Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) Emergency Services Training Institute, a Sustaining member of the National Volunteer Fire Council and provider in high-quality emergency response training and instruction, is offering free and low-cost online firefighting continuing education courses. With many firefighters looking for affordable online training opportunities during the pandemic, these courses are a great option to incorporate into department training.
Emergency responders can take the course Building Materials, Structural Collapse, and Effects of Fire Suppression for free. This four-hour course covers how building materials have changed in modern times, and how those materials can affect fire ground operations.
Professional credits from the training
There are no prerequisites required, and the course offers four hours of continuing education and professional credits from the Texas Commission of Fire Protection and State Firefighters’ and Fire Marshals’ Association of Texas.
TEEX is also offering several courses for a low cost. These include:
- Firefighter Safety and Health.
- Fire Department Communications.
- Building Construction.
- Fire Dynamics.
- Firefighter Personal Protective Equipment.
- Ropes and Knots.
- Ground Ladders.
- Technical Rescue Support and Vehicle Extrication Operations.
- Personal Protective Equipment, Product Control, and Decontamination.