Industrial Fire Apparatus Practices I (Non-certification)

Course Description

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course Completion Requirements

Participants Must Provide

• a photo identification on the first day of class. See the Participant Handbook for approved forms of identification and additional guidelines.

Course Attire / Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Level 2 as described in the TEEX Student Safety Manual

Attendance Requirements

Class attendance is an essential part of the education process and participants in TEEX courses are expected to attend all class sessions and field exercises. This course requires participants to attend a minimum of 80% of the class hours as a component of successful course completion. During the course, your instructor will review any additional attendance requirements, for example a field exercise that cannot be missed

Topics

• Responsibilities of the Apparatus Operator
• Emergency Vehicle Operation
• Spotting the Apparatus
• Pump Theory
• Pump Types
• Tandem Hookups
• Relief Valves
• Governors
• Friction Loss Formulas
• Friction Loss Rules-of-Thumb
• Effective Fire Streams
• Hose Loads
• Hose Lays
• Using Large Diameter Hose
• Operating the Pump
• Drafting Operations
• Tandem Pumping
• Relay Pumping
• Elevating platforms and Aerial Operations
• Foam Truck Operations
• Preventive Maintenance
• Troubleshooting during Operations

Suggested Audience

All industrial emergency response personnel, including fire prevention, suppression, control, and safety personnel.

Potential attendees could include:

• Plant operators
• Plant maintenance
• Laboratory personnel
• Engineers
• Electricians/Instrumentation techs
• Security personnel
• All emergency response personnel, including
  • fire prevention
  • suppression
  • control
  • safety personnel

Other Information

Registration Requirements

Annual Schools require that you use the online registration system. 

We have streamlined the process for payment via Texas A&M Forest Service funding (H.B. 2604 or TIFMAS Grant Assistance Program). Before you register for a course, you must attain approval from the Texas A&M Forest Service for training tuition. On your approval letter, there will be a voucher approval number. Each participant approved for tuition grant assistance will need this number.

Register for your course through your TEEX student portal. On the payment section, choose “Purchase Order” and enter the “VFDE” number (for example “E123456”). If your department was approved for multiple participants, each participant up to the maximum approved in the training tuition request may use the same VFDE number. If the total amount due is greater than the total amount allowed by the tuition voucher, the individual/department will be responsible for the difference. You are no longer required to email or fax the approval letter to TEEX/ESTI unless it is specifically requested by TEEX staff. 

If you are using a standard Purchase Order, complete online registration and send a copy of PO documentation within 48 hours.

The PO contact email needs to be either yourself or a responsible person within your organization.

A new data field has been added to the payment process. The Tax ID (Tax Payer ID, EIN or FEIN) will be the number assigned to your organization. The field is required and needs to be in the following format: xx-xxxxxxx.

Late Registration

The full rate will be applied after the early-bird registration deadline.