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Fire
Service Instructor, Level - I Course |
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Overview
of the Fire Service Instructor Standard and Course |
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Origin
of the Standard |
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This
Instructor standard is one of the original four professional
qualifications standards that was developed after 1971, when the joint
Council of National Fire Service Organizations created the National
Professional Qualifications Board for the Fire Service. |
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Professional qualifications standards are
now developed by the NFPA standards making system. |
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An
earlier special meeting of fire service leaders, the Wingspread Conference
in 1966, had begun to promote criteria for fire service professionalism. |
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One criterion discussed was,
"Professionalism begins with education. " At the same time, it
is understood that the quality of any educational program is only as good
as its instructional staff. |
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This standard is designed to provide
guidance for improving the qualifications of any instructional staff. |
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The
first edition of this standard was issued in 1976. It was revised by the
technical committee in 1981 and 1987.T he current version was released in
1992 and supercedes previous editions. |
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Organization
of the Course |
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This
course is designed to meet the objectives in Level I of NFPA 1041. All
trainees must be given a copy of these objectives no later than the
introduction to the course. |
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The
course is divided into an academic section and a practice teaching
section, in which the student demonstrates what has been learned. |
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The
pace of the course is necessarily rapid, considering what needs to be
addressed in a typical 40–hour period. |
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An important consideration for being
able to move through the academic section is that students are notified of
required reading material that must be completed before coming to the
class. |
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Course
Outline |
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Overview
of the Fire Service Instructor Standard and Course. |
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Objectives
for Fire Instructor - I |
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Instructor
Outline |
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The
Instructor and the Job |
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Understanding
Learning |
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Planning
Instruction |
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Presenting
Instruction |
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Training
Aids |
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Evaluation
and Testing |
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This
course was developed for use in teaching the Fire Service Instructor Level
I certification course, according to the objectives in NFPA 1041, Fire
Service Instructor Professional Qualifications. |
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