This module is part of FireLearn, an online Fire Fighter I & II course designed to enhance students’ learning experience by allowing them to experiment with key concepts and skills in the safety of a virtual environment.

This online training module brings content to life with interactive audio, video, Flash™ animation, photographs, illustrations, and case-based scenarios. It is designed to serve as either a distance learning solution to reduce classroom lecture hours or as a review tool to help students master more challenging subject matter presented to them in the classroom.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Discuss the educational, age, medical, physical fitness, and emergency medical care requirements for becoming a fire fighter.
• Describe how standards and procedures, personnel, training, and equipment are related to the prevention of fire fighter injuries and deaths.
• List safety precautions you need to take during training, during emergency responses, at emergency incidents, at the fire station, and outside your workplace.
• Describe the protection provided by personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Explain the importance of standards for PPE.
• Describe the limitations of PPE.
• Describe how to properly maintain PPE.
• Describe how the hazards for smoke and other toxic environments.
• Explain why respiratory protection is needed in the fire service.
• Describe the differences between open-circuit breathing apparatus and closed-circuit breathing apparatus.
• Describe the limitations associated with self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
• List and describe the major components of SCBA.
• Explain the skip-breathing technique.
• Explain the safety precautions you should remember when using SCBA.
• Describe the importance of daily, monthly, and annual SCBA inspections.
• Explain the procedures for refilling SCBA cylinders.
• List the steps for donning a complete PPE ensemble.

After completing this module, students will be able to perform the following skills:

• Don approved personal protective clothing.
• Doff approved personal protective clothing.
• Don an SCBA from a seat-mounted bracket.
• Don an SCBA from a side-mounted compartment.
• Don an SCBA from a storage case using the over-the-head method.
• Don an SCBA from a storage case using the coat method.
• Don a face piece.
• Doff an SCBA.
• Perform daily SCBA inspections.
• Perform monthly SCBA inspections.
• Replace an SCBA cylinder.
• Clean and sanitize and SCBA.