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NFPA Fire Pump Operator's Academy is a 32 hour program that includes both classroom and hands-on training.

The program meets NFPA 1002: Standards for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications and follows the International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) Pumping Apparatus curriculum.

Students will be presented with essential information, written test, skills and practical exercises relevant to operating and pumping fire apparatus.

This training includes (but is not limited to):

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• Online Classroom Sessions
• Overview of Water Supply Systems
• Friction Loss and Calculations
• Basic Pump Operations
• Primer System
• Drafting Operations
• Portable Ponds
• Hydrant Water Supply
• Pumping to Handlines
• Pumping to Aerials and Monitors
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• Relief Valve / Pressure Governor
• Pumping from Tank
• Relay Pumping
• Foam Operations
• Troubleshooting
• And more…

Participants will be required to demonstrate proficiency with the delivered skills, including the use of various appliances, hose stretches, maintaining a water supply, managing proper flows and pressures, troubleshooting, foam operations and more.

The duties of an Emergency Vehicle Operator are extremely dangerous, as well as mentally and physically exhausting, when responding to, returning from, or operating at an emergency scene. In order to render proper service to his/her department, and in keeping with this concept, an Emergency Vehicle Operator must be physically sound and free from any defect which may adversely affect his/her performance of duty. An Emergency Vehicle Operator’s personal safety and the lives of others will be endangered without appropriate training and driving skills. If these skills and training are not applied at regular intervals, competency decreases, hence the need for continual driver re‐certification. Driver re‐certification is a vital element in maintaining a valid and professional emergency vehicle driver program.

Reference Materials

The jurisdictional entity in which the Driver/Operator Personnel serves must have access to the most current editions of following training manuals:

NFPA

NFPA 1002: Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications NFPA 1451: Standard for a Fire Service Vehicle Operations Training Program

NFPA 1500: Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program

Online course meeting Texas Commission on Fire Protection standards for Driver/Operator-Aerial certification. Curriculum will follow NFPA 1002, 2017 edition as outlined in Chapter 7 of the TCFP Curriculum Manual.

After completing this course the student will have met the qualifications for Driver/Operator-Aerial as per the Texas Commission on Fire Protection certification curriculum manual Chapter 7.