MONROE - Where there's smoke this week in Monroe, there'll be several hundred firefighters.
Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Fire/Rescue Association is holding its 78th annual fire school Thursday through Saturday, hosted by the Monroe Fire Department for the 54th year.
Live fire classes will be happening on Friday and Saturday. Most classes are held at Blackhawk Technical School and the MERIT Center.
The vendor expo, open to the public, is happening at the SLICE arena, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. The expo features SWNIFRA's Best Business Members displaying the latest in fire, rescue, and EMS apparatus and equipment, as well as fire-rescue specialty items.
The fire school offers more than 25 different classes to firefighters and emergency medical personnel this weekend. One third of the classes are new.
Monroe Fire School brings in some of the top-notched trainers in the nation.
This year, Aaron Fields, a firefighter for the City of Seattle, Wash., and a member of Engine Company 28, is teaching an engine company class called "The Nozzle Forward." Fields teaches engine company skills at the Washington State Fire Academy.
Nozzle Forward presents a proven system of hose line management and fire attack that can be adapted quickly to fit any engine company from urban to rural. The 20-hour, hands-on program is designed to train the nozzle team to make the right choice and be able to accomplish whatever task is necessary for a successful interior fire attack.
Also teaching this year is Aaron J. Heller, a 30-year veteran of the fire service and a captain in charge of training for the Hamilton Township Fire District in New Jersey. Capt. Heller is a Level 2 instructor, fire official and EMT. He teaches at the Mercer County Fire Academy and instructs at several national, regional and local training events. Heller also owns On Scene Training Associates, LLC.
Heller, along with other instructors, is teaching a rotation class, Coordinated Fire Attack, with the flashover simulator. Flashover is one of the most-feared phenomena among firefighters, and Monroe Fire School trainees, crawling down smoky hallways in search of fire and "victims," will learn to recognize rollovers and flashovers in this class.
About 1,000 people attend training at the annual Monroe Fire School.
Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Fire/Rescue Association is holding its 78th annual fire school Thursday through Saturday, hosted by the Monroe Fire Department for the 54th year.
Live fire classes will be happening on Friday and Saturday. Most classes are held at Blackhawk Technical School and the MERIT Center.
The vendor expo, open to the public, is happening at the SLICE arena, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. The expo features SWNIFRA's Best Business Members displaying the latest in fire, rescue, and EMS apparatus and equipment, as well as fire-rescue specialty items.
The fire school offers more than 25 different classes to firefighters and emergency medical personnel this weekend. One third of the classes are new.
Monroe Fire School brings in some of the top-notched trainers in the nation.
This year, Aaron Fields, a firefighter for the City of Seattle, Wash., and a member of Engine Company 28, is teaching an engine company class called "The Nozzle Forward." Fields teaches engine company skills at the Washington State Fire Academy.
Nozzle Forward presents a proven system of hose line management and fire attack that can be adapted quickly to fit any engine company from urban to rural. The 20-hour, hands-on program is designed to train the nozzle team to make the right choice and be able to accomplish whatever task is necessary for a successful interior fire attack.
Also teaching this year is Aaron J. Heller, a 30-year veteran of the fire service and a captain in charge of training for the Hamilton Township Fire District in New Jersey. Capt. Heller is a Level 2 instructor, fire official and EMT. He teaches at the Mercer County Fire Academy and instructs at several national, regional and local training events. Heller also owns On Scene Training Associates, LLC.
Heller, along with other instructors, is teaching a rotation class, Coordinated Fire Attack, with the flashover simulator. Flashover is one of the most-feared phenomena among firefighters, and Monroe Fire School trainees, crawling down smoky hallways in search of fire and "victims," will learn to recognize rollovers and flashovers in this class.
About 1,000 people attend training at the annual Monroe Fire School.