Firefighters

Fire Is… Fire Safety Program
Hosted By Kean University

TO: ALL FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS
FROM: NJ STATE FMBA
RE: UPCOMING FIRE IS COURSE TRAINING

Fire Is… course available for NJDFS-Kean Training and Certification Program Fall Courses. Kean University and the New Jersey Division of Fire Safety together are committed to providing you with easy access to the most up-to date training and information available for the Fire Service throughout the Garden State.

CLASS BEING OFFERED IN FALL DCA CATALOG COURSE LISTING ON PAGE 09 OF CATALOG.

Friday, October 10, 2014
Camden County Fire Academy
420 Woodbury-Turnersville Road
Blackwood, New Jersey 08012

Thursday, October 30, 2014
Bergen County Fire Academy
281 Campgaw Road
Mahway, NJ 07430

Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Mercer County Fire Academy
350 Lawrence Station Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Fire Is… CE159

Instructors

  • Andrew Stratton, Lieutenant, Cranford Fire Department
  • Helge Nordtveit, Captain (Ret.), Cranford Fire Department
  • Joseph Ehrhardt, Firefighter, Nottingham Fire Company

This course will provide fire service personnel with a comprehensive overview of the “Fire Is” fire safety education curriculum. The goal of this program, is not only reaching middle school-aged children as they begin to understand fire, but their parents/guardians and care givers as well. The curriculum is centered on a home-based learning system employing television, the internet, and public volunteers to put a new face on fire safety. Session attendees will receive copies of the program, letters of endorsement from pilot schools in NJ who have heralded its success; a course curriculum guide; and simplified instruction on how to implement the program without taxing the schools’ current curriculum or teacher workload. The instructor will present the media and public views on how fire safety and the fire service are portrayed in the media to children and their families.