S-100 Basic Fire Suppression and Safety Course
Doug Richardson Program Director / instructor and Mark Healey from the Kamloops, Ministry of Forests, Wildfire Management Branch, discuss various aspects of constructing a fireline with a group of students from Sweden. (Spring 2010)(McQueen Lake Environmental Education Centre) The only government approved and fully recognized S-100 Basic Fire Suppression and Safety courses are those that are conducted over a two day time frame. We fully support that fact as there is far too much material to cover in one day - even a very long day. Your safety and welfare is on the line here and it behooves all instructors to present a full and complete course.
This course is not offered as a web based program because there is a second day of field training, which is then followed by the written exam. We, at www.firesafetraining.com , do deliver this recognized two day course. We also deliver other, required and advanced fire related courses upon request and when and if our very busy schedule permits. We are also attempting to create an instructor data base which will benefit both the instructors as well as, of course, those people who are requiring the full, two day course or other advanced fire related courses. Please see our "Contact Info" under the heading - "General Information", or scroll down to the "Instructors" and contact one of them as they may be geographically closer to you than we are.
Each instructor must keep their own list of students taught. No one else has access to these lists unless there may be a WorkSafeBC investigation of some type. EACH STUDENT IS ADVISED TO ENSURE THEY KEEP A RECORD OF THE DATE THE COURSE WAS TAKEN AND THE INSTRUCTOR'S NAME.
People phone us all the time to tell us of some course that is or has been delivered in six or eight hour single day. (we have even heard of one "full" S-100 course being given in three hours!) Retention span drops off dramatically after about five to six hours. ... and then after that there is an exam to write! Although there may be the rare one day course "out there", that is pretty good, there is still a lot of material that has to be skipped over or "watered down". This is a dis-service to you and your fellow workers when it comes to safety on the fire line. Check out the "Course Instructors" or contact us for more information if you are looking for an instructor. Thanks |
FireSafeTraining Instructor / Operations, Mike Cleaver (red), leads a group of Swedish students through the "paces" of laying a basic hose lay system. (McQueen Lake Environmental Education Centre)
