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Officer Development Academy (ODA)

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Officer Development Academy

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Courses Needed for ODA Completion Certification:

  • Fire Service Officer 1

  • Incident Safety Officer (ISO)

  • STICO or DMICO

  • Building Construction for the Tactical Leader

  • Incident Command Systems (ICS)

  • Leadership in Supervision - Creating Environments for Professional Growth (pt. 1)

  • Leadership in Supervision - Perspectives in Thinking (pt. 2)

  • Leadership in Supervision - Framework to Success (pt. 3)

  • Leadership in Supervision - Shaping the Future (4)

  • Fire Service Instructor 1

 

Reciprocation Policy: In order to receive reciprocation for classes taken outside of FIRE Tech Academy , please send certificates of equivalent classes to tgreaves@firetechacademy.com. Courses must have been successfully completed in the last 7 years.

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Helping You Succeed

FIRE Tech Academy is approved by the Washington State Department of Health, the Central Region Trauma and EMS Council, and the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT).

Every class is taught by a firefighter/EMT or paramedic. These firefighters use stories of medical calls they went on the shift before to add real-world context to academic topics.

Benefits of being a FIRE Tech alumni include follow through and advice in moving onto the next level. As a member of the FIRE Tech family, we do our best to help you succeed and move forward in future endeavors beyond this class.

ODA Classes:

If you have questions regarding any of the ODA courses we offer, please email jgreaves@firetechacademy.com.

NFA- Incident Safety Officer (ISO):

Instructor: AC Dave VanValkenburg


Cost – $400. Two day course.

Spring Course: June 29th-30th, 2023

Fall Course: September 28th-29th, 2023 

IFSAC Fire Service Officer 1- Test Prep and Test:

Instructor: LT Jack Greaves, Executive Director
Evaluator: AC Dave VanValkenburg


Pre-requisites: Firefighter I level IFSAC certification, Firefighter II IFSAC certification, HAZMAT Awareness level IFSAC certification, HAZMAT Operations level IFSAC certification.


Co-requisites: Fire Instructor I IFSAC certification completed within 1 year of Fire Officer I IFSAC certificate being received.


Cost – $450. Two day course includes test-prep on day one and testing on day two.

Fall: October 5th-6th, 2023 

IFSAC Fire officer II - Test prep and test:

Evaluator: AC Dave VanValkenburg
Instructor: LT Jack Greaves, Executive Director


Cost – $450. Two day course.

Spring: June 15th-16th, 2023, WA State IFSAC Forms Due May 30th, 2023. 

Fall: November 30th-December 1st, 2023.

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Incident Command SystemS (ICS):

Instructor: DC Doug McDonald and BC Erik Hammes


Cost – $450. Three day course.

Check back soon for future class dates.

Required Book to Purchase: Incident Command System Model Procedures Guide for Incidents Involving Structural Fire Fighting, High Rise, Multi-Casualty, Highway, and Managing Large -Scale Incidents Using NIMS-ICS(Book 1), 1st Edition

eBook Link – ISBN: 978-0-87939-551-3

Physical copy Link – ISBN: 978-0-87939-305-2

IFSAC -Fire Service Instructor 1:

Instructor: LT Jack Greaves, Executive Director 


Cost – $450. Two day course.

Fall: September 21st-22nd, 2023. 

Required Book to Purchase: FIRE and Emergency Services Instructor, 9th Edition-IFSTA

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NFA- Leadership in Supervision -

Creating Environments for Professional Growth (pt.1):

Instructor: AC Dave VanValkenburg
Assistant Instructor: LT Jack Greaves, Executive Director


Cost – $400.

Fall: September 7th-8th, 2023.

NFA- Leadership in Supervision - Framework to Success (pt. 3):

Instructor: AC Dave VanValkenburg
Assistant Instructor: LT Jack Greaves, Executive Director


Cost – $400. Two day course.

Fall: November 16th-17th, 2023.

NFA- Leadership in Supervision - Perspectives in Thinking (pt. 2):

Instructor: AC Dave VanValkenburg
Assistant Instructor: LT Jack Greaves, Executive Director


Cost – $400. Two day course.

Fall: November 2nd-3rd, 2023.

NFA- Leadership In Supervision - Shaping the Future (pt. 4) :

Instructor: AC Dave VanValkenburg

Assistant Instructor: LT Jack Greaves, Executive Director

Cost – $400. Two day course.

Fall: December 14th-15th, 2023.

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NFA-Strategies and Tactics for Initial Company Operations (STICO):

Instructor: AC Dave VanValkenburg
Assistant Instructor: LT Jack Greaves, Executive Director


Cost – $400. Two day course - consecutive Fridays

May 12th and 19th, 2023. 

Building Construction for the Tactical Leader:

Instructor: LT Jack Greaves, Executive Director


Cost – $400. One day course.

June 23rd, 2023. 

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class Schedules Coming Soon!

Making plans for future classes, we will be opening registration for our new classes shortly. Stay tuned!

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