Citizens' Fire Academy
 

The Jersey Village Citizens' Fire Academy is open to residents over the age of 18. This program is designed
to give the citizens of Jersey Village an opportunity to learn about their emergency services provider and gain valuable safety and health education. Participants will
be put through training similar to that of a beginning firefighter, as well as skills needed for CERT (Community Emergency Response Team). There will be no cost for this course and all materials necessary will be provided to the student.

Participation in any section of the class is voluntary; students will not be asked to do anything that will make them feel uncomfortable. Two Saturday training sessions will be scheduled; one for vehicle rescue, with the Jaws of Life, and the second is a live burn exercise at a local fire training field. All classes will be taught by members of the Jersey Village Emergency Services.

All classes will begin at the Jersey Village Emergency Services station located at 16501 Jersey Drive , in the training room.

  

Class of 2007 in action
Interested in the January - March 2008 Class?
Contact Rob Missall at
rmissall@ci.jersey-village.tx.us or 713.466.2130
2007 Citizens' Fire Academy/CERT course content: Jan. 11, 2007 to Mar. 20, 2007
Week 01 Introduction / Overview/ Station Tour
Week 02 Red Cross Adult CPR
Week 03 Red Cross First Aid/ CERT Medical/ Ambulance Tour
Week 04 Incident Command/ CERT Organization/ Police Department Tour
Week 05 Fire Science/ Fire Extinguisher Training
Week 06 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Week 07 Fire Inspection/ Prtevention/ Disaster Preparedness
Week 08 Rescue Operations Overview
Weekend Exercise: Morning - Disaster Simulation/ Afternoon - Vehicle Extrication
Week 09 Ladders/ Utility Control
Week 10 Water Supply/ Fire Streams
Week 11 PPE Refresher/ Ventilation/ Salvage Operations
Weekend Exercise: Morning - CERT Disaster Simulation/ Afternoon - Live Fire Exercise and Rapelling
Week 12 Graduation Ceremony