The District 1 Fire Academy is 24 weeks of initial firefighter training that will include state certifications in Hazardous Material Awareness/Operations, Firefighter I/II and all state required curriculum to function as a firefighter in the state of Indiana. Participants must have fire department sponsorship and full gear with SCBA’s. A minimum of 80% attendance throughout…
This class will be held from 5-14-24 to 6-11-24. Tuesdays (6 PM-10 PM CST) and Saturdays (8 AM-4 PM CST) Full Description This course is designed to give entry level fire officers with the knowledge and skills to meet the minimum job performance requirements as outlined in based on NFPA 1021: Standard for Fire Officer…
Date: May 29, 2024 Times: 6:00pm-8:00pm Price: $10 Description: This class is led by Jessica Klemz, MSed MA LMHC-A NCC, a first responder behavioral health specialist. You will learn the basics on how responder professions and bad calls can impact your mind and body, and build your resilience by assessing and developing new coping skills.…
Join future EMTs for an exciting day volunteering for the EMT Practical Exam. This Exam helps to assure EMT candidates are ready to care for patients in an emergency and is an important step in the certification process. Adult and teen volunteers are encouraged to act as "patients" moulaged with fake injuries (note: these may…
Date: Friday, June 7, 2024 Time: 9:00am-11:00am Price: $10 per student Description: Dan’s personal life, education, and careers have offered him countless, invaluable lessons that provide the essence of his belief system and viewpoints. He shares how his personal experience of growing up in an alcoholic family, educating himself, and his professional 30-year career in…
Date: Friday, June 7, 2024 Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm Price: $10 per student Description: This cultural competency class is for clinicians, is focused on serving patients in the fire service but is applicable for serving all responder disciplines and veterans. Ret. BC Daniel DeGryse, presenter and instructor, will share insights he gained from his professional and personal…
Class Description This course is a combination of classroom and field activities including live burns to give Instructors the knowledge and skills to meet the NFPA 1403: Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions as it pertains to the Live Fire Fixed Facilities at the MAAC. Course is intended for state certified Instructor I or II/III’s…
Purpose: You will be putting skills trainings together and working a fire scene with multiple companies working together. Objectives: Hose line deployment, hose line advancement in a building, and live fire attack. VEIS, victim removal. Backup crew/RIT, softening the structure and throwing ladders. Working the training as the fire scene with a fire command and…
Northwest Health & the MAAC Team Up to Offer Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Training Course
Individuals interested in a career as an emergency medical technician (EMT) need look no further for a local training opportunity. Northwest Health is offering the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course at the MAAC training campus located at 4203 Montdale Park Drive in Valparaiso, Indiana! The class will begin June 10, 2024. Final exam scheduled for September 26, 2024.
This class is perfect for all experience levels and teaches valuable skills like health crisis management (in accordance with the AHA Chain of Survival), AED usage, operating as a multi-rescuer team, addressing airway obstructions, and of course performing effective CPR. While these skills may be ones, we hope we'll never need to utilize, this course…
Date: June 21, 2024 Times: 11:00am-1:00pm Price: $10 Description: This class is led by Jessica Klemz, MSed MA LMHC-A NCC, a first responder behavioral health specialist. You will learn the basics on how responder professions and bad calls can impact your mind and body, and build your resilience by assessing and developing new coping skills.…
This class is perfect for all experience levels and teaches valuable skills like health crisis management (in accordance with the AHA Chain of Survival), AED usage, operating as a multi-rescuer team, addressing airway obstructions, and of course performing effective CPR. While these skills may be ones, we hope we'll never need to utilize, this course…
Program Descriptions How Smart Responders Use REAL Situational Awareness to Improve Safety Most first responders know, intuitively, that strong situational awareness is an important aspect of incident scene safety. However, many do not understand what situational awareness is, how it is developed and how it can erode while working in a high risk, high consequence…
This class is perfect for all experience levels and teaches valuable skills like health crisis management (in accordance with the AHA Chain of Survival), AED usage, operating as a multi-rescuer team, addressing airway obstructions, and of course performing effective CPR. While these skills may be ones, we hope we'll never need to utilize, this course…
