John Shafer
Chief of Training & Safety
Washington Township / Avon IN Fire Department
Monday, April 23, 2018: 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
This workshop features a concentrated examination of current and future trends and methods in modern building construction with an emphasis on the green construction building materials, modern building construction methods, risk assessment, and engineered structural and construction systems and their direct relationship on structural firefighting operations, firefighter survivability, and the command decision-making process. Inherent modern construction features and hazards that directly influence effective command risk management, decisive strategic and tactical considerations with a focus on key modern construction features, inherent occupancy profiles and modern building construction systems affected by fire dynamics, fire behavior, and tactical operations are among areas covered.
If you have been in the fire service for more than five years this class is a MUST for you to stay alive in this modern environment! The majority of the material in this program is not common knowledge to most of fire service personnel due to past and current teaching practices that only address traditional building construction for the fire service.
This ground breaking and informative program will utilize extensive multimedia materials to reinforce course content and subject areas.
If the fire service can significantly increase proficiencies in modern building knowledge and equate that to other fundamental operational aspects in structural fire operations, there would be a direct enhancement to firefighter safety through injury and LODD reductions in the future.
– Enable the student to identify the unique characteristics with the various modern building construction types and recognize features that have significant impacts on firefighter safety
– Enable the student to recognize specific green building construction features and their inherent risk factors
– Enable the student to be aware of the green energy rating systems and how they affect buildings in their jurisdiction
