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FIRE SERVICE HYDRAULICS AND WATER SUPPLY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN PRINCIPLES OF PASSENGER VEHICLE EXTRICATION GROUND COVER FIRE FIGHTING FOR STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTERS
The July Validation Conference also serves as the backdrop of the annual International Journal of Fire Service Leadership and Management Research Symposium. The Journal, created by FPP in 2004, is the only refereed, academic journal on fire service leadership and management issues in North America. This journal and symposium are for fire service academics to publish and debate their ideas. The symposium draws a significant number of fire service academics, researchers, and leaders who would not otherwise be present at the Validation Conference. The Journal and the symposium have been managed by retired OSU Political Science Professor Dr. Robert England since their inception. Bob’s son, Eric England, also assists with the journal. Supplemental Products Following the release of the first editions of the various NFPA Professional Qualifications standards in 1972, firefighter training programs became more structured and consistent throughout the fire service. It became apparent to IFSTA/FPP leadership that simply producing the training manuals alone would not meet all of the needs of our customers in the long run. Materials to supplement the content of the manuals was a burgeoning market need for both firefighters and instructors alike. The first foray into the supplemental product market was introduced into the IFSTA product line around 1977. This manual, IFSTA 500, Firefighter Study Guide, was authored by former FPP Editor Carl McCoy, who at the time was working for the State of Illinois Division of Personnel Standards and Education. The text aided in studying the content of several IFSTA manuals that were on the market at that time. It quickly became outdated as new editions of the manuals were released.
The first in-house supplemental product was developed in conjunction with the first edition of IFSTA 200, Essentials of Fire Fighting, that was released in 1978. A manual titled Self-Instruction for IFSTA 200, Essentials of Fire Fighting, was released in early 1980 (Figure 20) . It provided learning objectives and other assistance in studying the contents of the manual. The second edition of Essentials of Fire Fighting was released in June, 1983. Note that by this time the manual numbering system had been discontinued. Two supplemental texts were developed for this edition. One of them was the Self-Instruction for IFSTA Essentials of Fire Fighting (2 nd edition). It was developed in much the same manner as the previous edition. The second supplemental text was titled 500 Competencies for Firefighter Certification (1 st edition). It was considered a 1 st edition because it was a new product. However, it was written in conjunction with the 2 nd edition
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of Essentials . It was written by Samuel Goldwater, who at the time was serving as FPP’s marketing specialist and working on a Master’s degree. The text was developed to serve several functions. First, it could be used as a study guide for the student outlining exactly what had to be learned. Second, it served as a guide for developing lesson plans for instructors outlining what had to be taught. Third, it served as a permanent record of the student’s ability to demonstrate what they have learned. The manual was designed so that the student would check off boxes when they completed the various tasks. Essentials of Fire Fighting (3 rd Edition) was released in November, 1992. This was the first manual to have a supplement titled Study Guide, rather than Self-Instruction. The Study Guide for Third Edition of Essentials of Fire Fighting was released shortly after the manual came out. However, the most significant supplement that was developed for Essentials of Fire Fighting (3 rd Edition) was a full curriculum package to support the teaching of the content of the manual. This was IFSTA/FPP’s first significant foray into the instructional materials development market. Susan S. Walker, a curriculum developer for the Oklahoma Department of Vocational-Technical Education, was hired away by FPP to develop the curriculum.
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