Firefighters from Barrow, Jackson and Hall counties along with firefighters from the Sandy Springs Fire Department recently completed the NPQ Fire Instructor 1 class with a 100 percent passing rate.
BCES online class offering a success
With a 100 percent passing rate, Barrow County firefighters recently proved that a new online method of instruction is both effective and efficient.
On Monday Feb. 22, 2010, Barrow County Emergency Services completed the National Professional Qualification class entitled Fire Instructor 1. The NPQ class was the first the department has offered online and the first time the class has been offered by any fire department in Georgia through online learning.
“Working with the Georgia Fire Academy and the Georgia Firefighters Standards and Training Council (GFSTC), we put the lesson portion on our new training website,” said deputy chief Bryan Bullock, one of the instructors for the class. “This allowed us to offer the class to more people and allowed the students to work at their own pace and for Barrow County Emergency Services students to do the class on shift while remaining in their coverage areas.”
Using the new Haiku website, the class was offered over a four week time frame. The lead instructor for the class was Lt. Richard Carignan. The students were required to complete three assignments and upload them to the website. The assignments included a two to five minute video presentation.
Chief Bryan Bullock, a test monitor with GFSTC, conducted the written testing. Capt. Danny Thompson of the Sandy Springs Fire Department along with Barrow County Emergency Services firefighters Bill Etheridge and Mike Barnes evaluated the practical portion of testing.
“The Fire Instructor 1 class was a trial run using the Haiku website,” Carignan said. “With using this new website, we can offer not only local classes but work with the state in offering other state and national classes. This will be a great way to improve training for the department while reducing training costs for the department.”
Students from Hall County, Jackson County and the Johns Creek fire departments joined students from Barrow County Emergency Services in completing the class.
Since the lesson portion was completed online, students were only required to make one trip to Barrow County for testing. The testing was conducted at the new headquarters station. Each firefighter that took the exam passed.
“This pass rate is an indicator of how valuable the Haiku website will be for not only the department, but for other departments who join us in our training,” said Carignan. “This class has helped put Barrow County in a leadership role in training in the State of Georgia and the way classes become available for firefighters.”
“Working with the Georgia Fire Academy and the Georgia Firefighters Standards and Training Council (GFSTC), we put the lesson portion on our new training website,” said deputy chief Bryan Bullock, one of the instructors for the class. “This allowed us to offer the class to more people and allowed the students to work at their own pace and for Barrow County Emergency Services students to do the class on shift while remaining in their coverage areas.”
Using the new Haiku website, the class was offered over a four week time frame. The lead instructor for the class was Lt. Richard Carignan. The students were required to complete three assignments and upload them to the website. The assignments included a two to five minute video presentation.
Chief Bryan Bullock, a test monitor with GFSTC, conducted the written testing. Capt. Danny Thompson of the Sandy Springs Fire Department along with Barrow County Emergency Services firefighters Bill Etheridge and Mike Barnes evaluated the practical portion of testing.
“The Fire Instructor 1 class was a trial run using the Haiku website,” Carignan said. “With using this new website, we can offer not only local classes but work with the state in offering other state and national classes. This will be a great way to improve training for the department while reducing training costs for the department.”
Students from Hall County, Jackson County and the Johns Creek fire departments joined students from Barrow County Emergency Services in completing the class.
Since the lesson portion was completed online, students were only required to make one trip to Barrow County for testing. The testing was conducted at the new headquarters station. Each firefighter that took the exam passed.
“This pass rate is an indicator of how valuable the Haiku website will be for not only the department, but for other departments who join us in our training,” said Carignan. “This class has helped put Barrow County in a leadership role in training in the State of Georgia and the way classes become available for firefighters.”
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