CCFR December 11 2009

Firefighter RJ Riles completed the seven week recruit school held at the SC Fire Academy. The graduation was held at the Denny Auditorium on the Academy grounds on 11-December. Fifteen recruits graduated as IFSAC Firefighter IIs. Twenty five candidates started the course 2 months ago.

The recruits reside at the Academy during the entire seven week course. They are permitted to return home on weekends. The course is billed as the Academy’s Flagship course and is accredited by the Fire Service Accreditation Congress, meeting NFPA requirements for Firefighter II. It includes six (6) written tests, seven (7) practical skills tests, physical fitness activities, field and class participation and homework, Recruits work as a team with other students and instructors. The students must live on site at the fire station and live together in a fire station like environment. This course requires after hours homework, study groups, watching videos/CDs related to the course material and after hour emergency drills that give the students real-to-life emergency situations to respond to. Students completing this course receive the 1151 course on their transcript. They also receive individual transcript credit and certificates for the

	Firefighter RJ Riles completed the seven week recruit school held at the SC Fire Academy. The graduation was held at the Denny Auditorium on the Academy grounds on 11-December. Fifteen recruits graduated as IFSAC Firefighter IIs. Twenty five candidates started the course 2 months ago. The recruits reside at the Academy during the entire seven week course. They are permitted to return home on weekends. The course is billed as the Academy’s Flagship course and is accredited by the Fire Service Accreditation Congress, meeting NFPA requirements for Firefighter II. It includes six (6) written tests, seven (7) practical skills tests, physical fitness activities, field and class participation and homework, Recruits work as a team with other students and instructors. The students must live on site at the fire station and live together in a fire station like environment. This course requires after hours homework, study groups, watching videos/CDs related to the course material and after hour emergency drills that give the students real-to-life emergency situations to respond to. Students completing this course receive the 1151 course on their transcript. They also receive individual transcript credit and certificates for the
	following academy courses that are part of this course: American Red Cross First Responder , 1152 Fundamentals of Basic Interior Structural Firefighting , 1136 Flammable Liquids and Gas Firefighting, 2722 Haz Mat Operations. Students can challenge the IFSAC Haz Mat Operations exam. 1153 NFPA FFI (IFSAC certificate), 1154 NFPA FFII (IFSAC certificate), 1139 Rescue the Rescuer and 3330 Auto Extrication.