Gloucester Fire Academy

Upcoming Courses

Throughout the year, the Gloucester County Fire Academy offers several courses of interest to emergency services personnel.Complete a registration form to sign up for a class.

AUTO EXTRICATION I
Dates & Times:

Mar. 27, 2025, 1900 - 2200 hrs.
Mar. 29 & March 30, 2025, 0800-1600 hrs.

This comprehensive 19 hour course will consist of both lecture and hands-on training. Participants will receive instruction and develop improved competency on all phases of auto extrication including: scene size-up, vehicle stabilization, removal of the vehicle from the entrapped patient, patient removal, etc.

HARASSMENT, DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL MEDIA: ISSUES FOR THE EMERGENCY SERVICES
Date & Time:

April 12, 2025, 0830 - 1530 hrs.

New Jersey employers are required to provide training and education on the topic of recognizing and preventing workplace harassment and discrimination to both supervision and members of the workforce. Additionally, employers are also required to have a comprehensive workplace policy on this topic. Failure to do so leaves the organization vulnerable to liability exposure. Coupled with more than two decades of experience including investigative services and policy development, the program developer brings to the classroom both historical and recent court decisions from both New Jersey and Federal courts to educate members on what is and what is not harassment or discrimination. Additionally, participants will be educated on how to avoid unwanted consequences for postings on social media.

CONFINED SPACE OPERATIONS
Dates & Times:

April 28, 2025, 6 PM - 9:30 PM
April 30, 2025, 6 PM - 9:30 PM
May 10, 2025 8 AM - 5 PM

Confined Space training programs cover a wide range of topics. Students will learn skills, safety measures and operations that include:

Confined Spaces and Hazards associated with Confined Spaces
Techniques and Operations in and around Confined Spaces
Rope and Rigging, Mechanical Advantage systems, Tripod operations
Personal Protective Equipment
Air Monitoring
Ventilation
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) and/or Supplied Air Systems
Patient Packaging, Rescue, Removal
Lock-Out / Tag-Out

AUTO EXTRICATION II
Dates & Times:

May 3, 2025, 0830 - 1630 hrs.
May 6, 1900-2200 hrs.

This course, mostly hands on, continues where Auto Extrication I left off. Using numerous skill stations and multi crash scenarios, students will be able to demonstrate the key principles and practices of safe and effective vehicle extrication practices.

ROPE RESCUE FOR THE SQUAD COMPANY
Dates & Times:

May 8, 2025, 6 PM - 9:30 PM
May 14, 2025, 6 PM - 9:30 PM
May 18, 2025 8 AM - 5 PM

This sixteen-hour program will teach the student basic rope rescue skills utilized by the squad company. Skills will include knot tying, picket systems, anchoring, patient packaging, raising and lowering mechanical advantage and belay systems. Skills will be applied to complete multiple rope rescue scenarios.

FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES INSTRUCTOR LEVEL 2 EVENING PROGRAM
Dates & Times:

May 12 - May 28, 2025 (click the link for all dates and times)

Successful completion of this course is required by the NJ Division of Fire Safety for Fire Service Instructors who desire certification as a level-2 Fire Service Instructor. NOTE: This course does include out of class assignments that are mandatory for completion.

7 COMMON OR SOON TO BE COMMON HAZMAT INCIDENTS: WHAT TO KNOW
Date & Time:

May 17, 2025, 0800 - 1700 hrs.

This new course is meant for all first responders to have an awareness of what hazards we can encounter and/or what may be forthcoming in our region, with the ever-growing industry around us. This course will touch briefly on the basic technology of detection that fire departments use to respond to a call of service.

HEAVY VEHICLE RESCUE – LEVEL 1
Dates & Times:

May 29, 2025, 1900 - 2200 hrs.
May 30 & June 1, 2025, 0800-1600 hrs.

The Heavy Vehicle Rescue program is a specialized program focusing on accidents involving large trucks and autos. The program eliminates time consumption of rescuers learning on the job. Precious minutes of the Golden Hour are saved thus reducing the mortality of those involved in accidents. Rescuers may apply these techniques immediately upon returning to their agency.

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