on salt-hardened fat to pass the time. In most fire stations throughout the country, the longstanding tradition of chewing the fat continues today. Although the substance of the “fat” itself might be a little bit different, firefighters are notorious for gossiping, telling tales, conjuring up stories about the off-going shift, etc., while sitting around the kitchen table.

I recently had the opportunity to sit down and chew the fat with two icons of the American fire service: Fire Chief (Ret.) Charlie Dickinson of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire (PBF) and former Deputy U.S. Fire Administrator, and Fire Chief (Ret.) Russ Sanders of the Louisville (Ky.) Fire Department (LFD), who is currently serving as Central Region Director of the NFPA. With nearly 90 years of public service between them, these two chiefs have spent many years in fire stations and have a plethora of stories (and some tall tales) to share.