This course is available to members of recognized emergency services organizations. This course is being delivered over 6 months online with one (1) practical day on November 6, and the exam and practical evaluations on November 13th at the Kananaskis Emergency Services Centre. Students will be required to purchase their own textbook: IFSTA Company Officer 6th Edition. The textbook is available from the Alberta Fire Chief’s Association bookstore.

This NFPA 1021-1 course will meet the requirements for IFSAC & ProBoard certification. Students will learn Fire Officer communications and background knowledge, the introduction to basic supervisor functions, safety regulations and basic investigation, and single-unit incident management.

Prerequisites: NFPA 1001 Level II Firefighter and NFPA 1041-1 Level 1 Fire & Emergency Services Instructor for ProBoard and IFSAC certification.

A 50% deposit is required to reserve a seat in the course. Deposits are non-refundable if canceled within two weeks of the start date.

A schedule will be provided ahead of the July 2nd start date; each chapter will commence approximately a month apart. This will require the logging in and watching the lecture and completing assignments each month.

DATES: Online July 2, 2025

                Exam November 6, 2025

                Practical November 13, 2025

To register please use the link below:

NFPA 1021-1 Fire Officer Level 1 Application Form

TRAINING NOTICE
NFPA 1006 Technical Rescue Rope Awareness and Operations

This 4-day course includes all the learning and skills required for NFPA 1006 (2021) Rope Rescue Awareness and Operations (Chapter 5), and exceeds the requirements outlined in NFPA 1670 (2017). Successful students will receive a certificate and completed Job Performance Requirements. Training includes:

• Equipment familiarization / inspection and maintenance
• Rigging Anchor Systems
• Rigging Lowering Systems
• Rigging Hauling Systems
• Incident Management

Topics include sizing up a rope rescue incident, understanding principles of mechanical advantage, recognizing and isolating incident hazards, identifying resource capabilities and limitations, understanding and maintaining functions and operations of equipment, demonstrating various knots, bends, and hitches, applying rigging principles, and performing safety checks. Candidates successful in this program will be receive a written and practical exam for both NFPA levels through IFSAC and Pro Board following the Government of Alberta Fire Service Certification program.

Dates: April 14-18th 2025
Location: Walter Thomas Fire Station 1 – 10099 93 Avenue Fort Saskatchewan
Time: 0800-1630
Prerequisites: Intermediate First Aid or higher.
Maximum participants: 20 students

Cost: $450.00 includes meals and course supporting documents.

Students must purchase their own copy of the Rope Rescue Principle and Practice, Fifth Edition, Jones and Bartlet (2023)

Deadline to Register: April 4th, 2025, 1700hrs.

Registration: Email [email protected] to register for the course stating the course title in and date in the subject line: NFPA 1006 Rope Rescue Course

For more information on this course contact Platoon Chief Nolan Jespersen at [email protected] or at 780-996-1360.

For a shareable flyer please use the following link:

NFPA 1006 Rope Rescue Awareness Operations course notice

The ISFSI Live Fire Fixed Facility Instructor Credential Program is a unique blend of distance learning and an intense three-day hands-on academy. The course focuses on the responsibilities of instructors charged with important safety duties as live fire instructors. This course is based on the NFPA 1403 Standard on Live Fire Training. Students will complete an extensive online course prior to the hands-on portion and will be challenged by a series of written and practical examinations to earn this three-year credential.

Reading materials (not provided with registration) include: •NFPA 1403 Standard on Live Fire Training, 2018 Version •Live Fire Training: Principles & Practice to NFPA 1403, Second Edition.
Program Highlights:

Instructor responsibilities in operations of permanent gas-fired and Class A combustible-fueled live fire training structures

Creating and implementing a sample pre-burn plan

Emergency planning and operations

Working with students in live fire conditions

Review of current industry research involving live fire conditions

Application of duties to ignition officer, safety officer, and instructor-in-charge

DATE: June 6-8, 2025

TIME: 8 AM – 5 PM

LOCATION: 1 Boundary Road, Kananaskis

HOSTED BY: Kananaskis Emergency Services

REGISTER: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

For completed course information and pricing please use the following link:

Flyer LFFF Kananaskis, AB June 6-8, 2025 (2)

2025 Training Symposium

 A two-day fire department training symposium in support of the Strathcona County Firefighters Honour Guard.

 Welcome to the 2025 Training Symposium hosted by the Strathcona County Firefighters Honour Guard. Join us for two days of fire department-specific training from two internationally known fire service veterans.

A ticket purchase includes entry to both days of the symposium, a welcome social on the evening of the 11th hosted by 70 Acre Brewing Company, and an invite to march in the annual Strathcona County Fallen Firefighters Memorial March on September 13th. So, bring your Class A!

Sorry, no single-day tickets are available.

 September 11 (day one) will boast multiple in-depth tactical, fire dynamics, and leadership lectures from Captain Sean Gray, Cobb County Fire Department.

Sean has been a member of multiple technical panels involving fire safety research and is an appointed member of the UL FSRI Advisory Board. He has co-authored the book The Evolving Fireground (Fire Engineering) and speaks nationally on research-based tactics. Additionally, Sean is an NFPA committee member for Fundamentals of Fire Control Within a Structure Utilizing Fire Dynamics (NFPA 1700), Fire Hose (NFPA 1961-1965), and Fire Service Training Facilities (NFPA 1400).

September 12 (day two) will be highlighted by Captain (ret.) Tim Dietz and a first-hand account of behavioural health issues faced by firefighters.

Tim retired after 30 years in the fire service and is the Founder/CEO of Behavioral Wellness Resources, a consulting/counselling firm catering to emergency response organizations’ and individuals’ behavioural wellness needs. He is an internationally known speaker on human emotional crisis, grief, and staying mentally healthy in the emergency service professions. He is the author of the book “Scenes of Compassion.” A Responder’s Guide for Dealing with Emergency Scene Emotional Crisis and Managing a Fire Company w/ John Brunacini . He has also written several published articles addressing behavioural health issues in the fire service. Tim is the Clinical Director for the Oregon Satellite of the West Coast Post-Trauma Retreat, a residential treatment facility for first responders suffering from PTSD, and he was the clinical advisor to the U.S. Coast Guard’s mental health response following hurricanes Katrina and Rita and to the stress management team at the Oso, Washington mudslide. In 2017, Tim received the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation’s “Pioneering Spirit” Award as an “Industry Pioneer” for his programs on emergency scene crisis control and compassion. Creating the Culture for Behavioral Health in the Fire Service is a course on behavioural health in the fire service taught by a person who spent 30 years working in the fire service and is now a clinician treating stress (mental health) injuries in first responders. This training focuses on enhancing resiliency – or how quickly we rebound from stress – in people whose occupation requires continual exposure to stressful situations.

 This in-person event is your chance to enhance your skills, further your career, and support the Strathcona County Firefighters Honour Guard, who honour fallen fire, police, and EMS personnel across North America.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER