Training Symposium Spring 2019
Planning & arrivals 2019
The staff and students arrive to Puerto Vallarta
The students from eight different fire departments arrive to the City’s main fire station for check in, personnel gear safety check, pre-symposium vitals documentation coffee and informational meeting.
Day 1 training
Students are divided into four different working groups and start the classroom portion of the training, then move to the entrapment maze and vehicle extrication stations.
Fire Theory / Transitional Fire Attack
Firefighter entrapment / Search & Rescue / RIC
Vehicle Extrication
SCBA / ERAS
Day 2
All classes are held at the Andalon Fire Training Camp
Vehicle Extrication
RIC / Smoke room
RIC / Smoke tower
Patient Packaging
Day 3
All classes are held at the Andalon Fire Training Camp
Live fire attack house
Live fire attack tower
Live fire attack vehicle
Fire Tongue
Day 4
Critique / Team building / Information Exchange
Certificate and tee shirt distribution
Symposium closing ceremony
BBQ Lunch