Training officers

[ex-commish 490]

What depts..paid or volunteer have a position of training officer which is not a line or chief officer? Do you feel it is better having someone who's only responsiblity is training and not other officer duties? Do you feel a line or chief officer should also be the training officer?

Also what qualifies those in your dept to be the training person? What are your educational requirements?

Sorry for all the questions...

[HFD750 6]

One of the paid guys in my department is the training officer for both paid and volunteer, It works out just fine. We train together because we work together.

[ny10570 745]

I don't care what their rank is, so long as they want the job. Pleasantville has been lucky recently with guys who are really into the job.

[Remember585 815]

We have one Training Coordinator that oversees our Training Division. Our T.D. is made up of guys that are National Fire Service Instructor I, Instructor II, State Fire Instructors, ASHI Instructors and/or educator/instructors of other disciplines. It's a group of roughly 10 people with over 10 years and for the most part, over 25 years of service in the Department. Our responsibilities include OSHA compliance, Officer training, Driver training, Inter-company drills, CPR, NIMS and Bloodborne Pathogens training. We generally have one "classroom type" drill / training and one "hands-on" drill each month in addition to Company and FAST training.

So far this year we've had:

- Survival Training

- Engine Company Drills

- Truck Company Drills

- Haz-Mat / Decon Training

- Bomb Squad Training

- Tanker Ops Drill

- Extrication Drills

- Coast Guard "ABC" Class

Coming up in the next four months we will be holding the following:

- Flashover Training

- Chief Goldfeder Mini-Seminar

- Con Ed Gas & Electric Emergencies

- Rope Training

- Building Size-up

We try our best to train as often and on as many things as we can. We're not a very busy department so we need to train more to make up for the "real-world" experiences of bigger departments.