Instructor: Jason Hoevelmann, Chief, Florissant Valley (MO) Fire Protection District
This class will focus on the role of command officers at garden apartments and other similar multifamily, low-rise buildings. It will discuss what the first IC needs to be aware of and consider early in the incident to ensure life safety and fire control issues are successfully addressed. Learn the importance of knowing the building and complex well before the incident to identify protection systems, egress components, access issues, occupancy challenges, and operational guidelines to operate successfully at these fires. Topics include crew deployment and the factors contributing to how you assign companies or reassign based on the presented situation; current data related to low-rise, multifamily buildings and victims; and how knowing layout and access are critical factors to successful rescue efforts.
