RAPID INTERVENTION CREW / TRAIN-THE-TRAINER AWARENESS AND OPERATIONS
This Train-the-Trainer course is being offered to increase the number of qualified instructors and subject matter experts that are available to teach fire service personnel throughout the county and the state.

This Train-the-Trainer course has limited enrollment. Therefore, instructor and student selection will be made in the following priority:

1. In County or local fire academy instructors
2. Fire department training officers/instructors
3. Other fire instructors
4. Out of County Instructors and training officers

The ability to impact the most students will be the primary factor for selecting qualified applicants.

Class size limited to 14 students with a maximum of 2 students per department.

To attend Train-the-Trainer courses, you must have the following RIC Instructor requirements.

RIC Instructor Requirements (as outlined in Morris County Best Practice Guideline)

Be a State of New Jersey, Division of Fire Safety Certified Level 2 Instructor and/or be recognized as a “Subject Matter Expert” by the Authority having jurisdiction for the purposes of conducting and certifying Rapid Intervention Training.  Also be a State of New Jersey, Division of Fire Safety Certified Drill Ground Instructor and should meet the requirements of NFPA 1407 Chapter 5 RIC Instructor Requirements.

The Delmar Rapid Intervention Company Operations curriculum will be used for this train the trainer course. Each student attending the course will receive the book and the instructor CD.

The Goal of this program is to provide a common standard for all Rapid Intervention so that all teams will be working together and use the same standards.

Rapid Intervention Crew Course Outline

With the ever changing world we live in today as members of the fire service we must prepare to operate under any circumstance. This is the basis of this training course. The classroom session will prepare you to teach your members an awareness level and provide you with the information needed to bring your members up to a common standard in Rapid Intervention. The operations (Hands on Session) will be performing several stations in victim removal with some of the latest techniques being taught thru out the fire service.

This program is both classroom and hands on and is a total of 12 hours.

Equipment needed for training:
Classroom Session- Notebook and Pen
Hands on Session- Full PPE and SCBA