Firefighter II Course
Five members of Schuyler Hose have recently completed the NY State Firefighter II course.  The FFII course is designed as the last step in initial level training for interior structural firefighters and/or who will serve as team or group leaders under the general supervision of an officer. Builds on Basic and Intermediate Firefighter Courses and introduces new more advanced areas that will be expanded in other training programs. With the exception of those NFPA Firefighter Level II objectives pertaining to Vehicle Extrication techniques, a firefighter receives the training components equivalent to those found within NFPA Firefighter II Standard after they have successfully completed the Advanced Firefighter Training Courses.  Firefighter II is based on objectives from NFPA Standard 1001, Firefighter Level II, and consists of performance criteria in: incident command implementation, building materials and collapse, special rescue, hydrant flow and operability, hose tools, foam operations, flammable liquid/gases, detection, alarm systems, fire cause and origin, fire department communications, pre-fire planning, special situations, strategy and tactics.  The FFII course finished up with eleven students conducting a final Live Burn session at the Saratoga County Fire Training Center on March 29, 2008.  The course was hosted by Schuyler Hose and instructed by State Fire Instructor Brian Myers.

Schuyler Hose Members completing the FFII Course:

• Lt. Rob Decker

• FF Mike Benson

• FF Ray Carr

• FF Marcus Lapitsky

• FF Adam Myers