Huntingtown VFD Officers Development Program

For the past year, the Huntingtown VFD Officers have been working on an Officers Development Program to encourage forward advancement of our members, promote a formal education and prepare them for their future. This course will be required to ride the front seat as an "Acting Officer" in the absence of an Operational Officer. In addition to this 24 hour long class, there will be selected MFRI classes that the members will have to of completed.

The class will be held twice: 4 weekday evenings in April and 1 weekend in May. Below is the outline of the classes. Members are required to make each class. If they miss one date in April, they can make it up in May and vice versa.

CLASS 1:

Evening 1 (1800-2200 hours):
Size-Ups & Communications
Supervision & Management
Water Supply

Evening 2 (1800-2200 hours):
Documentation & Reports
Fire Behavior
Progressive Discipline

Evening 3 (1800-2200 hours):
Strategy & Tactics
Incident Command Simulations
Building Construction

Evening 4 (1800-2200 hours):
Pride/Dedication
Incident Safety
Standard Operating Guidelines

CLASS 2:

Weekend Day 1 (0800-1600 hours):
Documentation/Reports
Fire Behavior
Building Construction
Strategy & Tactics
Water Supply
Standard Operating Guidelines

Weekend Day 2 (0800-1600 hours):
Discipline
Supervision & Management
Incident Command Simulations
Pride/Dedication
Incident Safety
Size-Ups & Communications