5th Essentials Student Package Plus includes the following components:
- 5th Essentials of Fire Fighting & Fire Department Operations Manual - an expanded version of IFSTA’s classic Essentials of Fire Fighting manual. Essentials of Fire Fighting and Fire Department Operations contains the exact same 20 chapters as the basic Essentials of Fire Fighting manual, plus additional chapters on first aid and hazardous materials response. These additional chapters allow firefighters to have the information they need to meet all of the requirements for Fire Fighter I and II Levels of NFPA 1001 (2008 edition), not just the fire fighting requirements that are addressed in the basic version of Essentials of Fire Fighting.
The first aid information in this text is provided by Brady, whose various EMS texts are the industry standard. The hazardous material information is adapted from IFSTA’s Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP)-approved Hazardous Materials for First Responders manual and is intended to prepare firefighters to meet NFPA 472, Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents, and OSHA 1910.120 requirements for first responders at the Awareness and Operations Levels. These bonus chapters also include skill sheets and all of the other features of the chapters in the basic fire fighting sections of the manual. This manual is, by far, the most comprehensive basic firefighter training text ever developed. Each manual includes a bonus CD-ROM that provides additional learning materials, case studies, animations, and learning activities.
- 5th Essentials of Fire Fighting and Fire Department Operations Student Workbook - is intended as a study aid for students who will be participating in a class based on both the Essentials of Fire Fighting (5th edition) manual and the Essentials of Fire Fighting and Fire Department Operations (5th edition) manual. Instructors may choose to integrate these workbook activities into their classes or use them as homework assignments or pre-course work. Answers to the exercises are in the curriculum materials, not in the workbook. The information is divided into Firefighter I and Firefighter II sections. Different types of questions and activities are used to reinforce different learning styles and best present the information that is being addressed. References to page numbers are included in the workbook so students can use the product as a self-study tool by referring to the manual for correct answers. The use of the workbook will help improve student performances.
- 5th Essentials of Fire Fighting and Fire Department Operations Skills Handbook - this new addition to the Essentials product line is a sturdy, wire-bound handbook containing all of the skill sheets found in both the Essentials of Fire Fighting (5th edition) manual and the Essentials of Fire Fighting and Fire Department Operations (5th edition) manual. The skills sheets in the handbook provide more detail and are more heavily illustrated than those in the manuals. It is intended to serve as a supplemental quick reference for students as well as a valuable instructor resource tool. Instructors will find this handbook helpful in referencing particular skills while performing evolutions on the training ground. It is also helpful as a reference tool for test evaluators to ensure that the evolutions are being performed correctly. If there are any questions as to the appropriateness of a technique being used, the instructor can open the handbook to the correct skill sheet and review it with the student right there in the field. The sturdy design and wire binding allow it to lay flat on any object in the field.
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