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Arm your crews with the information they need to safely deal with electrical emergencies because sometimes you can’t wait.
According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), electrocution is a leading cause of firefighter deaths in the United States, accounting for about 4% of all firefighter fatalities between 2010 and 2019. From 2010 to 2014, electrical distribution or lighting equipment was involved in 11% of firefighter deaths.
With the advent of Million (plus) square foot data and distribution centers being constructed all over the United States, traditional fire service training is ill equipped to teach of these new hazards that include huge battery banks, solar power, industrial size generators and ATS’s (automatic transfer switch).
FD Internationals’ Residential and Commercial FireFighter Electrical Safety Course, known as Fire Fighters Guide to Electricity, is the result intensive research into the electrical hazards that firefighters face on almost every call. In 2013 over 1500 firefighter injuries were reported due to electric shock.* This course does not do power company demonstrations but teaches fire fighters what they need to know to safely work around electricity and understand how to safely shut off electricity.
The question we ask of students, “Prove to me it’s safe”.
This is solid information from experienced firefighters with extensive electrical backgrounds not a “let’s electrocute a hotdog” class and show everyone how scary electricity is.
Arm your crews with the information they need to safely deal with electrical emergencies.
Objectives
- What electricity is and where it comes from
- The physiological hazards associated with electricity
- How we control it
- How we turn electricity off safely and prove that the scene is safe
- Achieve a base knowledge of electricity and the components that control it.
- Identify the components and know how they work.
- Anticipate what will happen when working around electricity
- Single & Three Phase meters
- PME Primary Metering Equipment
- Solar power and battery backup
- Electric Generators
- ATS (Automatic Transfer Switch)
- UPS (Un-interruptible power supply)
- Electric Vehicles
This program consists of classroom and a field trip to a location determined by the training officer and FD International.