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Training
In house Training
Fire Science Degree Program
MAST Paramedic program
Central Jackson County Fire District Paramedic program
Penn Valley Community
College Paramedic Program
Division of Fire Safety
Missouri Fire
and Rescue Training Institute
training
EMS Continuing Education
National
Fire Academy
Training
for our personnel comes from a variety of sources. Much of this training
that is taken from outside sources is brought back to the rest of the
firefighters and taught on site. Fire Service and Emergency Medical
Training is never static. New ideas and concepts are always being
brought out. We are striving to attain the level of training that will
make our firefighters the most qualified and certified.
In
house training
Much
of our training is done in house and on the job. We use materials from
professional sources and then modified to site specific uses. New apparatus and
equipment orientation is mandatory for every new piece of equipment in our
inventory and before it is placed into field operation. We have several certified
instructors that give fire service training to our full time
firefighters. These classes range from basic firefighter to Officer level.
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Fire
Science Degree
The Metropolitan
Community College provides an Associates of Science degree at the Blue River
Community College campus. Recently, the EMT and EMT-P (paramedic) programs were
moved from Penn Valley Community College to the Blue River campus. With those
two programs, joining the Police Academy within one facility has made this an
all purpose emergency services facility known as the Western Missouri Public
Safety Training Academy (WMPSTA). The part concerning fire training is known as
Western Missouri Regional Fire Academy
http://mcckc.edu/home.aspqlinks=Public+Safety+at+Blue+River&C=1
In the near future, the MCC has plans to build a
practical skills facility near their campus that all three services will use for
live burns, rescue and extrication technologies, emergency driving with a skid
pan, hazardous materials equipment and related props for law enforcement
training. These programs are recognized and accredited for credit transfer to
graduate programs.
One
of the elements offered with the fire science program is that students do not
have to attend class at the Blue River Campus. Classes for the Fire Science
degree are offered on line. Many of the Humanities are also offered the
same way.
The
Blue River Campus is located:
Independence Campus Blue
Springs Campus
20301 E 78 Hwy
1501 W Jefferson St
Independence, MO 64057
Blue Springs, MO 64015
MAST Paramedic Program
http://www.mastambulance.org/paramedic.htm
Central Jackson County Fire
Protection District
Paramedic Program
http://www.cjcfpd.org/
Penn Valley Community
College Paramedic Program
http://mcckc.edu/home.asp?qlinks=Occupational+Programs
Division of Fire Safety
(State Fire Marshal's Office)
The Division of Fire
Safety’s Training Unit develops and oversees the training curriculum being
provided regionally for state certified fire fighters, fire investigators, fire
inspectors, fire officers, fire service instructors, as well as emergency
responders dealing with hazardous materials. Although fire fighter certification
is not mandatory in the State of Missouri, there are currently over 15,000
individuals certified by the Division of Fire Safety.
Internationally
Accredited:
In April of 1996,
the Division received accreditation for our certification programs from the
International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC). IFSAC is a
peer-driven, self-governing system of both fire service certification programs
and higher education degree programs. Accreditation is accomplished through the
review of certification programs of member entities to ensure they meet
recognized professional qualifications standards in their administration of
skills and knowledge exams. Because of this accreditation, Missouri shares
certification reciprocity with many states and countries, as well as the United
States Department of Defense.
Currently, the
Division of Fire Safety is accredited at the levels of Fire Fighter I and II,
Fire Officer I, Fire Inspector, Fire Investigator, Fire Service Instructor I,
and Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations.
Cost-Free Training
The Missouri
Division of Fire Safety contracts with several agencies each year to provide a
variety of cost-free training programs to emergency service personnel throughout
the state. The largest contract is with the Missouri Fire and Rescue Training
Institute at the University of Missouri. This funding allows the Institute to
provide over 300 courses annually to more than 5,000 participants. For a listing
of all courses offered through the Institute you may contact them at
1-800-869-3476 or at
http://www.mufrti.org/
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MFRTI
training
Winter
and Summer Fire School
are some of the certification courses sponsored by MFRTI in addition to the
classes mentioned above.
http://www.mufrti.org/
Hazardous
Materials Awareness,
Operations, Technician
 Raytown
Fire District personnel are trained to the Operations level of Hazardous
Materials emergency response per 20 CFR OSHA 191.120 standards. Refresher
training is given on site. The State of Missouri certification for Firefighter
II requires the certification under Haz-Mat Operations. We currently have one
person trained to the Technician level. Our response is tempered by the
equipment available, and level of training based on the city's risk assessment
of facilities that are required to report Tier 1 and Tier 2 quantities.
EMS Continuing Education
Raytown Firefighters attend CEU's for either EMT or Paramedic training.
This training is given on site on the first and second Tuesday of each
month. In that way personnel can earn enough CEU's to relicensure with
the State of Missouri while on duty. Our CEU's are provided internally.
We have been certified as a State Bureau of EMS as a training facility.
We offer classes to other jurisdictions, CEU's, ACLS, PALS, PEPP, CPR
(all levels), PHTLS, BTLS among other classes. If you are a medical
professional, feel free to contact us about providing classes for you or
your organization. We have designed delivery to come to your location.
National Fire Academy
The
National Fire
Academy is
located in
Emmitsburg,
Maryland. A
Division of the
U.S. Fire
Administration,
also hosts the
Emergency
Management
Institute, The
National Fallen
Firefighters
Foundation and
memorial and
the Learning
Resource
Center. Their
programs are
designed to
enhance the
ability of fire
and emergency
services and
allied
professionals
to deal more
effectively
with fire and
related
emergencies.
Besides the
classes offered
on campus, the
NFA offers
higher
education
opportunities
through Degrees
at a Distance,
and Harvard
Fellowship
programs. For
further
information
contact The NFA
at this site:
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/dhtml/fire-service/nfa.cfm |
