| As many are aware, The Huntingtown VFD has always excelled in training our members to their fullest capabilities as Firefighters and EMT's. When completed with Firefighter I, you are not permitted to ride as a firefighter until you complete the Huntingtown VFD Firefighter Field Training Program. The same applies to members that complete the Emergency Medical Technician Course. The Huntingtown VFD has select members that are designated as Firefighter Field Training Officer's (FTO's), Emergency Medical Technician FTO's and Driver's Training FTO's to assist these members in completing the in-house course(s) and to ensure they are fully capable to perform their essential duties.
In 2011, the leadership of the Huntingtown VFD began working on and developing an "Acting Officer In Charge" Program for members to ride the front seat of the apparatus in the absence of an officer. The "acting officer" is taking charge and responsibility of the crew, the apparatus & tools and ensuring all duties & tasks are completed correctly and accordingly to our Standard Operating Guidelines on an emergency scene. In addition, the purpose is to establish a formal training program to prepare and encourage our members to advance and potentially be future officers of this great department.
During this year, two sessions of training were conducted. Each session included 12 classes with a total of 24 hours in each session. Members had the opportunity to pick one of the two sessions but were mandated to attend every class. In addition to this 24 hour long class, there are selected MFRI classes that the members will have to of completed. The last in-house training session concluded just this month.
The 12 in-house classes are: 1) Progressive Discipline; 2) Documentation & Reports; 3) Fire Behavior; 4) Pride & Dedication; 5) Standard Operating Guidelines; 6) Water Supply; 7) Incident Safety; 8) Strategy & Tactics; 9) Building Construction; 10) Supervision & Management; 11) Size-Ups & Communications; 12) Incident Command
To ride the front seat of a piece of apparatus and "act" as an officer in charge, each member must be certified in the following classes:
1. Huntingtown VFD Officers Development Program (12 in-house classes: 24 hours)
2. Firefighter I (108 hours)
3. Firefighter II (60 hours)
4. Hazardous Materials Operations (24 hours)
5. Rescue Technician (54 hours)
6. Fire Officer I (63 hours)
TOTAL: 333 hours of classroom and hands-on training!
Congratulations to the following members that have successfully met all requirements:
1. Marty Ball
2. Tim Bevard
3. James Bobo
4. JT Borden
5. Dale Bowen
6. Scott Bowen
7. Mike Clark
8. Bernie Collins
9. Clinton Cox
10. Danny Cox
11. Gene Farrell
12. James Flynt
13. Mike Gaylor
14. Ritchie Gibson
15. Mike Hardesty
16. Jason Jones
17. Bo McKenny
18. Josh Miller
19. Kenny Miller
20. Mike Montgomery Sr.
21. Mike Montgomery Jr.
22. Jason Morgal
23. Phil Morris
24. Timmy Nicholson
25. Carl Nutwell
26. Ozzie Osbourn
27. Monty Parks
28. Jonathan Riffe
29. Paul Robison
30. RJ Rountree
31. Dylan Smith
32. Scott Smith
33. Caroll Spriggs
34. Hunter Stewart
35. Brian Thrasher
36. Mike Wells
37. David Willis |
