NOVFA Fire School 2025

The students will be doing all airways, from NPA, OPA, King airways and ET tube.
 During this session the students will be using Pig and Cow lungs and airways. There will be conversation about the use of the adult BVM vs Peds BVM

This course will provide the Fire/EMS Instructor the continuing education in adult methodology that is required by the State Board of EMS. Fire and Transportation Services This course is geared specifically towards identifying emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities in public safety education. The instructors present best-practices and facilitate student-led discussions to break down emerging issues and identify effective strategies and tactics to implement in the classroom to ensure a positive and effective learning environment for today’s learners. Due to the facilitated, student-led nature of this class, each class session will touch on different topics and will provide the learner with a unique perspective. Instructor CEUs Offered

Each class will cover a new topic. You are able to take one or both session if you would like.

This course will Discuss the entire process of researching, specifying, ordering, and delivering a new fire apparatus for a fire department. This presentation is not geared towards any specific fire apparatus manufacturer, but it is a class that I have presented to several fire departments over the years about the entire process that goes into purchasing a fire apparatus.  This course specifically focuses on utilizing a committee approach for this process.  We discuss the entire process that goes into purchasing a new fire apparatus and discuss things that many fire departments should consider when going through this process.

​This class will cover emergencies involving highway fuel tankers. The course will cover the design and construction, operational overview and the safety features of a DOT 406 fuel transport vehicle which will be on-site. The course content will include foam application rates & proportioning, foam operations, firefighting tactics and the decision-making process when responding to a fuel transport incident. Leak control, spill response and product transfer operations from a damaged transport will be covered by a local OSRO (Oil Spill Response Organization) during the course. This course is designed to provide demonstrations to the students. No live firefighting will be involved.​​​

This course is designed to provide responders with the understanding of the hazards associated with Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) Batteries. This training provides a comprehensive overview of batteries found in transportation, commercial, industrial, and residential settings.

Participants will review several case studies and best practices, to make safe and calculated decisions in an emergency response setting. All participants will receive three sample SOGs: Lithium Battery Response, Electric Vehicles, and Battery Energy Storage Systems.

Is your volunteer fire department struggling to maintain relevance in our changing society? Does your current service delivery model meet the needs and expectations of your community? Are you struggling to recruit, train, and retain members? Each day, it seems that the news feeds contain a story about a volunteer department closing its doors, in financial trouble, or even worse legal trouble. There seems to be a nationwide panic about the critical shortage of volunteers. Does it have to be this way? In this class we will: examine how industry and society trends impact today's volunteer fire service, take a hard look at the way we've always done it, as well as share and develop alternative ways to recruit, market, lead, train and manage our departments and members.

In this session, we are going to cover how to be prepared to enter into the fire service, how to become a more well-rounded current firefighter, and provide tools to take back and help others in your department improve in physical and mental health. We aim to educate the importance of both physical and mental health in the fire service. We will cover basic on-duty fitness programs, how to perform basic movements safely, how to prepare for a physical agility test, eating for success on the job, and managing stress on the job. This session will consist of both lecture and hands on training. Participants should bring clothes they can move around comfortably and exercise in.

Instruction for first responders to an agricultural emergency involving flowing or entrapment of grain. Please dress appropriately for hands on activities which will be outside for the afternoon portion of the class. The afternoon class will be held off campus at Lucky Farmers Woodville OH

Building the perfect engine for your department is a challenge that many would love the opportunity to solve! Unfortunately, the opportunity is rarely afforded to the departments that operate in the rural environment. Rising apparatus costs have seen new engines easily exceed the half-a-million-dollar mark on the low end and even exceed a million dollars on the high end. Even if money was of no concern, current production times can range from two to three years. Many rural departments operate with 15, 20, or even more than 30-year-old rigs. These rigs may have been purchased new by the department, but it’s also common that they were built for another department and then purchased used by or donated to the current department. In both cases, departments are using rigs that were purpose-built for a different department/jurisdiction or built for their department’s needs 20 or more years ago. Regardless of the situation, the expectation is that we perform with the equipment we have! This class will examine the necessary equipment and the strategies to win with that equipment in the rural fire environment. Students will leave class with proven concepts they can take back to their department to enhance their fire attack and water supply efficiency and capabilities!