Truck Academy

This very aggressive, hands-on 3-5 day program, incorporates truck company operations, truck company officer strategy and tactics, aerial apparatus practices, rapid intervention team concepts capped off with live fire exercises. Our staff instructors will bring their “best practices” and “down and dirty” skills to showing how they can work for your department.

For the greatest impact, a training facility capable of supporting live fire exercise is critical. We would like to invite manufacturer’s representatives to make available demo apparatus and equipment for the program, making this a “win-win” for the students, the vendors and the instructors. Obviously, additional apparatus and other logistical needs will  have to be met to support the program.

Truck  Academy : For Firefighters and Company Officers

The Topics: The basics to the advanced Ventilation Laddering Forcible Entry Ground Ladders Search and Rescue Overhaul Controlling Utilities Rapid Intervention Crews

Aerial Apparatus operations Offensive use of aerial devices Placement and setup for rescue, roof top operations and window rescues The Truck Co. Officer: – Strategy and Tactics Working with the engine company Live fire exercises

While this program is ideally offered as a 3-5 day offering,  it can be adjusted in to accommodated local scheduling needs, compressing the program to need available time constraints.

Truck  Academy : Coordinated Attack: For Chief and Command Officers

The TRUCK ACADEMY: COORDINATED ATTACK program will cover the concepts that are presented in the Truck Academy, but not exposing them to the “hands–on” portion of the program. The program will  review: •     Fixing dysfunctional fire grounds •     Need for SOG and Riding Assignments •     Company Roles: Engines, Trucks and Rescues •     Rapid Intervention Concepts •     Coordinating the Fireground Operations •     Strategy and Tactics

The final component joins the two classes on the final day(s) having the officers from the TRUCK ACADEMY: COORDINATED ATTACK serving as command officers on the live fire exercises using standard operating guidelines that are used by the TRUCK ACADEMY students. 

The goal is for all to see that this is not as difficult as it may appear.  Companies will go to work with little direction, engine companies will operate more efficiently and command officers will have true command of an incident and will be able to focus on strategy and safety rather than micro-managing the fireground. If your department would like to host this new program OR you would like additional  information, please eamil us at training@taskforce1.net.