Mills River Fire and Rescue

 

Students, if you need further assistance on any of classes listed below, please click HERE to link to Blue Ridge Community College Emergency Services.
 


Apparatus
MRFD NEWS
Fire Prevention
Junior Firefighters
How to Donate A Structure For Burn Training

2008 Monthly Fire/Rescue
Training Calendar

 

JUNIOR FIGHTER CLASSES
EFFECTIVE 01/01/2008

These are the fire classes at this time Blue Ridge Community College will allow junior fighters under the age of 18 to participate in.  This was adopted per the standard as set forth by OSFM:

  1. Fire Alarm and Communications

  2. Fire Behavior

  3. Emergency Medical Care

  4. Firefighter Ropes

  5. Salvage

  6. Fire Prevention, Education and Cause

  7. Building Construction

  8. Response to Haz Mat Awareness

  9. RT General Helicopters

  10. RT General Incident Planning

  11. RT General Search

  12. RT General Victim Management

NOTE:
Any variation or changes MUST be approved by the Director of Allied Health and Emergency Services

2008 Spring SemesterFire/Rescue Training Calendar



FIRE CLASSES

BRCC will be offering a Rescue Technicinan certification program @ the Fire Training Center beginning in March and ending in June. Specific dates will be posted soon.

BRCC will also be offering a Ropes Technician certification program beginning in March. See specific dates listed below under Rescue Classes.


Haz-Mat Refresher Dana FD- 2/18 and 2/25

Time: 1800-2200 Instructor: Michael Coggins

Earthquake Response Bat Cave FD- 2/18

Time: 1830-2230 Instructor: Rocky Hyder

Fire Control I and II Mountain Home FD- 2/18, 2/23, 2/25, 3/3,3/5, 3/8, 3/10

Time: 1800-2200 Instructor: David Jones

Haz Mat Awareness/Operations and Terorism Edneyville FD- 3/10, 3/15, 3/17, 3/24,3-25, 3/29 and 3/31

Time: 1800-2200 Instructor: Michael Coggins

Haz-Mat Refresher Valley Hill FD- 4/7 and 4/14

Time: 1800-2200 Instructor: Michael Coggins

Haz-Mat Refresher Valley Hill FD- 4/8

Time: 0800-1700 Instructor: Michael Coggins


RESCUE CLASSES

ROPES TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION

Mechanical Advantage Systems- Valley Hill FD 3/3

Time:0800-1500 Instructor: Ricky Brown

Site Operations- Valley Hill FD 3/4

Time:0800-1800 Instructor: Ricky Brown

Anchors- Valley Hill FD- 3/5 an3/6

Time: 0800-1700 Instructor: Ricky Brown

Fixed Ropes- Valley Hill FD- 3/7 and 3/10

Time: 3/7 @0800-1700, 3/10 @ 0800-1200 Instructor: Ricky Brown

Lowers- Valley Hill FD 3/10

Time:1300-1700 Instructor: Ricky Brown

Lowers- Valley Hill FD 3/11

Time:0800-1700 Instructor: Ricky Brown

Highlines- Valley Hill FD 3/12

Time:0800-1800 Instructor: Ricky Brown

Victim Removal- Valley Hill FD 3/13 and 14

Time:3/13 0800-1700 3/14 0800-1600 Instructor: Ricky Brown

 

 

Offered in this Program:

 

Emergency Medical Services
Allied Health and Emergency Services

 

Blue Ridge Community College is proud to present all of the emergency medical classes as directed by the Office of Emergency Medical Services. Please review the certifications that are attached. We offer many certification and noncertification classes in Henderson and Transylvania counties. Please browse our web page and if you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at jaya@blueridge.edu
 

Some of the classes offered are Medical Responder, Emergency Medical Technician, EMT-Intermediate, EMT –Paramedic, Basic Anatomy and Physiology, First Aid, CPR Bloodborne Pathogens and many Bio-Terrorism classes
 

Emergency Medical Technician Basic Class

Begins January 08, 2008 Ends May 20

The class will be held every Tuesday and Thursday 

from 1800-2200 in Sink 231

 Emergency Medical Technician - This course must follow the guidelines established by the NC Office of EMS.  The curriculum for the EMT educational program shall be the 1994 release of the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) EMT-Basic Course: National Standard Curriculum and the Supplemental Airways Modules for EMT-Basic; NSC.  The EMT program must be conducted by an approved Basic or Advanced Educational Institution as defined in the rules of the North Carolina Medical Care Commission.  In this course, the student will learn the basics of emergency medical care in the Prehospital environment. The student will be exposed to 160 hours of didactic and psychomotor skills. They also will be required to attend at least 20 hours of clinical experience. This class will prepare the student to operate in the prehospital environment with or without an affiliation to an emergency provider.
Student prerequisites:  High school diploma or general education development (GED); and successful completion of an entrance exam assessing basic reading comprehension skills at a minimum at the tenth grade level.

American Heart Association Class Schedule

2008 Schedule

BLS for the Healthcare Provider (CPR)
All Classes will be held in Sink 231 on the Flat Rock Campus
All classes will meet from 0900-1500 unless otherwise noted. The cost of this class is $37 plus the textbook (avalabile in the bookstore)

March 04 & 18
March 13 from 1800-2300 Fire Training Center

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

April 29 & 30 from 0800-1700 Park Ridge Hospital

Pediatric Life Support

February 24 from 0800-1700 Park Ridge Hospital

 

Offered in this Program:

 

 

 

BRCC will be offering an educational methodology class for fire, rescue and EMS starting here at BRCC in the Sink building. The class will be held in Sink 231 and start at 0830. The class will meet on Tuesday mornings until May 13. If you have questions or would like to reserve a spot in the class, please send me an e-mail @ jaya@blueridge.edu. Thanks and I look forward to seeing some of you there. Jay

Robert "Jay" Alley CHS-V
Director, Allied Health and Emergency Services Blue Ridge Community College 180 West Campus Drive Flat Rock, North Carolina 28731-4728
Phone: (828) 694-1729
Fax: (828) 694-1690
www.blueridge.edu
www.blueridge.edu/links/ems
 

 

Mills River Fire and Rescue, Inc.
121 School House Road 
Horse Shoe, NC 28742
Phone: 828 - 891 - 7959
Fax: 828 -
891-1490

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