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Submitted by: Bill Rinkenin Posted 3/02/2004

MARCH, APRIL and May CLASSES OF LOCAL INTEREST

Thursday March 11, 2004 WILDLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR S-190 at the Sands Twp. Fire Hall, starting at ? ( I have 9:00 AM ) Ron Graham is the Instructor....

Friday March 12, 2004 WILDLAND FIRE FIGHTER S-130 at the Sands Twp. Fire Hall starting 8:00 AM, Ron Graham is the Instructor...

Tuesday March 16, 2004 INTRODUCTION TO WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION at the Otter Lake VFD, starting at 6:00 PM, John Mattila is the Instructor

Saturday March 27,2004 DRIVERS TRAINING at the Jeffers High School starting at 9:00AM, John Mattila is the Instructor.....

Friday March 19, 2004 FIRST RESPONDER HAZMAT OPERATIONS at the Lake Linden High School starting at 6:00 PM with Ron Csiki as the Instructor.....

Thursday Night March 18,25 and April 1, 2004 EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO TERRORISM- EMS This class has been changed to three consecutive Thursday nights from its original schedule... Starting time is 6:00 PM at the Baraga Fire Hall, Robert Schwarz is the Instructor.....

Saturday April 3-4, 2004 INCIDENT COMMAND (ICS) at the Keweenaw Bay Fire Hall starting at 8:30 AM Richard Caudill is the Instructor.......

Tuesday April 6, 2004 VEHICLE EXTRICATION at the Marquette City Fire Department, starting at 8:00 AM John Koshorek is the Instructor....

Saturday May 1, 2004 APPARATUS & PUMP OPERATIONS at the Allouez Community Building starting time 8:00 AM, Dan Sarazin is the Instructor....

Sunday May 2, 2004 MUTUAL AID TANKER SHUTTLE at the Allouez Community Building starting time of 12:00 Noon, Dan Sarazin is the Instructor.......

The FRO class in Marquette will be posted as the new dates are available...

PLEASE NOTE: Course Managers its time to get you requests in for final exams.....

Submitted by: Bill Rinkenin Posted 2/10/2004

Classes open to all Fire Fighters for FREE

Saturday February 21 and Sunday February 22, 2004 at the Keweenaw Bay Fire Station, starting at 8:00AM....EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO TERRORISM: TC-HazMat. Dick Caudill is the Instructor, we need people to attend..... Ther are no other classes in the terrorism hazmat scheduled for any of the local Counties.

Saturday February 21, 2004 at the Sands Township Fire Department, DRIVER TRAINING. AT 9:00 AM with Al Sundberg as the Instructor....

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Take Care...Bill

Submitted by: Bill Rinkenin Posted 1/22/2004
CLASSES OF LOCAL INTEREST.....

FEBRUARY 18, 2004 HAZMAT FIRST RESPONDER AWARENESS ( FRA) this is at the Lake Linden High School starting at 6:00 PM with Dan Sarazin as the Instructor....

FEBRUARY 21, 2004 DRIVER TRAINING (DT) at the Sands Township Fire Department starting at 9:00 AM with Al Sunberg as the Instructor......

FEBRUARY 21 & 22 EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO TERRORISM:TC-HAZMAT
this is at the Keweenaw Bay Fire Department starting at 8:00 AM... with Dick Caudill as the Instructor...

FEBRUARY 28, 2004 DRIVER TRAINING ( DT) at the Calumet Township Fire Department starting at 9:00 AM with John Mattila as the Instructor

MARCH 19, 2004 HAZMAT FIRST RESPONDER OPERATIONS (FRO) this is at the Lake Linden High School at 6:00 PM with Ron Csiki as the Instructor

MARCH 20, 2004 HAZMAT FIRST RESPONDER AWARENESS (FRA) this is at the Sands Township Fire Department starting at 8:00 AM with Brian Naze as the Instructor

MARCH 23, 2004 HAZMAT FIRST RESPONDER FRA this is at the L'Anse Fire Department starting at 6:00PM with Gary Wadaga is the Instructor...

MARCH 25,2004 HAZMAT FIRST RESPONDER OPERATIONS (FRO) at the Sands Township Fire Department starting 7:00 PM with Brian Naze as the Instructor

MARCH 25,26,27 2004 EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO TERRORISM ERT-EMS
this is at the Baraga Fire Department starting 6:00 PM with Robert Schwarz
as the Instructor...

MARCH 27,2004 DRIVER TRAINING (DT) this is at the Jeffers High School. starting at 9:00 AM with John Mattila as the Instructor

APRIL 3 & 4 2004 INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM (ICS) this is at the Keweenaw Bay Fire Department starting at 8:30 AM with Dick Caudill as the Instructor

MAY 1, 2004 APPARATUS & PUMPS OPERATIONS (APO-1&2) at the Allouez Community Bldg. starting at 8:00 AM with Dan Sarazin as the Instructor

MAY 2, 2004 MUTUAL AID TANKER SHUTTLE (MATS) at the Allouez Community Bldg. starting at 12:00 Noon with Dan Sarazin as the Instructor.

FINAL EXAMS FOR THIS YEAR.

L'Anse Fire Fighter 1 Final Written Exam On Friday April 30, 2004 starting 6:00 PM with Final Practical Exam on Saturday May 1, 2004 starting at 9:00 AM.

Lake Linden Fire Fighter 1 Final Written Thursday April 15, 2004 starting at 6:30 PM and the Final Practical Exam on April 18, 2004 starting at 10:00 AM

Marquette Area for both the Sands Township FF1 Class and the Marquette Township FF1 Class , the Final Written Exam at the Sands Township Fire Department starting on Friday April 23, 2004 at 6:30 PM, the Final Practical Exam on Saturday April 24, 2004 starting at 9:00 AM

IF YOU HAVE ANY CHALLENGERS FOR THE DIFFERENT TEST SITE GET THE APPLICATIONS INTO LORRAINE SCHWARZ EIGHT WEEKS BEFORE THE TEST DATES ........

As always if I made any mistakes in the classes listed above I will follow up with an e-mail message later...No joke I will be getting one of my eyes fixed tomorrow. Take care and lets not meet by ACCIDENT........Bill Rinkinen

On going education for MFR, EMT's, EMT specialist, and EMT-A (paramedic's) are now available on line. This is from the Marquette county medical control office Allison Sundberg, www.ems-ce.com, www.emcert.com, www.eminet.com, www.miemseducation.com. Departments / Townships that support an EMS division may want to look into subscribing to one of the online continuing education programs as a cost saving venue. Rather than a once a year, I have got to send the entire department to the conference.

POSTED 5/04/03

MI FIRE FIGHTERS TRAINING COUNCIL REGISTERED TRAINING

Note: A current list of MFFTC Registered Training is also Available at www.mfftc.org and is updated weekly.

APPARATUS

Start Date Time End Date Co. Location Course Manager Phone

Apparatus & Pump Operations- FF1&11

05/16/03 6:00pm 05/17/03 48 Newberry Robert Schwarz 906-226-8174

09/05/03 6:00pm 09/06/03 77 Manistique Robert Schwarz 906-226-8174

Arson Detection / Fire Investigation

Detection of Arson and Suspicious Fires

09/13/03 6:00pm 09/14/03 48 Newberry Donald Brown 906-475-1135

Hazardous Materials

Haz Mat First Responder – Awareness

05/27/03 6:00pm 05/27/03 21 Gladstone Jerry Plourde 906-786-5911

Haz Mat First Responder – Operations

05/20/03 6:00pm 05/31/03 77 Manistique Dan Hammerberg 906-497-5094

08/23/03 6:00pm 09/20/03 48 Newberry Robert Schwarz 906-226-8174

06/03/03 6:00pm 06/07/03 21 Gladstone Jerry Plourde 906-786-5911

Clandestine Drug Lab – Awareness

05/18/03 9:30am 05/18/03 07 Baraga Richard Caudil 906-358-0311

05/19/03 6:00pm 05/19/03 52 Negaunee Robert Schwarz 906-226-8174

06/12/03 6:00 pm 06/12/03 27 Kingsford Dan Hammerberg 906-497-5094

09/16/03 6:00pm 09/16/03 27 Wakefield Richard Caudil 906-358-0311

Health and Safety

Fire Fighter Safety & Survival

08/22/03 6:00pm 08/23/03 48 Newberry Terry Heyns 906-635-2726

09/20/03 8:30am 09/21/03 07 Baraga Terry Heyns 906-635-2726

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus

06/19/03 6:00pm 06/19/03 07 Baraga Michael Pinar 906-827-3433

Rescue

Vehicle Extrication

05/16/03 6:00pm 05/18/03 27 Wakefield Bruce Caudil 906-358-4226

06/14/03 9:00am 06/15/03 22 Kingsford Dan Simondsen 906-250-0076

08/02/03 9:00am 08/03/03 07 Baraga Craig Kent 906-524-7501

Advanced Vehicle Stabilization

05/17/03 8:00am 05/17/03 52 Negaunee Tom Kidd 906-475-4144

05/24/03 9:00am 05/24/03 22 Kingsford Dan Simondsen 906-250-0076

06/07/03 9:00am 06/07/03 17 Hulbert Pat Mcmahon 906-495-5171

08/17/03 9:00am 08/17/03 07 Baraga Robert Schwarz 906-226-8174

Suppression

Start Date Time End Date Co. Location Course Manager Phone

Building Construction Principals

09/13/03 8:00am 09/14/03 22 Kingsford James Rose 906-779-3289

Building Construction Noncombustible

09/27/03 8:00am 09/28/03 22 Kingsford James Rose 906-779-3289

Ventilation

09/06/03 9:00am 09/06/03 48 Newberry Bruce Caudil 906-358-4226

Water Supply

Mutual Aid Tanker Shuttle

06/14/03 8/00am 06/14/03 07 Baraga Dan Sarazin 906-296-0725

Terrorism

Emergency Response To Terrorism: Basic Concept

06/06/03 6:00pm 06/07/03 22 Kingsford Robert Schwarz 906-226-8174

Emergency Response To Terrorism: TC-Hazmat

08/02/03 8:00am 08/03/03 22 Kingsford Robert Schwarz 906-226-8174

Emergency Response To Terrorism: TC-EMS

06/21/03 9:00am 06/22/03 07 Keweenaw Bay William Rinkinen 906-353-6039

Emergency Response to Terrorism: TC-CO

07/11/03 6:00pm 07/12/03 07 Keweenaw Bay William Rinkinen 906-353-6039

09/13/03 9:00am 09/14/03 42 Allouez Ronald Csiki 906-296-0328

Emergency Response To Terrorism: SCCO

08/15/03 6:00pm 8/16/03 07 Keweenaw Bay William Rinkinen 906-353-6039

**** Source May 2003 Vol. 5, Issue5 Fire TIES

POSTED 4/22/03

COMMITTEES Training Committee: Because of the lack luster response to the scheduled training proposed by the Training Committee future training will be scheduled by individual Departments. If these Departments wish to open up the classes to the other Departments in the County they will notify other Departments via e-mail, snail mail or the MCFFA web site as to time and date and any fees they need to pass on to the student’s Departments to cover the cost of the class.

Department with classes scheduled:

Tanker Shuttle - Chocolay Township, May 3, 2003, 8:00 p.m. Contact Tom Kidd

Vehicle Extrication - date, location, cost to be determined Contact Tom Kidd

Advanced Vehicle Stabilization – date, location, cost to be determined Contact Tom Kidd

Clandestine Drug Lab Awareness Negaunee Twp Fire Dept. May 19, 2003 6: 00 p.m. Contact Gary Wommer

Other training available:

April 12, 2003 Incident Command System at 9:00 AM at the Allouez Township Fire Department, Ron Csiki as Instructor

>April 15, 2003 Marquette County CTC at 6:30 PM and County Meeting at 7:30 PM at the MSP in the basement

>April 16, 2003 Weather Spotter Class given by NOAA at Keweenaw Bay VFD at 6:30 PM. This is only a two-hour class and I think this is a very important class to attend. This is not a MFFTC class.

>April 23, 2003 Baraga County CTC and Chiefs Meeting in Keweenaw Bay at 7:30 PM

>April 25, 2003 Emergency Response to Terrorism, Basic Concepts at the L'Anse FD. At 6:00PM with Dick Caudill as Instructor. This is a two-day class Friday night and Saturday.

>April 26, 2003 Drivers Training In Ahmeek at 9:00 AM with Ron Csiki as Instructor.

>May 3, 2003 Mutual Aid Tanker Shuttle at the Chocolay FD. At 8:00 AM, Dennis Niven as Instructor.

>May 9, 2003 Emergency Response to Terrorism

>Hazardous Materials starting at 6:30 PM at the Allouez Township FD with Ron Csiki Instructing.

>This class is scheduled for three days.

>May 10, 2003 Emergency Response to Terrorism, Hazardous Materials starting at 9:00 AM at the Baraga FD. Dick Caudill as Instructor. This is a two day class Saturday and Sunday (Mothers Day).

>June 17, 2003 Marquette County CTC Meeting at 6:30 PM and County Meeting at 7:30 PM at the Skandia-West Branch Township FD

>June 21, 2003 Emergency Response to Terrorism, Tactical Considerations EMS at the Keweenaw Bay FD. Starting at 9:00 AM, Robert Sahwarz as Instructor. This is a two-day class, Saturday and Sunday.

>July 11, 2003 Emergency Response to Terrorism Tactical Considerations (first on the scene supervisors) at the Keweenaw Bay FD at 6:00 PM with Robert Schwarz as Instructor. This is a two-day class Friday night and Saturday...

>August 15, 2003 Emergency Response To Terrorism

>Strategic Considerations for Command Officers, starting at 6:00 PM at the Keweenaw Bay FD with Robert Schwarz as Instructor. This is a two-day class Friday night and Saturday...

>September 13, 2003 Emergency Response to Terrorism Tactical Considerations (first on the scene supervisors) starting at 9:00 AM at the Allouez Township FD with Ron Csiki as Instructor. This is a Saturday and Sunday class

>A number of classes that may have changes based on the Baraga CTC Meeting April 23, 2003, but I will list them and will pass on corrected change later.

>May 6, 2003 Clandestine Drug Lab in Baraga

>May 20, 2003 Ventilation in Spurr Twp.

>June 14, 2003 Tanker Shuttle in Baraga

>June 19, 2003 SCBA in Aura

>July 26, 2003 Elevator Rescue in L'Anse

Posted 2/24/03

MCFFA

TRAINING CLASS SCHEDULE

Tanker Shuttle Chocolay Township May 3, 2003

(April 11^th sign up deadline)

Hazmat Operations Negaunee City March 26, 27, 29, 2003

(March 5^th sign up deadline) Incident Command System Negaunee Township to be determined

(Call Ron DeMarse @ 228 4296 with student numbers, if enough interest in the class it will be scheduled)

V Vehicle Extrication Negaunee Township April 25, 2003

Ishpeming Township April 26, 2003

(April 4^th sign up deadline)

Advanced Vehicle Stabilization Ishpeming Township May 17, 2003

(April 25^th sign up deadline)

U Urban Interface Sands Township March 6, 7, 8, 15, 2003

This class has no fees.

SEND ENROLLMENT SHEETS AND FEES TO:

Tom Kidd

6248 US 41 South

Marquette, MI 49855

The dates and times that are listed below are incorrect per T.Kidd as soon as I receive the correct dates times and training sites I will post them accordingly, sorry if this has created any difficulty. Also I will send the corrected info to your department via email. Mike Farmer

Posted 1/22/03

MARQUETTE COUNTY FIRE CLASSES

Driver Training 3/22/03 Mqt. Twp. 9AM (Text required)

Haz Mat Awareness 2/1/03 Mqt. Twp. 9AM

Haz Mat Operations 2/12/03 Mqt. Twp. 6PM

Haz Mat Operations 3/17/03 Mqt. Twp. 6PM

Veh. Extraction 4/25/03 Neg. City 6PM

Adv. Veh. Stabil. 5/17/03 Neg. City 8AM

Wild land Interface 3/06/03 Neg. City 6PM

Mutual Aid: Tanker 5/03/03 Mqt. Twp 9AM

Submitted By: FF Allen Sundberg, Treasurer, Marquette County Fire Chief's

Posted 1/22/03

Mary Nemeth of the Fire Marshal Division, Fire Reporting and Analysis Unit, has asked that I forward the attached information to the fire service. Please feel free to pass on as appropriate.

Thank you.

Karman Lewis

MSP-Fire Marshal Division

Information on Fire Department Grant Writing Workshops is located at www.theideabank.com/results.html

So far, one workshop has been scheduled in Michigan:

Date: March 24th, 2003
Host: Michigan State Firefighters Association
Site:   Perry High School
          2555 Britton Road
          Perry, Michigan
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

From FF Dave Oglesby

Posted 9/27/02

Marquette County Fire Fighter 1

Class Schedule 2002 - 2003

Course Manager Assistant Chief Tom Kidd

Lead Instructor Ron Demarse

Tuesday Class 7:00 to10:00 & Saturday Class 9:00 to 4:00

Hoods and Pass Devices mandatory

da Date Subject Instructor

10/12 Sat. Course Intro. Chapter 1A Orientation Ron Demarse

Laws, Admin, Rules & Standards Tom Kidd

10/15 Tues. Chap. 1B Safety Ron Demarse

10/22 Tues. Chap. 2 Fire Behavior Tom Gardyko

10/26 Sat. Chap. 3 Building Construction Dan Everson

Chap. 4A Protective Clothing Tom Kidd

10/29 Tues. Chap. 4B SCBA Tom Kidd

11/05 Tues. Chap. 5 Portable Extinguishers Al Sundberg

11/09 Sat. Chap. 4B SCBA Practical STAFF

DEER SEASON & THANKSGIVING BREAK

12/03 Tues. Chap. 6 Ropes & Knots Jeff Weston

12/10 Tues. Chap. 7 Building Search& Victim Removal John Kosorek

12/14 Sat. Chap. 6 Ropes & Knots Practical STAFF

Chap. 7 Build. Search & Vic. Remove. Practical STAFF

12/17 Tues, Chap. 8 Forcible Entry Tools

Forcible Entry Const. & Techniques Dan Pruiner

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEARS BREAK

1/04 Sat. Chap. 8 Forcible Entry Tools Practical STAFF

Forcible Entry Const. Techniques

1/07 Tues. Chap. 9 Ground Ladders Jeff Green

1/14 Tues. Chap. 10 Ventilation John Koshorek

1/18 Sat. Chap. 9 Ground Ladders Practical STAFF

Chap. 10 Ventilation Practical STAFF

1/21 Tues. Chap. 11 Water Supply Al Sundberg

1/28 Tues. Chap. 12A Coupling, Loading &

Rolling Hose Ron Demarse

2/01 Sat Hazmat Awareness Brian Naze

2/04 Tues. Chap. 12b Laying, Carrying &

Advancing Hose R. Schwarz

2/11 Tues. Chap. 13 Water Fire Streams Dean Mallos

2/15 Sat. Chap. 11 Water Supply Practical STAFF

Chap. 12 Hose Practical STAFF

2/18 Tues. Chap. 14 Fire Control T. Keskamaki

2/25 Tues. Chap. 15 Sprinkler System Fundamentals Ron Demarse

3/01 Tues. Chap. 13 Water Fire Streams Practical STAFF

Chap. 14 Fire Control Practical STAFF

3/04 Tues. Chap. 16 Salvage & Overhaul

Chap. 17 Protecting Evidence of Fire Cause Dean Mallos

3/11 Tues. Chap. 18 F.D. Comm.. & Incident Reports T. Keskamaki

3/15 Sat. Chap. 16 Salvage & Overhaul

Review / Make- up Practical STAFF

3/18 Tues. Chap. 19 Fire Prevention &

Public Education Jeff Green

3/22 Sat. Emergency Drivers Training Mike Farmer

3/25 Tues. REVIEW / MAKE UP STAFF

3/29 Sat. Emergency Medical Training Jim Felciano

Tom Kidd

4/01 Tues. REVIEW / MAKE UP STAFF

4/05 Sat. REVIEW / MAKE UP STAFF

4/11 Friday WRITTEN EXAM STAFF

4/12 Saturday PRACTICAL EXAM STAFF

Posted 8/21/02

The fall Fire Fighter 1 training will begin Oct. 15, 2002. The hosting Dept. this year again is Marquette Twp. Fire Dept.. The Course Coordinator will be Fire Fighter Ron Demarse from Mqt. Twp., and the Lead Instructor will be Fire Fighter Jeff Green from Mqt. City Fire Dept.. The course schedule will be every Tuesday and every other Saturday (for practical lessons).

Contact Captain Tom Kidd, Chocolay Twp. Fire Dept., if you haven't contacted him regarding personnel you wish to have attend. So far the course has 35 applicants.

All departments with personnel planning on attending this years FF1, it will be required that all students have on the first day of class their Essentials 4^th Edition, and student workbook.

Also again this year the Emergency Drivers Education course will be offered, (this text material will also need to be ordered in advance, course date to be announced)

Posted 8/21/02

This years training will consist of:

Incident Command, Safety Officer, Tanker Shuttle, Basic Extrication, Advanced Stabilization (extrication), 3 Terrorism Courses, Hazardous Materials Operation Level

Dates and training sites to be announced.