Initial Company Operations

Service Description

Initial Company Operations is a two-day course beginning in the classroom and quickly transitioning into the field with live-fire training. During Day one the instructor will cover the effectiveness of interior attack, transitional attack, locating the fire, and extinguishment philosophy. The afternoon will include live-fire training in advancing while flowing water, supporting the advance, searching behind the hose line, and VES. During Day two, students will participate in live fire operations including laying and charging a line, advancing on and extinguishing a fire and then searching back from the fire room. Students must meet the training requirements and provide structural PPE and SCBA described in WAC 296-305. Students must be assigned firefighters with a public Fire Dept, Fire Authority or Fire district in WA state.