Fire Engineering Training

40 years of statistical data conclude that of all the harmful workplace exposures, electricity exposure is the leading cause of workplace fatality. These statistics include fire and EMS professionals and their encounters with electrical hazards. Electricity operates in every building, is used by many components of emergency equipment, and spans across every open space as a power line - making the possibility of electrocution and electric shock a common workplace consideration. As a first responder, you must understand how to handle electrical hazards on the fireground or incident scene for your safety and the safety of everyone at the scene. By the end, you'll be able to recognize critical electrical hazards and understand how to protect yourself from electric shock while working in fire and emergency services. This course addresses standards OSHA CFR 1910 (subpart S), OSHA 29 CFR 1926 (subpart K), and NFPA 70E.

First responders have many hazards that accompany the field: risk of injury trying to offer assistance to someone in need, risk of contracting a virus like cold or flu, or even more serious ones, like bloodborne pathogens. It is important to take the necessary steps to protect yourself from all hazards, but it is also important to understand why. In this course, we will focus on the bloodborne pathogen Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and its late-stage form of the disease when left untreated, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), how it can be contracted, treated, and prevented, as well as steps to keep yourself and other patients safe from this infection. Employers should follow the OSHA standard 1910.1030 to provide a safer environment for first responders due to the greater risk of contracting a virus of this type.