

Community Risk Educator- added new courses to meet course prerequisites.

This will allow the course to be taught within a Fire Fighter 1 academy.

Through input of the Steering Committee, and approval from STEAC and SBFS, SFT has changed several course prerequisites. All curriculum resources can be found on the FSTEP web page. SFT's Ethics course has been a cornerstone in qualifying instructors to deliver fire service training throughout California. See the Ethical Leadership for Instructors Implementation Plan for more information. The goal of the course is to professionally develop and qualify instructors who deliver courses for SFT, as well as Skills Evaluator's administering SFT Certification Exams.
#Fire fighter 1 taskbook update#
The Instructor Update can be completed through the SFT User Portal, located under the Web Forms tab. See the Implementation Plan for more information.Įthical Leadership for Instructors FSTEP CourseĮthical Leadership for Instructors (2018) is a curriculum update for the existing Ethical Leadership in the Classroom (2007) course. Instructors will be required to complete an ICS Instructor Update Web Form to instruct the new courses. ICS 300/ICS 400 Curriculum and Instructor UpdateįEMA's Emergency Management Institute (EMI) released updated curriculum for ICS 300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents and ICS 400: Advanced Incident Command System for Complex Incidents in April 2019. Please visit the FSTEP Curriculum website for course plans, task books and implementation plans. Open Water Rescue Boat Operator - Large Vessel Course.Open Water Rescue Boat Operator - Small Vessel Course.SFT collaborated with the Office of Emergency Services, Fire and Rescue Division and the CAL FIRE Training Center to develop a number of water-based rescue curriculum. See the Implementation Plan for more information. NEW Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting Awareness FSTEP CourseĪircraft Rescue & Firefighting Awareness is a new FSTEP course that provides information to non-ARFF trained fire fighters who support aircraft rescue and fire fighting operations. See the CA-219 Implementation Plan for more information. NEW CA-219: Wildland Firefighting - Firing Operations FSTEP CourseĬA-219: Wildland Firefighting - Firing Operations is a new FSTEP course that provides information and develops skills required to perform and hold firing operations on wildland fires and prescribed burns. More information on this change can be found on the Regulations & Incorporated Documents web page. Candidates shall verify if Task Book Addendum(s) are required, prior to submitting to SFT for certification. Task books are valid for five years from date of issuance. Once implemented, it will be the responsibility of the Fire Chief to ensure that only the Fire Chief, or Authorized Designee on file with SFT, initiates a Task Book and that all prerequisites are met.

#Fire fighter 1 taskbook professional#
If there is a delay in the approval process, the secondary implementation date is January 1, 2021.Įffective January 1, 2020, SFT will transition to "open" Professional Certification Task Books. The new open Task Book process will allow a Fire Chief, or Authorized Designee, to verify Task Book prerequisite requirements and initiate a Task Book similar to CICCS practices. SFT anticipates that the new fee adjustment will go into effect on July 1, 2020. SFT will now begin working on the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) rulemaking process. The State Board of Fire Service (SBFS) and Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee (STEAC) have approved the State Fire Training (SFT) Fee Report. Requirements include running, walking, climbing, jumping, twisting, bending, and lifting more than 50 pounds the pace of work typically is set by the emergency situation.A monthly summary of the on-going news, updates, & events at SFT These duties may include an occasional demand for extraordinarily strenuous activities in emergencies under adverse environmental conditions and over extended periods of time. Duties involve fieldwork requiring physical performance calling for above-average endurance and superior conditioning.
