8-Hour Hands-on Training
held during the
NJ State Firemen’s Convention – Wildwood, NJ
September 17, 2009
Information Sheet
- The Classes will be filled on a first come/first-served basis. Your must select classes you would like to take in order of preference. Based on availability you may not be placed in your primary request.
- Please complete the registration/waiver form in its entirety. Also, please print your name legibly as this is how your name will appear on the certificate.
- Payment in full ($150 per person), the registration form, including the Waiver of Liability and signatures from your Fire Chief/Training Officer must be received no later then 01Sept09.
- All Participants must bring Full PPE:
- NFPA complaint PPE including SCBA & Spare Cylinder. (SCBA not needed for the Forcible Entry class)
- Failure to bring full PPE will result in a forfeit of your seat and your payment will not be refunded.
- Check in will be 07:00 hrs at the Wildwood Fire Company, 111 East Pine Avenue, Wildwood, NJ. There is limited parking so please try car pooling.
Classes being offered are a joint effort between:
- Cape May County Fire Chief’s Association
- New Jersey Division of Fire Safety
- Everyone Goes Home Life Safety Initiative Program
Safety & Survival 
F/F Daniel DiRenzo, Camden County Fire Academy Safety & Survival Unit
An average of 100 firefighters every year are lost in the line of duty. All firefighters must be taught self-rescue skills to increase their chances of survival on the fire ground. This 8 hr. intensive hands-on training course will educate firefighters on the necessary skills to better prepare them for various fire ground emergencies they may encounter. Students will endure various skill stations focusing on SCBA confidence, MAYDAY procedures, situational awareness, entanglement hazards, emergency escape techniques, disorientation emergencies, etc. This class is intended for every firefighter from rookie to veteran so we can achieve our ultimate goal of everyone goes home!
Forcible Entry
F/F Nate DeMarse, FDNY/Brotherhood Instructors
The days of “kicking down doors” are over. Forcible entry when performed by a trained member or team can mean the difference between a quick knock-down or complete loss. Utilizing attributes such as knowledge, skill and correct technique instead of simply brute strength will allow passage through today’s forcible entry problems.
All students will have the opportunity to perform the following skills:
- Conventionally force inward opening doors of varying difficulty
- Conventionally force outward opening doors
- Force a simulated door from the “hinged side”
- Force padlocks using a Duck-bill lock breaker and the irons
- Force a “Chinese” padlock with a screwdriver
- Cut a padlock with a power saw
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- Perform 10 cuts with a power saw to simulate the removal of window bars
- Cut a simulated American Series 2000 (hockey puck) lock with a power saw
- Pull several lock cylinders using a “K-Tool”, “Rex Tool” and the “irons”
- Receive ample hands-on time practicing “through-the-lock” techniques on hundreds of locks on display
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Large Area Searches
B/C Pete Griese, Jersey City FD
NFPA Fire Analysis & Research report; Fire Service Fatalities in Structure Fires, indicated that a major cause of firefighter injuries and death was lost inside structures and running out of air! This course lets you experience search rope tactics for large area structures when searching for life, fire or a downed fire fighter.
Learn how to conduct large area search operations inside a Big Box structure. Practice search rope tactics; learn how to expand the search with tag lines while staying oriented using a knotted rope system. Participants will learn how to track and manage search operations in a large area structure; including the "outside" tasks; air-time management and search team accountability.
