Annual Firefighting Symposium

Robert E. Rumens 19th Annual Hampton Roads Marine Firefighting Symposium

**Registration is NOW OPEN!  Click HERE to Register (this link will take you VMA Website)**

 May 10-15, 2010 Monday - Saturday 
 Norfolk Fire Training Center
(Granby & Thole Streets)		 0700-1700 hours
 Norfolk, VA  

*Cost: $260 In-State Students/$360 Out-of-State
*Cost includes Student Manual, IFTSA Textbook, and Lunch each day)

Sponsored by:

  • Virginia Port Authority/MIRT
  • Virginia Department of Fire Programs
  • Virginia Maritime Association
  • Ft. Eustis Fire Department
  • Maritime Administration
  • Norfolk Fire and Rescue
  • U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Hampton Roads
  • U.S. Navy Fleet Training Center Fire School, Norfolk, VA
  • Military Sealift Command
  • Tri-State Maritime Safety Association
  • Hampton Roads Fire Chiefs Association

This course is designed to familarize land-based firefighters and Maritime personnel on procedures necessary to handle a marine incident within a port or waterway. This course meets NFPA 1005 standards, is ProBoard and IFSAC certified. 

Course Topics:

  • Vessel Construction
  • Vessel Safety
  • Firefighting Tactics
  • Incident Management Procedures
  • Vessel and Terminal Operations
  • Vessel Firefighting Systems
  • Legal Issues
  • Live Firefighting Evolutions
  • Waterborne Exercise
  • Practical Workstations
  • Vessel Tours
  • Review of Past Incidents
  • Contingency Planning
  • WMD/Hazmat Incidents
PREREQUISITES

All students should have completed IS 100 and IS 200. The courses can be completed online at the FEMA Training Site.

Students should be in good physical condition. The course will require participating in live burn evolutions, on-site tours of large ocean-going vessels, climbing of steep ladders and gangways, working in enclosed spaces and participating in a live exercise while unterway on a vessel upon open waters.

For Pro-Board certification, the student must have completed Pro-Board or IFSAC approved Firefighter Level II and Hazmat Operations. Certificates will need to be submitted with on-line registration 30 days prior to the start of the course. Those attendees who do not qualify for the pro-board certification or wish not to receive pro-board certification will receive a “Certificate of Attendance”.

Most evolutions will require full turnout gear, SCBA and a Type III PFD.

For more information, contact Bill Burkett