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Must Read: All Hands-on Training Students PPE Requirements

PPE/SCBA Requirements for Hands-on Training

All hands-on training students must bring their own NFPA-compliant bunker or technical rescue gear.  FDIC International does not supply personal protective equipment (PPE).  The requirements vary depending on the classes.  FDIC SUPPLIES ALL SCBAs.  DO NOT BRING YOUR SCBA.  If you are in an IDLH class, a link will be sent to you for SCBA Fit Testing scheduling.  The PPE requirements per class are listed below.  

Hands-On Training Evolutions

The following classes require full bunker gear, which includes NFPA-compliant turnout coat and pants, helmet, hood, firefighting boots, and gloves. 

  • Live Fire:  Aggressive Thermal Imaging Search 

  • Live Fire:  Can Confidence-Searching for Life and Fire 

  • Live Fire:  Critical Actions for First-Arriving Crews 

  • Live Fire:  Fire Tactics for Limited Staffing 

  • Live Fire:  Flashover-Studying Modern Fire Behavior 

  • Live Fire:  Operating in the Flow Path 

  • Live Fire:  RIT Under Fire 

  • Live Fire:  Vent-Enter-Search 

  • Residential Primary Search:  Making the Grab 

  • H.O.S.E.:  Hoisting, Operating, Stretching, Estimating 

  • Truck Essentials for Effective and Efficient Outcomes 

The following classes can accommodate bunker gear or technical rescue gear.  Technical rescue gear includes jumpsuit or two-piece rescue gear specifically designed for recue and extrication duty, OSHA and/or ANSI-compliant helmet (hard hat), steel-toed boots, ANSI-compliant eye protection, and gloves. 

  • Active Shooter Response for the First-Due Company 

  • Advanced Vehicle Extrication 

  • Common Sense Technical Rescue 

  • Forcible Entry:  The “Keys to the Job” 

  • Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Response 

  • Elevator Emergency Management Operations 

  • Heavy Extrication 

  • Man vs. Machinery 

  • Tower Rescue and Rope Operations 

Hands-on (H.O.T) Workshops

Each class description has detailed PPE requirements specific to that class.  In general, students who plan to participate in the hands-on portion of these classes will be required to have technical rescue gear:  jumpsuit or two-piece rescue gear specifically designed for rescue and extrication duty, OSHA and/or ANSI-compliant helmet (hard hat), steel-toed boots, ANSI-compliant eye protection, and gloves.  Structural PPE is not required but is acceptable.  Students without PPE are welcome to observe the hands-on portions.   

All students are required to submit the FDIC H.O.T. Liability Waiver signed by the chief of their fire department. 

Buses will load promptly at 6:30 AM except for RIT Under Fire, which must stage at 5:45 AM for prompt bus departure at 6:00 AM. All H.O.T. attendees should be at the convention center no later than 6:00 AM. 

No personal vehicles of any kind will be allowed at any H.O.T. site due to space restrictions at many of the sites.