Fire Training ClassesFire Training ClassesEmergency Response Training, Inc., is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana based emergency services training and consulting firm. Our instructors are experts who have spent years in their respective fields of municipal, industrial, maritime and aircraft firefighting, technical rescue and hazardous materials. We specialize in real-life, economical and practical training solutions to meet the needs of both todays and future fire service professionals. Our programs are tailored to meet the individual customers needs. For more detailed course descriptions, see the information listed under the individual class headings below.
Industrial Firefighting Based on NFPA #600
These industrial-based fire training programs allow the customer to design a fire training program for their personnel that meets and exceeds the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.156. The different levels available include incipient, advanced exterior, advanced interior and advanced interior/exterior firefighting skills.
This course will depict and explain the most common causes of firefighter injuries and fatalities. Using statistics and case stories, the course will include discussions and illustrations of the results of safety failure. Analyzing the material presented in this course will assit the firefighter and company officer in identifying early and direct causes of injuries and deaths and in the necessary preventive measures that can be taken
This class covers the subjects of: Pump principles, single & multistage centrifugal pumps, pump accessories, relay & tandem pumping operations, drafting principles, field friction loss calculations and hands-on practice.
This class teaches the proper use of firefighting foam to extinguish flammable and combustible liquid fires. Subjects covered include foam types, foam equipment, application rates, spill and storage tank firefighting
This orientation to Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting teaches aircraft crash survival strategies for both passengers and emergency responders, aircraft hazards, and basic aircraft firefighting and rescue techniques.
This class is designed to orient new personnel and refresh experienced personnel on the basics of fire behavior. Subjects covered include fuel hazards, ignition sources, fire safety and extinguishing agents in an exciting classroom lecture that includes tabletop demonstrations with live fires.
This class teaches the basics of proper fire extinguisher usage. Course covers the classes of fires, extinguishing agents, extinguisher inspection and safe extinguisher operations on live fires.
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
This course is designed for both novice and experienced users of self-contained breathing apparatus. Class covers types of SCBA, inspection, donning, usage including emergency operations, cleaning & disinfecting.
This 16-hour class includes target hazard and incident profile factors, quick access preplan forms and hands-on pre-fire planning of a selected target hazard in the response area.
Do you have a fire hazard in an area that has no established water supply? Do you have the potential for losing your established water supply through broken lines or the loss of fixed pumps? Have you planned, equipped and trained for this situation? If not, you need this class! Subjects include, drafting operations, large diameter hose usage, tanker operations, and relay pumping.
This comprehensive, instructor development course is designed to prepare emergency services personnel as instructors. Participants gain skills in writing instructional objectives, designing effective lesson plans, and developing evaluation instruments. Topics such as understanding the adult learner, methods of instruction, managing the learning environment and new technologies for instruction are also explored.
This program teaches the skills necessary to manage both large and small incidents effectively. Proper use of resources, personnel accountability, expanding the IMS, staging and command functions are some of the subjects covered in this course.
Hospital/Nursing Home Fire Safety
This program focuses on making the proper decisions and taking the right actions early in a fire emergency to protect both patients and staff. The course covers basic fire behavior, R.A.C.E. fire and rescue operations and patient movement.
This program gives the participants the knowledge to recognize and eliminate fire hazards while acting as a fire watch and the skills to safely utilize both portable fire extinguishers and low-volume hand lines to extinguish incipient fires. Subjects to be covered include: Classes of Fire; Types of Extinguishers; Extinguishing Agents; Extinguisher Inspection Practices; ire Ignition Sources; Low-volume hand lines; and hands-on practice extinguishing incipient fires.