Colleton County Fire-Rescue

3/7/2009

	Colleton’s 1152 Fundamentals of Firefighting course completed testing Saturday, 7-March. Students and Instructors traveled to the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort to utilize the base’s burn building. This was the first class to be tested under the Fire Academy’s new 1152 curriculum, so there were some bugs to be worked out. The written portion was administered on Wednesday. Practical testing began at 0930 Saturday and lasted until late afternoon. Students were evaluated on rapid dress with turnout gear, SCBA, ladders, hose loads/deployment and fire attack to name a few. It was a beautiful day for the training. Students should be receiving the results of their testing within the next few weeks. The class was made up mostly of students from Colleton County and some neighboring departments. Four Colleton County Explorers also participated. Upon successful completion, the Explorers will receive provisional certificates until their 18th. birthdays.