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The Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute was created in 1949 by Kansas law to provide training for the Kansas Fire Service. An important part of KU Professional & Continuing Education, the Institute provides firefighter training, fire officer training, certification training and technical rescue training services through a "Mobile Fire Academy" concept. This concept accommodates local needs through training delivered anytime, anyplace, or anywhere in Kansas.
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Courses & Events
Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting: Annual Training
This course is designed to provide airport firefighters with an opportunity to refresh their aircraft firefighting and rescue skills and meets or exceeds FAA requirements for "live-fire drill" as listed in FAA Part 139.319(j)(3).
This course contains no sessions
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This course contains no sessions
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Alternative Fuel Vehicle Safety & Response
This course covers Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) safety and incident response.
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This course contains no sessions
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Alternative Fuel Vehicle Safety & Response (Online course)
This online course covers Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) safety and incident response.
July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020, Self-paced Online Training (Online, WEB)
July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020, Self-paced Online Training (Online, WEB)
Anhydrous Ammonia and Chlorine Response
This course includes considerations for dealing with an unexpected release of anhydrous ammonia or chlorine gas. Some topics include vapor behavior, toxic effects, container design, and techniques for cooling containers and for vapor control, risk management planning, and protective equipment.
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Anhydrous Ammonia Emergency Response
This course includes considerations for dealing with an unexpected release of anhydrous ammonia. Some topics include vapor behavior, toxic effects, container design, and techniques for cooling containers and for vapor control, risk management planning, and protective equipment.
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This course contains no sessions
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Annual Fire School Seminar - Using Thermal Imaging and Modern Fire Dynamics to Improve Fireground Operations
This presentation will provide firefighters with the knowledge they need to combine thermal imaging technology with the latest NIST and UL firefighting research to improve the effectiveness and safety of fireground operations.
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This course contains no sessions
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Annual Fire School Seminar Series: ISFSI Understanding and Fighting Basement Fires
Experiments were conducted during the summer of 2017 in a test fixture that represents a single family home with a basement. From the experiments, ISFSI will develop training modules that will be available to firefighters across the country. This project is supported with a DHS/FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant.
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This course contains no sessions
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Basic Firefighter Training (FF-1 Components)
This course is specially designed to meet the basic firefighter training needs of each department requesting topic-specific training.
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This course contains no sessions
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Basic Search and Rescue Techniques
This course is designed for entry level firefighters to help them gain confidence in using a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
Tuesday, February 18, 2020, Holyrood Fire Dept (Holyrood, KS)
Saturday, March 21, 2020, Hanover Rural Fire Dept (Hanover, KS)
Tuesday, February 18, 2020, Holyrood Fire Dept (Holyrood, KS)
Saturday, March 21, 2020, Hanover Rural Fire Dept (Hanover, KS)
Best Practices in Community Risk Reduction F0635
Best Practices in Community Risk Reduction demonstrates to students nationally recognized principles that, when used appropriately, can lead to community risk reduction programs that can measure success in local communities.
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This course contains no sessions
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Building Organizational Support for Community Risk Reduction F0636
This two-day course is designed to help fire and emergency services learn what community risk reduction is and how to build organizational support for it.
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This course contains no sessions
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Campus Fire and Life Safety 1: Risk Assessment F0193
This two-day course will give the student the ability to begin to create a comprehensive campus fire and life safety program starting with conducting a risk assessment and developing and evaluating an emergency plan as well as building partnerships to sustain emergency programs and plans.
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This course contains no sessions
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Campus Fire and Life Safety 2: Public Education F0194
This is a new two-day program providing students with the ability to create and implement a comprehensive campus fire and life safety public education program. There will be a focus on looking at the on-campus and off-campus fire risks and educating students, personnel and stakeholders about these risks.
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This course contains no sessions
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Campus Fire and Life Safety 3: Codes and Systems F0195
This two-day course will empower the student to identify and mitigate common campus fire and life safety risks, as well as understand the basic components and operation of fire protection and life safety systems.
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This course contains no sessions
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Chlorine Emergency Response
This course includes considerations for dealing with an unexpected release of Chlorine gas. Topics include vapor behavior, toxic effects, container design, and techniques for cooling containers and for vapor control, risk management planning, and protective equipment.
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This course contains no sessions
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Command and Control of Fire Department Operations at Target Hazards N0825
This six-day course is designed to introduce command officers to the complexities involved in commanding incidents in high-risk areas.
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This course contains no sessions
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Command and Control of Incident Operations R0312
In this six-day course, fire officers are introduced to the Incident Command System (ICS), and they study proper command techniques for control and extinguishment of fires ranging from small, residential structures to multioccupancy, commercial complexes. Topics covered include problem-solving and fire command; interagency and mutual aid; the ICS; incident management, size-up and strategy; tactics and action plans; truck company operations; engine company operations; building construction and fire behavior; preincident preparation; incident organization; and strategic command. Special emphasis is placed on firefighter safety.
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This course contains no sessions
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Command and Control of Wildland Urban Interface Fire Operations for the Structural Chief Officer F0612
This two-day course is designed to provide students with the essential tools and skills to operate safely in a wildland/wildland urban interface (WUI) incident. Course content covers interface incidents, fire behavior, safety and operational considerations.
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This course contains no sessions
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Confined Space Rescue Level 1 and 2 Refresher
Confined Space Rescue Level 1 and 2 Refresher is a two-day course designed to help confined space rescue trained employees review and practice previously learned knowledge and skills through lecture and scenario evolutions.
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This course contains no sessions
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Confined Space Rescue Level 1 and 2 Training
Confined Space Rescue Level 1 and 2 is a three-day course (one additional day for testing) designed to help employers meet OSHA standard 1910.146 Subpart (k) Rescue & Emergency Services, and NFPA Standard 1006 on confined space rescue.
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This course contains no sessions
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Confined Space Rescue Levels 1 and 2
CERTIFICATION EXAM for Technical Rescuer, Confined Space Levels 1 and 2, accredited by IFSAC and ProBoard
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This course contains no sessions
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Courage to be Safe
Building on the untold story of LODD survivors, this presentation reveals how family members must live with the consequences of a firefighter death and provides a focus on the need for firefighters and officers to change fundamental attitudes and behaviors in order to prevent line-of-duty deaths. The central theme promotes the courage to do the right thing in order to protect yourself and other firefighters and ensure that "Everyone Goes Home" at the end of the day.
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This course contains no sessions
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Decision Making for Initial Company Operations
Decision Making for Initial Company Operations is designed to develop the decision making skills needed by Company Officers (COs) to accomplish assigned tactics at structure fires.
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This course contains no sessions
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Driver/Operator: Aerial
CERTIFICATION EXAM for Driver/Operator Aerial, accredited by IFSAC and ProBoard
Monday, February 10, 2020, Independence Fire Dept (Independence, KS)
Monday, February 10, 2020, Independence Fire Dept (Independence, KS)
Driver/Operator: Aerial Training
This course is for driver/operators who are responsible for operating fire apparatus with aerial devices within their departments.
June 1-10, 2020, McPherson Fire Dept (McPherson, KS)
June 1-10, 2020, McPherson Fire Dept (McPherson, KS)
Driver/Operator: Pumper
CERTIFICATION EXAM for Driver/Operator Pumper, accredited by IFSAC and ProBoard
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This course contains no sessions
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Driver/Operator: Pumper Training
This course will educate driver/operators who are responsible for operating apparatus equipped with fire pumps.
May 4-8, 2020, Topeka Fire Dept (Topeka, KS)
June 1-5, 2020, McPherson Fire Dept (McPherson, KS)
May 4-8, 2020, Topeka Fire Dept (Topeka, KS)
June 1-5, 2020, McPherson Fire Dept (McPherson, KS)
Driver/Operator: Pumper/Aerial Training
This course will educate driver/operators who are responsible for operating Pumpers and Aerial apparatus.
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This course contains no sessions
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Driving Simulator Training
This training utilizes simulators to reinforce good driving skills and mediate the correct response to a driving situation.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, Kansas City KS Fire Dept Stat 6 (Kansas City, KS)
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, Kansas City KS Fire Dept Stat 6 (Kansas City, KS)
Electrical Vehicle Safety
NFPA's Electric Vehicle Safety Training provides firefighters and other first responders with the information necessary to respond to emergency situations involving all advanced electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles on the road today.
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This course contains no sessions
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Emergency Vehicle Driver Training - Train the Trainer
Participants in this course will be able to train students in the Emergency Vehicle Driver Training course.
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This course contains no sessions
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Emergency Vehicle Driver Training - VFIS
Participants in this course will have the opportunity to gain and/or verify a broad range of competencies associated with emergency vehicle driving. These competencies include basic understanding of emergency vehicle operations as well as the skills necessary for practical application.
February 24-25, 2020, Kansas City KS Fire Dept Stat 6 (Kansas City, KS)
February 24-25, 2020, Kansas City KS Fire Dept Stat 6 (Kansas City, KS)
EMS Functions in ICS F0166
In this two-day course, students will practice use of the Incident Command System (ICS) in coordination with other public safety responders.
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This course contains no sessions
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Ethanol: Response Considerations
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will have knowledge related to ethanol and ethanol-blended fuels including their use, chemical and physical characteristics, transportation, and transfer, bulk storage, and foam firefighting principles.
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This course contains no sessions
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Executive Skill Series: Exercising Leadership Ethically F0523
This new two-day course provides students with the ability to recognize ethical dilemmas in the context of their environments, apply a decision model to resolve these dilemmas, render ethical decisions, and defend under scrutiny the resulting decisions that were made in an effort to resolve these dilemmas. This course will become the fourth offering within the Executive Skill Series.
This course contains no sessions
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This course contains no sessions
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Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership Through Difficult Conversations F0522
This two-day course provides the knowledge and skills to enable participants to have difficult conversations related to exercising leadership when addressing adaptive challenges.
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This course contains no sessions
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Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership to Facilitate Adaptive Change F0521
The purpose of this two-day course is to provide skills that individuals in positions of authority can use to exercise leadership when confronted with adaptive challenges. The goal of this course is for participants to develop an understanding of skills associated with exercising leadership to resolve adaptive problems, those problems where the solution is either unknown or requires significant change, or both.
May 18-19, 2020, Newton Fire and EMS Dept Stat 2 (Newton, KS)
May 18-19, 2020, Newton Fire and EMS Dept Stat 2 (Newton, KS)
Executive Skills Series: Exercising Leadership Within Communities F0520
The purpose of this two-day course is to provide fire service authority figures with knowledge and skills, enabling them to exercise leadership when confronting adaptive challenges presented by increasingly diverse internal and external communities. The goal of the course is for participants to use the diversity of ideas, peoples and cultures as resources in exercising leadership to address adaptive challenges in their communities.
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This course contains no sessions
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Exterior Firefighting
Training will include live fire suppression and control activities designed to meet the job performance requirements for Firefighter 1 and 2.
Saturday, March 7, 2020, Preston Twp Fire Dist 6 (Preston, KS)
Saturday, March 14, 2020, White City Vol Fire Dept (White City, KS)
Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Shawnee Fire Dept Stat 72 (Shawnee, KS)
Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Shawnee Fire Dept Stat 72 (Shawnee, KS)
Wednesday, May 6, 2020, Shawnee Fire Dept Stat 72 (Shawnee, KS)
Wednesday, May 6, 2020, Shawnee Fire Dept Stat 72 (Shawnee, KS)
Thursday, May 7, 2020, Shawnee Fire Dept Stat 72 (Shawnee, KS)
Thursday, May 7, 2020, Shawnee Fire Dept Stat 72 (Shawnee, KS)
Saturday, March 7, 2020, Preston Twp Fire Dist 6 (Preston, KS)
Saturday, March 14, 2020, White City Vol Fire Dept (White City, KS)
Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Shawnee Fire Dept Stat 72 (Shawnee, KS)
Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Shawnee Fire Dept Stat 72 (Shawnee, KS)
Wednesday, May 6, 2020, Shawnee Fire Dept Stat 72 (Shawnee, KS)
Wednesday, May 6, 2020, Shawnee Fire Dept Stat 72 (Shawnee, KS)
Thursday, May 7, 2020, Shawnee Fire Dept Stat 72 (Shawnee, KS)
Thursday, May 7, 2020, Shawnee Fire Dept Stat 72 (Shawnee, KS)
Fire Fighter 1
CERTIFICATION EXAM for Fire Fighter Level 1, accredited by IFSAC and ProBoard
March 14-15, 2020, Leavenworth Co Fire Dist 1 (Lansing, KS)
March 14-15, 2020, Leavenworth Co Fire Dist 1 (Lansing, KS)
Fire Fighter 1 Training
This course is designed to meet the NFPA 1001 standard for Fire Fighter 1.
September 25, 2019 to April 29, 2020, Marysville Fire Dept (Marysville, KS)
February 27, 2020 to April 23, 2020, Colwich Fire Dept (Colwich, KS)
September 25, 2019 to April 29, 2020, Marysville Fire Dept (Marysville, KS)
February 27, 2020 to April 23, 2020, Colwich Fire Dept (Colwich, KS)
Fire Fighter 2
CERTIFICATION EXAM for Fire Fighter Level 2, accredited by IFSAC and ProBoard
Saturday, February 1, 2020, Soldier Twp Fire Dept ( Topeka, KS)
Saturday, February 1, 2020, Soldier Twp Fire Dept ( Topeka, KS)
Fire Fighter 2 Training
This course is designed to meet the NFPA 1001 standard for Fire Fighter 2.
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This course contains no sessions
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Fire Inspector 1
CERTIFICATION EXAM for Fire Inspector Level 1, accredited by IFSAC and ProBoard
Friday, February 7, 2020, Independence Fire Dept (Independence, KS)
Wednesday, February 19, 2020, Liberal Fire Dept (Liberal, KS)
Friday, February 7, 2020, Independence Fire Dept (Independence, KS)
Wednesday, February 19, 2020, Liberal Fire Dept (Liberal, KS)
Fire Inspector 1 Training
This course is designed to meet the minimum NFPA standards for Inspector 1. Topics addressed in this course include the fire inspector's responsibilities and role in code enforcement, general fire prevention practices, certain competencies, certain life safety considerations, certain fire safety requirements related to hazardous materials, special hazards of electrical, and fire protection systems.
January 21, 2020 to February 6, 2020, Independence Fire Dept (Independence, KS)
February 3-19, 2020, Liberal Fire Dept (Liberal, KS)
March 9, 2020 to April 1, 2020, Neosho Co Community College (Ottawa, KS)
January 21, 2020 to February 6, 2020, Independence Fire Dept (Independence, KS)
February 3-19, 2020, Liberal Fire Dept (Liberal, KS)
March 9, 2020 to April 1, 2020, Neosho Co Community College (Ottawa, KS)
Fire Inspector 2
CERTIFICATION EXAM for Fire Inspector Level 2, accredited by IFSAC (NOT currently accredited by ProBoard)
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This course contains no sessions
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Fire Inspector 2 Training
This course is designed to meet the minimum NFPA standards for Inspector 2. Topics addressed in this course include the fire inspector's responsibilities and role in code enforcement, general fire prevention practices, certain competencies, certain life safety considerations, certain fire safety requirements related to hazardous materials, special hazards of electrical, and fire protection systems.
This course contains no sessions
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This course contains no sessions
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Fire Officer 1
CERTIFICATION EXAM for Fire Officer Level 1, accredited by IFSAC and ProBoard
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This course contains no sessions
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Fire Officer 1 Training
This IFSAC Certification course will address NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications for Fire Officer 1. The focus is on innovative management, leadership, scene operations, and human relations concepts.
February 18-25, 2020, Salina Fire Dept (Salina, KS)
March 23, 2020 to April 1, 2020, Hays Fire Dept (Hays, KS)
February 18-25, 2020, Salina Fire Dept (Salina, KS)
March 23, 2020 to April 1, 2020, Hays Fire Dept (Hays, KS)
Fire Officer 2
CERTIFICATION EXAM for Fire Officer Level 2, accredited by IFSAC and ProBoard
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This course contains no sessions
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Fire Officer 2 Training
This IFSAC Certification course will address NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications for Fire Officer 2. Course content will be useful to company officers who aspire to enhance their knowledge and skills while preparing to advance in rank and responsibility.
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This course contains no sessions
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Fire Service Instructor 1
CERTIFICATION EXAM for Fire Instructor Level 1, accredited by IFSAC and ProBoard
Friday, January 24, 2020, Topeka Fire Dept (Topeka, KS)
Wednesday, February 5, 2020, Kansas City KS Fire Dept (Kansas City, KS)
Wednesday, February 12, 2020, Garden City Fire Dept (Garden City, KS)
Friday, January 24, 2020, Topeka Fire Dept (Topeka, KS)
Wednesday, February 5, 2020, Kansas City KS Fire Dept (Kansas City, KS)
Wednesday, February 12, 2020, Garden City Fire Dept (Garden City, KS)
Fire Service Instructor 1 - Online Web-Based Course - Part 1
This online course is Part 1 of a self-paced, blended learning program that consists of nine online lessons plus an online exam.
July 1, 2019 to January 24, 2020, Self-paced Online Training (Online, WEB)
Note: This course DOES NOT have scheduled sessions. Students may start and complete their online training at any time.
July 1, 2019 to January 24, 2020, Self-paced Online Training (Online, WEB)
Fire Service Instructor 1 - Seminar Part 2 Face-to-Face
This seminar is Part 2 of a blended learning format with a focus on short, verbal presentations of assorted fire service topics by students participating as group leaders in various classroom-based activities.
