A training package you can explain
Work through fictional fire department cases and explain the purpose, objectives, resources, and evaluation method for each exercise. Assignments include an editable workbook and guidance for reviewing the work.
Planning, drills, and evaluation
Fire Service Training Officer
Make the most of your department’s training time. Develop the skills to plan company drills, lead tabletop exercises, evaluate performance, and follow through after the debrief.
In development
Practical preparation for the training role
A useful drill starts with a clear purpose. This program focuses on the work behind effective department training: deciding what needs attention, preparing the exercise, observing performance, and planning what comes next.
Designed for training officers, company officers responsible for drills, and fire service instructors, the course uses examples from career, call, volunteer, and combination departments.
The planned assignments build a working training package: a needs assessment, company drill plan, tabletop scenario, evaluation sheet, and debrief with follow-up actions.
The review edition includes written lessons and short narrated examples using real fire-service training imagery. Participants will submit their work, receive instructor feedback, and demonstrate tabletop facilitation and a debrief.
- Course focus
- Planning, drills, and evaluation
- Planned curriculum
- Five modules with written lessons and practical assignments
- Planned practice
- Tabletop facilitation, observation, and debriefing
- Individual planning price
- $199 · 12 months from the scheduled course start
- Availability
- Enrollment is not open. Final fees, course hours, and dates depend on review and pilot delivery.
Planned curriculum
From the training need to the next drill
Each module contributes to a training plan that an instructor can use and evaluate.
Identify the training need
Use observations from drills and incidents to decide what members need to practice. Distinguish a training need from an equipment, staffing, or procedure problem.
Build the company drill
Write observable objectives, choose appropriate resources, and prepare a drill plan with a clear safety briefing and performance criteria.
Run a useful scenario
Brief participants, manage a tabletop exercise, and give members a fair opportunity to make decisions without coaching them through the task.
Evaluate what members can do
Record specific observations and assess performance against stated criteria. Identify where additional practice is needed.
Debrief and follow through
Lead a focused discussion, agree on corrective actions, and plan a later check to see whether performance has improved.
Applying the lessons
Practice the work of a training officer
Facilitation and instructor feedback
The planned practical work includes leading a tabletop exercise and debrief. Evaluation considers how you brief participants, observe their work, provide feedback, and identify the next training need.
Practical exercises are limited to classroom and tabletop activities. This professional development course does not award Fire Instructor certification or qualify participants to conduct live-fire training.
Course fees and availability
Plan your participation
$199 per individual is the planning price, with 12 months of access from the scheduled start. Department delivery is quoted after group size and instructor arrangements are confirmed.
Five modules, lesson resources, assignment review, scheduled tabletop facilitation and debrief assessment, and one reassessment after assigned practice.
Planning prices are provisional pending instructor review, pilot delivery, and confirmation of delivery costs. Enrollment is closed and no payment or deposit is accepted.
Travel, venue costs, custom delivery, and external certification are not included. Any applicable tax and cancellation or refund terms will appear in the written booking offer.
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