By Kenn Fontenot
Developing a comprehensive program for ongoing firefighter training can be difficult for a volunteer department. What skills or topics are important to cover? How do we make the best use of our volunteers’ limited time?
All fire service leaders understand the importance of ongoing training for their members. However, training officers at volunteer departments are often working with limited funding, limited time, and limited resources. They need to design a training program that is the most effective and efficient for their members and their service area.
当被问及“我们的培训计划应包括什么？”我回答说程序应涵盖以下一般类别。
类别1：我们需要改进的区域
首先也是最重要的是我们缺乏或需要改进的技能和知识。在此类别中，这些技能不经常使用或需要刷新。考虑一下服务区域中的事件，这些事件频率低，但对社区或您的会员的风险很高。如果发生这些事件之一或何时发生，则需要为您的成员做好充分准备以进行响应。
一个例子是donning/doffing of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)。对于某些志愿部门，此技能经常完成，不需要注意。但是，在其他有很少发生结构的火灾的人中，这种技能虽然很少使用，但很少使用。如果被问到：“我们上一次穿SCBA是什么时候？”而且您不记得，这肯定是培训时间表的一个。一个很好的建议是让所有将每年使用SCBA资格的成员；选择一个月，并将其作为您的合格日期。
If you run a lot of EMS calls, then obtaining basic vitals are second nature. But how about long bone traction or delivering a baby? With rescue tools, we should be able to do “through the trunk” without delay for a “run under” accident. Have we stayed current with all aspects of hybrid or electric vehicles? If not, add it to the program.
RELATED:New Year’s Training Resolution|公司官员101练习|Firefighting Drill Ideas for the New Year
我发现询问成员认为有必要的东西或需要进修的东西非常有益。在大型部门中，这可能是不可行的，但是您也许可以与公司或地区酋长询问。做得好的后分析也可以指出需要改进或缺乏熟练程度的领域。
Category 2: New Skills and Technologies
Next are new tools, techniques, or technology. That brand-new热成像摄像头（TIC）your department just received from an AFG grant ─ do the requisite members know how it works, how to operate it, and more important, how to use this incredible tool in the real world? Drag out the TIC and train with it.
您是否了解您的最新信息现代火灾攻击概念? These are relatively new techniques and should be thoroughly understood before using. Unmanned drones are also quite new and have proven very effective in managing emergency incidents. All members expected to operate these should know the abilities and uses for these wonderful pieces of equipment.
Do you have a new apparatus or tender? Driving vehicles is the single greatest liability exposure a department incurs. Even if someone is very competent driving “Old Betsy,” a new apparatus will handle or operate differently. Everyone who will be driving or operating it MUST train with the new vehicle before being allowed to drive or operate it.
第3类：要求培训
We also must add mandated items such as血源性病原体and infectious diseases, hazmat, state and local requirements, and department mandates. My state requires annual ethics training for all government employees, including both paid and volunteer firefighters. There is requalification for EMS and hazmat refreshers. In my department, we had to qualify with the SCBA and as a driver/operator annually. Some states have annual mandatory firefighting CEU training requirements.
Category 4: Ratings-Enhancing Training
A final category is the requirements for the火灾保险等级局。These are necessary to obtain the best rating available, but that should not be the only reason to conduct the training. Training, first and foremost, is all about providing the most effective and efficient customer service as safely and effectively as possible. We need to train to be “the best we can be,” not just to check boxes on an insurance rating form.
Brunacini酋长曾经分享过他对训练有素的消防员的想法：“如果您可以与unconscious competence。”这意味着消防员已经接受了足够的训练，以便他们可以本能地履行职责。
在确定了您部门的培训需求之后，将它们放在日历上，以确保涵盖主题。请记住，随着需求和条件的变化，提供一些灵活性。收集每个班级所需的资源，分配讲师和培训。正如我的一个明智的老师朋友会说：“您将在训练中表现出色。”使您的程序使您的消防员安全，高效且有效。
Kenn Fontenotis the Louisiana director for the NVFC and chair of the NVFC Health, Safety, and Training Committee. He is also a charter member and first fire chief of the LeBlanc Volunteer Fire Department and captain/safety officer for the Milton Volunteer Fire Department. Kenn is a principal member on the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1001 standards committee and alternate member of NFPA 1021. He is the chief of training for St. Landry Fire District #3, served for 14 years as the regional fire training coordinator at the Louisiana State University Fire and Emergency Training Institute, and is a past-president of the Louisiana State Firemen’s Association.
