801 Building Construction: Tactical Risks for the First Due Instructor: Chief Christopher Naum, SFPE Sponsor: NSVFA / Nebr. State Fire School Today’s buildings and occupancies present increasing challenges that have redefined strategic and tactical fireground operations and impact these operations on a wide variety of levels that often include adverse fire conditions, structural compromise, collapse and increasing challenging operations. Presenting insights on building construction for today’s fire service, the primary objective of this program is to increase awareness and understandings and promote new skill sets in the fundamentals of building construction that directly impact firefighting and command operations at structure fires. A discussion of emerging trends in Building Construction Systems, Occupancy Risks, Collapse & Compromise Characteristics, Methods & Materials, related to building anatomy and tactical fireground options will be presented. Continuing the highly successful feature from last year’s program the class highlight consisting of a four-hour walking tour of buildings in downtown Grand Island learning first-hand about construction features, how to read a building and tactical considerations. This highly interactive and thought-provoking program challenges conventional fire service paradigms and identifies integral functions impacting First-Due tactical decision-making and firefighting. This class is geared towards Company and Command Officers; however, all ranks and experience levels will benefit from this program. Student Limit: 60 Students (2 per department) PPE NOT Required. = Classroom Only

Fight Fire from the Air: Nebraska’s Aerial Applicators and SEAT Sponsor: Nebraska Forest Service Instructor: Seth Peterson, NFS Fire Management Specialist Nebraska has taken a large stride in providing firefighters with effective aerial resources with the addition of a Single Engine Air Tanker. Any volunteer fire department can call for the SEAT or Aerial Applicator, so learn about the programs, how and when to call for air resources, tactical decisions for aviation use, and the future of aerial firefighting in Nebraska. Weather dependent, students will radio communicate, provided a target description, and evaluate the quality of a drop from an aerial applicator. PPE NOT Required. Student Course Limit: 30

Structure Protection during Rural/Urban Interface Wildfires Sponsor: Nebraska Forest Service Instructor: Seth Peterson, Acting Wildland Fire Protection Program Leader Fires in the rural/urban interface can quickly become a major incident despite the number of acres burning, demanding a shift in wildland fire suppression tactics. As people continue to build homes in rural areas, these fires – along with structural threats and losses – are becoming more common across Nebraska, particularly in increasingly populated areas of eastern Nebraska. This interactive course will utilize several actual fires as case studies to discuss incident command, firefighter safety, pre-incident planning, size-up and initial strategy, structure triage, structure protection and tactical operations in the interface. Local firefighters who took initial action during these events will also be on hand. PPE not needed Student Course limit: 30

Play it SAFE with Fire Prevention Class Coordinator: NSVFA Fire Prevention Committee Class Moderator: Rhonda Cerny Fire Prevention Education is so important for all ages, both young and old. But the class offered this year is going to take a bit of a different approach and concentrate on teaching children. This Hands-on class will offer inventive ways to deliver effective fire prevention education to children and offer excellent information on what materials are available to assist you. This is a great opportunity to start a new program in your department and a valuable resource to supplement your existing fire prevention efforts. Many of the class presentations will be made by firefighters that have successful programs currently being used in their departments. This class is a great place to develop a network of people wanting to make fire prevention an important daily act 365 days of the year. The target audience is fire prevention/education personnel, volunteers in the community, teachers and public education officers from fire departments, community groups and fire prevention co-op members. Student Course Limit: 40

Agricultural Emergency and Extrication Principles Instructors: Earl Rudolph, Springfield FD Brandon Willey Students will become familiar with different types of agriculture related accidents and how the various incidents should be handled. Course content will include: • Rescue equipment • Rescue procedures • Care of victim(s) • Safety will be discussed and practiced. Personal Protective Equipment Requirements Apply all three days. Student Course Limit: 40

Fire Investigations Sponsor: Nebraska State Fire Marshal Coordinator: Chief of Investigations, Adam Matzner This course will examine the fundamentals of basic fire investigation for responding firefighters and fire officers. Participants will discuss the information and observances that need to be collected to establish the basis for a thorough fire investigation and documentation for a (NEFIRS) fire incident report. Basic terminology and burn pattern analysis will be provided and reinforced through practical post fire scene exercises. PPE is not required; HOWEVER, work boots, older clothes and gloves are recommended for practical exercise. SCBA will not be needed. Student Course Limit: 50

Nebraska Fire Happenings Sponsor: Nebraska State Fire Marshal Coordinator: SFM Training Division And Rick SyWassink M.S/D-ABMDI This class will provide students an opportunity to hear information about historic fire and incident responses in Nebraska. Subject matter will cover both current and historic incidents that have and continue to play a role in our fire service history. Several Instructors will participate in this class that is always interesting and dynamic. In 2017 this class will also include Crime Scene Management for EMS: Recognizing what a crime scene is - its size and scope, how to preserve evidence and documentation. No PPE is required. This is a classroom setting only. Student Course Limit: 50

Introduction to Firefighting Sponsor/Instructors: State Fire Marshal Training Division This class will involve knowledge and skills training for the student on a variety of topics for the beginner. This class is NOT for those who have acquired firefighting skills. Students will be divided into groups for participation in each session. Topics include: 1. Fire Theory – 3 hours 2. SCBA – 3 hours 3. Fire Streams – 1.5 hours 4. Live Fire – 1.5 hours 5. Ladders – 1.5 hours 6. Hoses & Loads – 1.5 hours Personal Protective Equipment Requirements including SCBA apply for all three days. Student Course Limit: 240 (4 per department) (Hard Limit)

Nebraska Wildfire Incident Command Sponsor: State Fire Marshal Training Division Instructor: Ralph Moul Nebraska is prone to large wildfires every year due to our fuels, weather, and topography. Discussion will center around the historical large wildfires of this state and how they were mitigated. We will discuss strategy and tactics and this will be a very interactive presentation that will require heavy student participation during the scenarios. The Incident Command system will be used for this training. Topics to include: Large Wildfire History, Typing of the Incident dependent on the resources required, Wildfire Size-Up Techniques, Resource Requirements and Accountability, Strategy and Tactics employed during TYPE 1 through Type 5 Incidents, Recognition of “No Win Situations”, Utilization of Heavy Equipment and Conducting Burn Out Operations, Incident Command Post Requirements, Requesting Local, State, and Federal Resources, Communications Problems, and Wildland Fireground Safety. Student Course Limit: 60 PPE NOT required.

Advanced SCBA/Use, Maintenance, Safety Procedures Sponsor/Instructors: State Fire Marshal Training Division Students will be taught the latest techniques for self-rescue and fire fighter survival, air supply monitoring and preservation, team accountability and communications, large and small area search and rescue techniques for both civilian and firefighters and sharing of air supplies through RIT connections and other methods. Classroom activities will teach the students air concerns, inspection, maintenance and proper use of SCBA. Computerized equipment will be available to test all students SCBA face piece for proper seal and regulator flow testing will be demonstrated. Students will be exposed to their own reactions of both the mental and physical effects of SCBA use upon the firefighter and taught how to deal with each in real time evolutions. A newly designed situation solution and confidence development training module created by Kearney Fire Department will be available for use by all students to experience different fire scene problems and their solutions in simulated fire rescue situations. Personal Protective Equipment Requirements including SCBA apply for all three days. Student equipment that does not meet required testing period dates will not be utilized. Students should be physically fit and able to perform strenuous tasks in full gear. Student Course Limit: 40

Basic Vehicle Extrication Sponsor/Instructors: SFM Training Division This class provides emergency response with an understanding of the current challenges, techniques, skills & equipment used for the safe, effective extrication of patients from today’s vehicles. The tools, equipment and techniques presented in this class are considered state of the art practices used today but should not be looked at as the only practices for extrication. Skills will be developed for scene safety, incident command and safe and timely rescue. Topics will include scene size up, vehicle size up, vehicle safety systems, vehicle stabilization, electrical shut down, hybrid vehicle safety concerns and other. Addressed will be: Sections 6.4.1 & 6.4.2 of NFPA 1001 2008 Edition, Chapters 4, 5 & 10 of NFPA 1006 2008 Edition and Chapters 4,8 & 12 of NFPA 1670. Personal Protective Equipment Requirements are required on Saturday and Sunday of 3 day class. Participants will need to provide personal safety Eye Protection. Student Course Limit: 35

Commercial Vehicle Extrication (Advanced Heavy Rescue) Sponsor/Instructors: SFM Training Division Pre-requisite: Basic Vehicle Extrication within last 24 months. This class is designed to provide emergency response personnel with an extended understanding of the challenges, techniques, skills and equipment used for the safe and effective extrication and removal of patients from commercial or heavy vehicles that are on the road today. The tools, equipment and techniques presented in this class are considered to be current state of the art practices used throughout the country today, but should not be looked at as the only practices for extrication to be performed. The information presented also addresses sections 6.4.1 and 6.4.2 of NFPA 1001 2013 Edition, Chapters 4, 5 and 10 of NFPA 1006 2013 Edition as well as Chapter 4 and 8 of NFPA 1670 2014 Edition covering the information needed to meet Operations and Technician level vehicle extrication training. Students will develop skills needed to provide for scene safety, incident command as well as performing safe rescue of individuals trapped in vehicle accidents. Other topics discussed scene size up, vehicle size up, vehicle safety systems, vehicle stabilization, electrical and fuel shut down as well as techniques for door removal, dash lifts, and roof removals. Saturday and Sunday Only: Personal Protective Equipment Requirements Apply Personal safety Eye Protection (meeting OSHA Z87) Wildland gear is allowable (per Fire Department) Student Course Limit: 35 (Hard Limit)

Forcible Entry Techniques Sponsor/Instructors: State Fire Marshal Training Division Participants will develop skills necessary to make entry into locked structures for the purpose of fire suppression, rescue, EMS assistance etc. with minimal damage to the structure’s design by reviewing forcible entry skills and building construction. Several types of locks will be worked on and disassembled and entries made with provided forcible entry tools. Personal Protective Equipment Requirements Apply all 3 days of class. All head protection must have eye protection in place. Student Course Limit: 40

Basic Rope Rescue Sponsor/Instructors: State Fire Marshal Training Division Students will gain basic knowledge on ropes, rescue equipment, and personal protective equipment used in the high angle rope rescue environment. This course will consist of both classroom and skills training, including the practical applications and use of skills taught in this dynamic class. Safety is taught and stressed in this high risk environment. Person Protective Equipment Requirements: Lace-up type footwear, clean-welling fitting leather gloves (no dirty gloves) and a helmet with a chinstrap. Full length pants and appropriate shirt should be worn. No personal rescue equipment allowed, all equipment/rope used in class will be provided for by the SFMTD. Student Course Limit: 40

Basic Pump Operations Instructors: State Fire Marshal Training Division This course covers a variety of topics related to the operation of fire pumps on fire apparatus. Topics included: components and maintenance of a fire pump; principles of hydraulics, friction loss, nozzle pressure, nozzle reaction and basic hydraulics for application on the fireground. Combined with classroom and hands-on training students will increase their knowledge and skills to operate safely on any fireground situation. Saturday and Sunday: PPE requirements applies for all evolutions as students will be actively working on and around fire apparatus. Student Course Limit: 40

Fire Service Safety Culture: Who Protects Firefighters from Firefighters? Instructors: National Fire Academy Class/NFA Instructor Friday afternoon, Saturday (All Day) Sunday (AM) This is a 3-day course that will help fire service personnel identify their present fire service safety culture, explain how culture drives safety behavior, identify risk management strategies, and develop a fire service safety culture intervention plan to reduce injury and death to firefighters in their organization. The course content includes National Institute of Occupation Safety and Health (NIOSH) Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program reports, organizational change and leadership models, and risk control systems. The learning methods include case studies, problem solving, and strategic and tactical planning that are used in individual, small group, and class activities. Course Limit: 40

Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership within Communities Instructors: National Fire Academy Class / NFA Instructor This is a three-day course will provide fire service authority figures such as captains, assistant chief’s, chief’s and fire boards with knowledge and skills which enabling them to exercise leadership when confronting adaptive challenges presented by increasingly diverse internal and external communities. The goal of the course is for participants to use the diversity of ideas, peoples and cultures as resources in exercising leadership to address adaptive challenges in their communities. The primary target audience is fire and emergency service personnel in positions of authority (executive level officers) who have an opportunity to exercise leadership. The learning methods include case studies, problem solving, and strategic and tactical planning that are used in individual, small group, and class activities. Course Limit: 40

Staying Safe as a Fire Responder Instructor Mark Meints We must remember that life safety is number “#1” and how important it is to stay safe while responding to, on the scene of and returning from a call. The class will begin with a comprehensive review of the National Incident Command System (NIMS), learning the six step incident response process, including a scenario. We will then provide the 4-hour National Traffic Incident Management (TIM) training, learning the importance safety on a crash scene. This includes an outdoor, hands on portion. You will receive a certificate - upon completion of this course – from the Federal Highway Administration. Finally; is your department at its B.E.S.T? We will provide information on keeping your department ready to take the next call with the National Volunteer Fire Council’s (NVFC) Firefighter Health and Safety Priorities. PPE is NOT required Student Course Limit: 30

Grain Engulfment Rescue Instructors: Outside Data - Craig Berg This course provides the knowledge and skills required to perform a Grain Engulfment Rescue - the skills and knowledge required to rescue a victim engulfed in grain. This course requires a basic knowledge of Confined Space Rescue techniques as well as knowledge of lockout/tagout procedures as prescribed by OSHA and other regulations. Removal/rescue from grain bins and hoppers, grain bin cutting procedures, entrapment prevention and hazards of working in and around grain storage facilities are also addressed in this course. Removal of victims from locations requiring high-angle rescues is not covered in this course due to the advanced nature of this training. Training for this course includes the use of the Institute’s Grain Engulfment custom built 35’ Rescue Trailer that contains a grain bin, grain hopper and metal (grain bin) cutting station that allows for replication (to the extent possible) the “real world’ environment in which grain rescues occur. This trailer provides the realistic challenges of performing these rescues in a safe environment. This class is an eight-hour class and instructors will provide students approximately 4 hours of free time which may be used to view vendors or participate in additional grain rescue simulations. The class will provide 3 hours of class room instruction Friday which must be attended to participate in hands on portion Saturday and Sunday. Hands on portion will begin Saturday afternoon after grain bin is loaded. Required personal protective equipment is: Hard toed work boots, leather work gloves, hard hat and eye protection (shields, safety glasses or goggles). Student Course Limit: 45

Live Flashover Training Simulator & Mobile Live Burn Simulator Instructors: Customized FF Training, Iowa, Jim Carpenter, Primary Instructor If you want to get HOT “Hands on training” this class is for you! You will spend time in classroom discussing vital lifesaving topics such as: Modern Fire Dynamics from the latest NIST and UL studies, Transitional Attack, and S.L.I.C.E.-R.S. Instructors will utilize the most current research to assist in developing basic fire attack skills. Participants will then witness this training in action by entering Customized Firefighter Trainings live fire trailers. One trailer is a fire attack simulator. It simulates a small house fire with propane burners and the use of class A materials. The other trailer is for flashover. This trailer lets the firefighter witness the awesome life cycle of an unfriendly fire from ignition to flashover. Learn to recognize the conditions leading to Flashover—how it happens, how to recognize the rapidly developing fire, dense smoke, high heat, and rollover which are all present in the unit. Learn to use defensive techniques. Who would send a Firefighter to face a situation in the real world that he has not seen in training? Personal Protective Equipment Requirements Apply. Students must be competent in hand line and nozzle operation and SCBA usage and should make every attempt to bring their own SCBA and a spare bottle, if possible. Student Course Limit: 60 (2 Students per Dept.)

Resources for the New Fire Chief and New Chief Officers Instructor: Shane Cuttlers, Assistant Chief Raymond Volunteer and Rescue and Lincoln Fire & Rescue Captain. As a new Chief or Chief Officer, where do you find the resources within the State of Nebraska needed to run your department more effectively and efficiently? What laws are you required to follow and where can you find them? How do you not only plan for next year but the next 3-5 or 5-10 years? Subjects covered will include: 1. Rural Boards Election & Responsibilities 2. Budgets, Mill Levy’s, General and Sinking Funds 3. Emergency Funding for Hazmat & Wildland Fires 4. House Burn Permits & Requirements 5. Strategic Planning 6. Budgeting Apparatus & Equipment 7. Maintenance of Fire Apparatus 8. Recruitment & Retention 9. NeFIRS 10. Nebr. Forest Service Materials and Grants 11. Training Opportunities & What is Required 12. Your Significant Other and Family 13. State and National Resources 14. Critical Stress Management & Debriefing 15. All other items important to your Department All students will receive a CD with all information, resources and contacts at the end of class. PPE is NOT Required Student Course Limit: 40

EMS (Segmented Class) Coordinator: Rhonda Meyer, EMS Committee Friday (3 Hours) What’s the Leading causes of Death of Firefighters in the Nation? Heart Attacks? Building Collapse? Vehicle Accidents? Or Cancer? Join us for an insightful presentation on a leading cause of firefighter deaths and what we can do to protect ourselves. Presenter: Alan Joos What the Heck is EBM? “Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is an approach to medical practice intended to optimize decision-making by emphasizing the use of evidence from well-designed and conducted research. We are changing how we do things and let’s find out why. Presenter: Deb VonSeggern Saturday AM (3 Hours) Crime Scene Management for EMS: Recognizing what a crime scene is - its size and scope, how to preserve evidence and proper documentation PLUS the need for cooperation from ALL responders. • Recognizing scene safety. • Recognizing a crime scene and evidence. • Dealing with a live or deceased victim. • Documentation of activities in a scene. Saturday PM (3 Hours) “I am Feeling Really - Really Strange” Stroke is the 5th leading cause of death - yet we often miss the symptoms in the field. What can we do? What should we do? What is important to do? Course Objectives: • Learn Stroke Chain of Survival • Identify the Prehospital Evaluation and Management of Potential Stroke Patients • Learn EMS Challenges and troubleshoot these areas. Presenter: Deb VonSeggern Sunday AM (3 Hours): SIMS Nebraska Nebraska’s new mobile simulation labs are here to provide hands on education using interactive mannequins and equipment operated by simulation experts. Learn hands on infants, PEDS, and cardiac care in our beautiful new sim. Presenter: Doug Dekker Course Limit: 60

Incident Leadership & Decision Making Instructor: Todd Manns, The Blue Cell, LLC This workshop combines the attributes of tactical decision making with managerial decision making for Leaders of all types. In addition to traits of leadership, the course explores the concepts of using a decision-making model in high stress environments. Through a series of activities, participants are exposed to the concepts of the Military Decision-Making Process and will learn how to adapt its usage to all hazard incident management and emergency management environments. The workshop further incorporates concepts of the ICS and NIMS into the model and process. A working model (diorama) of a fictional town is used for the final exercise portion of the workshop along with matchbox vehicles for scenario play where leadership skills can be tested. PPE not required Course Limit: 25

Legal Smorgasbord: Sponsor: NSVFA Instructor: Jim Egr, NSVFA Legal Counsel This special six-hour course will be offered Saturday, May 20 from 8am-3pm with a lunch break. This class will answer questions, discuss concerns and address matters of interest to Rural Board members, Firefighters and Municipal Officials. Participants may bring their discussion topics with them or provide them early to the NSVFA office at 402-761-2211 or by email to staff@nsvfa.org Student Course Limit: 30