Firefighter 1 Bridge

[Monty 35]

I mentioned in another topic about FF1 requirements and equivalents. I just saw this in an email from the Academy Library. Don't know if it will be offered around here anytime soon, or what the demand would be if it was ....

[Document] New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control. Administrative manual & instructor guide: Firefighter I, bridge course. Firefighter Training Series. Rev. 1/10. Albany, NY: the Office, 2010. 94p.

"The NYS Firefighter-1 Bridge course from the previous 42 hour Basic Firefighter and 39 hour Essentials of Firefighting courses is designed to be a comprehensive course that completely prepares an entry-level firefighter to respond to emergencies by supplementing the students’ previously learned knowledge, skills, and abilities with the updated information and skills from the current Fireifghter-1 course materials. This course, combined with the previous Basic Firefighter or Essentials of Firefighting course, also accomplishes the objectives of NFPA 1001 Firefighter 1 and NFPA 472 Hazardous Materials First Responder Operations Level. It also trains the entry level firefighter as an interior structural firefighter in accordance with OSHA regulations 1910.156 Fire Brigade Standard, 1910.134 Respiratory Protection Standard, 1910.120 Emergency Response to Hazardous Materials – Operations Level, 1910.146 Confined Space Entry Standard-Awareness level and 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy Standard."

Wonder if they have someone in mind I'm sure that there aren't too many folk out there in the general WC firefighter population that meet those first two special requirements ....

Unless of course you begin to accept equivalents - and what is the equivalent to FF1 & FF2? Actually on another note, in a discussion at the FH, perhaps there should be a class to bridge Essentials or Basic FF to FF1. The state does kind of list equivalents to FF I / FF II at FF1 Certification and FF II certification - however, I'm sure some of those classes aren't offered any longer, so if you didn't take them before then you are SOL ....