Course Registration
Emergency Courses |
| Start Date | Course | Section | Instructor | Class Dates | Cost |
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| 2025-10-11 | TRUCK COMPANY OPERATIONS II - cancelled | 729333 | Dennis Gallagher | 10/11/2025 0800 - 1630 hours 10/12/2025 0800 - 1630 hours Cancelled due to low enrollment |
635.00 - cancelled |
| Length of Course: 16 Hours Lecture/Lab Breakdown: 4/12 Prerequisites: TRCO Referenced Texts: IFSTA: Essentials, 7th Edition; Building Construction, 1st Edition; Ground Ladder Practices, 8th Edition; Safety, 1st Edition; Salvage/Overhaul, 7th Edition; "Truck Company Operations" by Hal Richman Course Goal: This course is designed to build upon and refine the knowledge and skills Involved in providing effective truck company operations that were acquired by the Student in the prerequisite course. Description of Course: This course will allow the student to practice and further refine his/her ability to effectively and safely perform the fire ground duties normally assigned to truck companies. |
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| Start Date | Course | Section | Instructor | Class Dates | Cost |
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| 2025-10-14 | RAPID INTERVENTION TEAMS OPERATIONS | 729334 | Dennis Gallagher | 10/14/2025 1900 - 2200 10/28/2025 1900 - 2200 10/30/2025 1900 - 2200 11/1/2025 0800 - 1630 |
190.00 |
| This is an "open enrollment" class hosted by Glenolden Fire Company. The class is located at Delaware County Emergency Services Training Center. Prerequisites: ELIF or EBM Course Goal: Reduce the risk of firefighter injuries and deaths in Pennsylvania. If fireground rescue teams are provided for fallen firefighters, we may prevent firefighter deaths or reduce the severity of injuries inflicted on firefighters. Description of Course: This program is designed to prepare fire department personnel for implementation of a stand-by rescue team at structure fires and certain other incidents. Information is provided from existing fire departments utilizing the concept successfully. The exercises are physically demanding and participants must be able hang and support their own weight in full turnout gear. |
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| Start Date | Course | Section | Instructor | Class Dates | Cost |
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| 2025-10-15 | Strip Malls and Shopping Centers - Lecture | 729344 | David Karlunas | 10/15/2025 1900 - 2200 | 15.00 |
| LENGTH: 3 hours LEARNING OBJECTIVES: -Students will understand the difference between covered malls and strip malls -Students will comprehend the economic existence of a shopping mall -Students will understand the role of mall management in managing emergencies -Students will identify the construction features that affect fire spread in mercantile fires COURSE DESCRIPTION: Shopping malls exist in various types and sizes. Fire departments at one time who only had to deal with farmland and limited housing are seeing shopping malls, in one form or another, develop in their district. Shopping malls enhance the local economy and livelihood of a municipality. Fires are often difficult to fight in these structures due to the heavy combustible loads presented by merchandise and packaging. |
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| Start Date | Course | Section | Instructor | Class Dates | Cost |
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| 2025-10-20 | PUMP OPERATIONS II | 729272 | R. Sparks | 10-20-2025 1800-2200 10/22/2025 1800-2200 10/26/2025 0800-1700 |
$100.00 |
| Prerequisites: PUOP Description of Course: This course is designed to instruct the student in advanced techniques of operating pumps. Topics covered include friction loss, relay pumping, master streams, elevated master streams. Referenced Texts: IFSTA Fire Department Pumping Apparatus - 7th edition, IFSTA 106 Fire Apparatus Practices - 6th edition, Fire Engineering - "Fire Service Pump Operators Handbook", Warren E Isman, NFPA 1002 Fire Service Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications Course Goal: This course will introduce the student to advanced concepts and methods of fire pump operation. |
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| Start Date | Course | Section | Instructor | Class Dates | Cost |
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| 2025-10-22 | Garden Apartments - Lecture | 729345 | David Karlunas | 10/22/2025 1900 - 2200 | 15.00 |
| LENGTH: 3 hours This course will address the tactical issues when confronting fires in Garden Apartments such as building height, hose line selection, ventilation, and water supply and building construction. |
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| Start Date | Course | Section | Instructor | Class Dates | Cost |
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| 2025-10-25 | Flashover recognition and survival | 729337 | Kyle DiPilla | 10/25/2025 07:30 to 15:30 | 110.00 |
| This course prepares firefighters to recognize, react to, and help avoid flashover conditions. You must be 18 or older with Essentials or equivalent to attend this training. This is a live fire event! Learning Objectives: 1. Recognize flashover indicators and fire development stages 2. Practice survival techniques in live fire conditions 3. Improve situational awareness and thermal imaging interpretation 4. Enhance personal protective equipment (PPE) usage and air management |
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| Start Date | Course | Section | Instructor | Class Dates | Cost |
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| 2025-11-17 | EMERGENCY VEHICLE DRIVER TRAINING | 729268 | G. Pippin | 11/17/2025 1800-2200 11/19/2025 1800-2200 11/22/2025 0800-1700 |
$125.00 |
| Course Goal: The goal of this program is to stimulate the thought processes of the students and to make them aware of the potential tragedy, financial loss, legal, and moral responsibilities that they have when operating emergency vehicles. The program will verify proficiency in both the knowledge and understanding of, as well as, the practical application to emergency vehicle driving. Description of Course: Sadly, a large proportion of emergency responder deaths and injuries occur as a result of motor vehicle accidents involving emergency response vehicles. This course is suitable for both novice and veteran emergency vehicle operators. Consisting of 8 hours of classroom and 8 hours of driving on a competency course, it will teach, reinforce, and review those issues and skills needed by anyone who operates a motor vehicle in responding to an emergency. The Emergency Services Training Center does not provide vehicles for student use. The drivers should successfully complete this course and demonstrate competency in operating each type of vehicle they are expected to drive prior to operating the vehicle in an emergency response mode. |
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Payment can be made at the first class by money order, debit or credit card.
To register for class:
Phone 610-237-8630
Fax 610-583-8402
Mail to:
ESTC
Calcon Hook & Tribbet Avenue
Sharon Hill, PA 19079