Information provided includes course descriptions by subject only. For complete 2024-2025 programs/academic plans, please refer to Academic Programs.
503-101 Firefighter Health and Fitness I
Overview of fitness as it pertains to prospective firefighters. Includes endurance training, flexibility training, and strength conditioning. An overview of the nutritional values as it to prospective firefighters. An overview of mental and emotional well being of prospective firefighters.
503-102 Firefighter Health and Fitness II
Overview of fitness as it pertains to prospective firefighters. Includes endurance training, flexibility training, and strength conditioning. An overview of the nutritional values as it to prospective firefighters. An overview of mental and emotional well-being of prospective firefighters.
503-103 Firefighter Health and FItness III
Overview of fitness as it pertains to prospective firefighters. Includes endurance training, flexibility training, and strength conditioning. An overview of the nutritional values as it to prospective firefighters. An overview of mental and emotional well-being of prospective firefighters.
503-104 Firefighter Health and Fitness IV
Overview of fitness as it pertains to prospective firefighters. Includes endurance training, flexibility training, and strength conditioning. An overview of the nutritional values as it to prospective firefighters. An overview of mental and emotional well-being of prospective firefighters.
503-128 Emergency Medical Technician Applications
This course is an extension of, and completion of, the EMT Fundamental course. This course covers the bulk of the Emergency Medical Technician-Basic certification course to include the handling of cervical and spine injuries, burn injuries, heart and breathing related problems, shock, and other trauma injuries. This course includes several lab days to practice and perfect skills, clinical time, and extensive hands-on activites. This course prepares students for national certification testing for EMT-Basic. Admittance into this course must be within 2 years of completing Course # 503-125, EMT Fundamentals.
503-139 Principles of Emergency Svcs
Provides an overview to fire protection; career opportunities in fire protection and related fields; philosophy and history of fire protection/service; fire loss analysis; organization and function of public and private fire protection services; fire departments as part of local government; laws and regulations affecting the fire service; and fire service nomenclature.
503-142 Fire Fighting Principles
Describes basic fire behavior, techniques used to control structural and related fire emergencies, and life safety practices. Students perform all practical evolutions necessary to control and extinguish fires and otherwise meet all requirements for Firefighter I certification with the State of Wisconsin.
503-143 Building Construction for Fire Protection
Provides the components of building construction that relate to fire and life safety.
503-151 Fire Prevention
Provides fundamental information regarding the history and philosophy of fire prevention, organization and operation of a fire prevention bureau, use of fire codes, and identification and correction of fire hazards. Meets all requirements for Fire Inspector I certification with the State of Wisconsin.
503-153 Hazardous Materials Awareness & Operations
Examines characteristics relating to hazardous materials including problems of recognition and mitigation. Prepares students to Hazardous Materials Technician Level.
503-156 Strategies, Tactics & Inc Mgmt
Provides an in-depth analysis of the principles of emergency response through utilization of an incident management system. Prepares students to pursue current national ICS training requirements.
503-157 Fire Investigation
Provides learners with the fundamentals and technical knowledge needed for proper fire scene investigations.
503-159 Fire Fighting Principles II
Builds on the basic skills learned in Fire Fighting Principles with an emphasis on scene management, communication, and fire operations processes.
503-191 Principles of Emergency Services
This course introduces the student to the organization and management of a fire and emergency services department and the relationship of government agencies to the fire service. Emphasis is placed on fire and emergency service, ethics, and leadership from the perspective of the company officer.
503-192 Principles of Emergency Services Safety & Survival
This course introduces the basic principles and history related to the national firefighter life safety initiatives, focusing on the need for cultural and behavior change throughout the emergency services.
503-193 Fire Protection Systems
This course provides information relating to the features of design and operation of fire alarm systems, water-based fire suppression systems, special hazard fire suppression systems, water supply for fire protection and portable fire extinguishers.
503-194 Fire Protection Hydraulics
This course provides a foundation of theoretical knowledge in order to understand the principles of the use of water in fire protection and to apply hydraulic principles to analyze and to solve water supply problems.
503-195 Fire Behavior and Combustion
This 3 credit course provides an in-depth look at the combustion process and chemical reaction along with an analysis of fire behavior, principles, and theories. This course will also examine the physics of the combustion process, the products of combustion, and the effects of fire and combustion inside a structure, and the impact on the firefighter and victims who are involved in the fire environment. A key component to this course will be observations of fire and the products of combustion within scale models.
503-401 LP-Gas School
503-404 Rural Water Supply
503-405 Fire Prevention Procedures-2
This course will teach 2 hours of basic fire prevention procedures.
503-407 Basic Pump Operation
503-408 Fire Incident Command
503-409 Fire Instructor I
503-410 MCTO- Decision Making
503-411 Fire Extinguisher Safety
503-412 Incident Command
503-413 Forcible Entry
This 1:16 hour class is designed for the firefighter with any level of experience being that it is only a basic level course covering basic Forcible Entry techniques. In this class the student will learn basic skills concerning many types of: force entry, tools needed, types of tools used, how to use these tools and instructor tips and tricks during classroom and hands on tool exercises. Upon successful completion of this class, the student should walk away with an increased level of basic firefighter competencies on this important subject.
503-414 MCTO- Simulations
503-415 Emergency Rescue/Fire/Crash
503-416 Entry DR/OP Non-Cert-Part 1
503-417 Entry DR/OP Non-Cert Part 2
503-418 DR/OP Aerial Non-Cert Part 3
503-420 MCTO-Prepartion
503-421 Natl Fire Incident Report Sys
503-422 Agriculture-Hazards & Rescue
503-423 River Rescue
503-424 Instrnl Technique-Fire Officer
503-425 Arson Investigation
503-426 MCTO- Tactics
503-430 Emergency Veh Operations Crse
503-434 Driver/Pump Oper-Part III
503-439 Fire Behavior & Reading Smoke
This class expands on the basic fire behavior materials learned during initial firefighting training. It focuses on the importance of deducing critical fire characteristics from the attributed of visible smoke. Students will learn how understanding smoke volume, velocity, density, and color can help predict hostile fire events, as well as tactics and strategies that are useful to prevent these events from occurring.
503-442 Technical Rescue
503-443 Basic SCBA
503-444 Adv Fire Fighting Techniques
503-445 Incident Safety Officer
This 2-day course examines the Safety Officer's role at emergency responses. A specific focus on operations within an Incident Command System (ICS) as a Safety Officer is a main theme. Response to all-hazards types of situations will be emphasized.
503-446 Emergency Response-Terrorism
503-447 Leadership Developmnt-Fire Sci
503-448 Advanced SCBA Search & Rescue
503-450 Trench Operations & Technician
503-451 Confined Space Rescue Operatio
503-453 Fire Academy Skills Lab
This course identifies examples of confined spaces, discusses OSHA permit requirements, defines Confined Space Entry, explains roles of the confined space entrant, attendant, supervisor, and responsible person, discusses entrance options and requirements based on permit or non-permit and private contractor entry requirements, discusses and uses portable gas monitor equipment, identifies confined spaces in a specific workplace, and provides practice in filling out a confined space entry form.
503-454 Health and Safety Officer
This two-day course examines the Health and Safety Officer's role in identifying, evaluating and implementing policy and procedures that affect health and safety aspects for emergency responders. Risk analysis, wellness, and other occupational safety issues will be the main emphasis of this course.
503-455 House Burning Techniques
503-456 Industrial Fire Brigade Trng
Provides an in-depth analysis of the principles of emergency response through utilization of an incident management system. Prepares students to pursue current national ICS training requirements.
503-457 Airport Emergency Mgt
503-459 Rope Rescue Operations
503-460 Driver Operator Aerial
503-461 Rope Rescue Technician
503-463 Int. Tech to AEMT Transition
503-465 Fire Fighter Skills Review
This course will review basic and advanced fire fighters in a lab setting. Review of basic and advanced skills are integral part of a fire fighters ongoing training, and this course will give the student the ability to maintain and improve proficiency of their skills.
503-466 Fire Fighter Skills Review
This course will review basic and advanced fire fighters in a lab setting. Review of basic and advanced skills are integral part of a fire fighters ongoing training, and this course will give the student the ability to maintain and improve proficiency of their skills.
503-711 El FF I Part A
503-721 Cert FFI Part C
503-731 Live Fire Instructor
This is a 24-hour course for Live Fire Instructor which upon completion the student can enter the certification process to receive their IFSAC certification in Live Fire Instructor. The course covers the NFPA 1041 chapter 7 for Live Fire Instructor. It consists of 8 hours of lecture and 16 hours of hands-on-training of managing students during live fire training in a burn facility.
503-751 Cert Fire Inspect Pt I
503-780 Hazardous Materials Operations
503-785 Hazardous Materials Operations
This 24-hour course prepares the participant to perform the minimum hazardous material incident operations skills associated with fire fighting functions at an advanced nationally recognized level under general supervision.
The targeted audience is individuals who have completed, or are in the process of completing, the Fire Fighter I course. This course is also available to members of the Emergency Medical Services, Law Enforcement, and other industrial employees listed under 29CFR 1910.
This course is designed to provide the Fire Fighter I candidate with the information needed to meet the JPRs in Chapter 5, Core Competencies for Operations Level Responders, Chapter 6.2, Personal Protective Equipment, and Chapter 6.6., Mission-Specific: Product Control, of NFPA 1072.
503-790 Fire & Emergency Services Instructor I (FESI I)
*NOTE* Wisconsin Fire Service certifications for “Fire Instructor” and “Emergency Services Instructor” are equivalent to this certification at each level. This course was renamed in 2021 to match the NFPA 1041 standard name.
This 40-hour course prepares the participant to perform fire instruction duties at a nationally recognized level.
This course is designed to provide the Fire and Emergency Services Instructor I candidate with the information needed to meet the job performance requirements (JPRs) in National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1041, Standard for Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications, Chapter 4, 2019 Edition. Course curriculum is based on the Jones and Bartlett Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition curriculum and NFPA 1041, Chapter 4, 2019 edition.
503-791 Fire & Emergency Services Instructor II (FESI II)
*NOTE* Wisconsin Fire Service certifications for “Fire Instructor” and “Emergency Services Instructor” are equivalent to this certification at each level. This course was renamed in 2021 to match the NFPA 1041 standard name.
The 32-hour Fire and Emergency Services Instructor-II (FESI-II) training and certification course is based on the Jones and Bartlett Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition curriculum and NFPA 1041, Chapter 5, 2019 edition.
503-999F Fire Fighter Testing