Driver/Operator

This course provides basic information on driving and operating a fire department

engine/pumper by meeting the knowledge requirements as listed in NFPA 1002

Professional Qualifications for Fire Apparatus Driver Operator. Students will review

fire pump theory and operation, driving skills, regulations and laws, hydraulics, fire

ground operations, specialty pumping, and apparatus maintenance and testing

procedures.

This course provides basic information on driving and operating a fire department aerial apparatus by meeting the knowledge and skill requirements as listed in NFPA 1002 Professional Qualifications for Fire Apparatus Driver Operator. Students will review driving, stabilizing, positioning, and operating skills, fire ground strategy and tactics, emergency operations, and apparatus maintenance and testing procedures.

This course is intended for all emergency responders to include Fire, Law, EMS. program that has been designed to help the student refresh and improve your driving skills. This interactive course focuses on improving an operator’s ability to read traffic conditions, act accordingly, and prevent collisions in both emergency and non- emergency situations.

Objectives:

• Demonstrate and explain theory and principles of defensive driving in both emergency and non-emergency situations.

• Demonstrate and explain safe driving and positioning procedures of emergency vehicles.

• Demonstrate and describe the precautions to be used under adverse environmental conditions.

• Describe the effects on vehicle control of braking distances, load shifting, and general steering reactions.

• Preventive Maintenance Check procedures.

• Proper documentation of all preventive maintenance as required by the authority having jurisdiction.

• Demonstrate proper driving skills on an obstacle course.

PRI offers a one day course in Pump Operations Training. Water continues to be the most practical and commonly used agent for extinguishing fires. This course deals with the actions required to effectively understand hoses, nozzles and appliances, pumps, as well as the delivery of water in an effective manner to mitigate incidents. Without question, fire department pumpers are the most important apparatus used for controlled application of water and other extinguishing agents. No fire department can operate without pumping apparatus. This course is one of the easiest methods to attempt to ensure that all pump operators perform properly and professionally.

This course contains classroom and hands on activities and is designed to provide the firefighters with the knowledge and skills necessary to operate aerial apparatus on the fire ground. Classroom topics include stabilizing aerial apparatus, operating and positioning, and aerial strategies and tactics. Field exercises cover hands-on activities such as stabilization, operation of aerial ladders, and combined operations with pumping apparatus.

Topics covered

• Operating aerial apparatus

• Strategies and tactics

• Stabilizing aerial apparatus

• Pumper/aerial combined operations

The motto, “put the wet stuff on the hot stuff,” is a classic fire service motto that gives us a simple understanding of how to extinguish fires. Sometimes though we have to work smarter and understand that there can be a twist to that motto that helps us with our operations. That is why PRI offers a one day course called "Pumping with Foam". This course deals with

the actions required to effectively understand the proper delivery of foam in a

manner to control and mitigate fires using foam products.

Objectives:

• Understand the goal of providing adequate water supply to the fire.

• Understand the principles of hydraulics.

• Recognize the factors that contribute to pump operator mistakes.

• Demonstrate and recognize pumping skills and specific precautions when pumping.