Courses offered by Christopher J. Naum,
SFPE
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Building Construction for the Company and Command OfficerThis course is a concentrated examination of trends and methods in building construction with an emphasis on construction and occupancy risk assessment, building profiling, extreme fire behavior, structural and construction systems. Their direct relationship on structural firefighting operations, firefighter survivability and the command decision-making process will be discussed. |
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Tactical Operations and the Rules of Fire EngagementToday’s buildings and occupancies present challenges that have redefined strategic and tactical fireground operations and have changed the rules of engagement in structural fire incidents. This program will present the new rules of structural fire engagement and provide insights into integrated command and operational risk management, tactical safety and tactical protocols based upon occupancy risks and reading a building. |
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Adaptive Fireground ManagementThis program will present insights into emerging concepts and methodologies related to the unique challenges during combat structural fire engagement that require new strategic, tactical and operational modeling due to extreme fire behavior, building construction and occupancy risk. Predictive Risk management, Command Compression, Tactical Patience and Five-Star Command™ theories will be presented. |
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Engineered Structural Systems and Firefighter SafetyThe prevailing use of engineered structural support systems and assemblies within current building construction and occupancies has contributed significantly to command and operational challenges and LODD events. This program presents defined strategic and tactical perspectives on building construction principles with truss and other engineered systems, effective command operations, risk management and tactical firefighter safety. Case studies will be presented with focused discussions and the lessons learned. |
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Reading the Building: Predictive Occupancy ProfilingToday’s buildings and occupancies continue to present unique challenges to command and operating companies during combat structural fire engagement. Building and occupancy profiling, identifying occupancy risk versus occupancy type, emerging construction methods, features, systems and components coupled with the increasing commonality of extreme fire behavior and the increased fire load package require new skill sets in reading the building and implementing predictive occupancy profiling for |
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The Doctrine of Combat Fire Engagement 2011Combat fire suppression and field operations are being impacted on a variety of levels with demands for increased integration of firefighter safety, expanding risk management, modified tactical protocols and new skill sets for fire service personnel. Addressing the five fundamental core relationships of building construction, risk management, firefighter behaviors, incident operations and situational safety, this program will present where the fire services is heading in 2011 and beyond. |
Courses
VFIS Courses offered through FASNY
Course offered by Robert Leonard,
Executive Vice President, Dan Klores Communications
Courses offered by Tiger Schmittendorf,
Deputy Fire Coordinator, Erie County
Course offered by Lt. James A. Kirsch,
Bergenfield Fire Department
Courses offered by Christopher J. Naum, SFPE
Courses offered by Deep Blue Training Associates, Inc.
Instructors: Brendan Dunn and Bob Stephens