Fall2023

Robert G. Moran, Fire Chief, Brewster, MA and John J. Lewis, Lieutenant (Ret.) City of Passaic FD and Bergen County Fire Academy When ascending through the ranks fire service leaders will face a variety of foreign and adverse operational, administrative, and personnel related challenges. In order to…

Robert G. Moran, Fire Chief, Brewster, MA and John J. Lewis, Lieutenant (Ret.) City of Passaic FD and Bergen County Fire Academy When ascending through the ranks fire service leaders will face a variety of foreign and adverse operational, administrative, and personnel related challenges. In order to…

Michael Scardino, Fire Chief/Fire Official (Ret.) Winslow Twp. Fire Department Principles of Modern Construction is a refresher for the veteran firefighter/inspector, and a primer for the newest member. It is designed to create an appetite for future construction study, emphasizing both the value an…

Michael Scardino, Fire Chief/Fire Official (Ret.) Winslow Twp. Fire Department Principles of Modern Construction is a refresher for the veteran firefighter/inspector, and a primer for the newest member. It is designed to create an appetite for future construction study, emphasizing both the value an…

Claudia A. Monte, Principal, Consultant, CAM Consulting Group, LLC A positive, confident image is the key to professional success. The way a message is presented influences how others will respond – positively or negatively. Every audience is unique. The challenge is connecting and engaging with t…

Claudia A. Monte, Principal, Consultant, CAM Consulting Group, LLC A positive, confident image is the key to professional success. The way a message is presented influences how others will respond – positively or negatively. Every audience is unique. The challenge is connecting and engaging with t…

Joseph Vallo, Battalion Chief (Ret), Jersey City Fire Department, Chief of Training, On The Job Fire-Rescue Developing a fire safety and prevention program for families and seniors requires careful consideration of many factors. Seniors, individuals over 65 years of age, make up the fastest growing …

Joseph Vallo, Battalion Chief (Ret), Jersey City Fire Department, Chief of Training, On The Job Fire-Rescue Fire Prevention Programs for Preschool & Elementary Students is the 1st of 3 Public Education programs built exclusively for the Fire Service. This course addresses community outreach by Fire …

Joseph Vallo, Battalion Chief (Ret), Jersey City Fire Department, Chief of Training, On The Job Fire-Rescue Innovative Fire Safety and Prevention programs for Teens and Adolescents is the second of a three part Pub Ed Series meant to prepare instructors to create an interest and specifically educate…

John Hueston, Jr., Director of the Middletown Twp. Fire Academy and Instructor at the Monmouth County Fire Academy The “RECEO-VS Revisited for Private Dwelling Fires” course will explain the benefits of applying the RECEO-VS acronym to strategic and tactical decision making, in the development o…

Chief Brian Bennett, PhD Fire Inspectors and Fire Investigators face many potential safety and health hazards while conducting inspections. This class will identify some common safety and health issues that inspectors and investigators may face while performing their job and recommend precautions th…

Patrick W. Bigoss, Lumberton Twp. Fire Official (Ret.), Camden County College, Faculty Coordinator (Ret.) Fire Inspectors and Fire Investigators face many potential safety and health hazards while conducting inspections. This class will identify some common safety and health issues that inspectors a…

Joseph Vallo, Battalion Chief (Ret), Jersey City Fire Department, Chief of Training, On The Job Fire-Rescue This course is a Strategy and Tactics Fire Fighting and Rescue Operations program designed for understanding basic Solar Power engineering and to identify solar powered systems. The program is…

Joseph Vallo, Battalion Chief (Ret), Jersey City Fire Department, Chief of Training, On The Job Fire-Rescue This course is a Strategy and Tactics Fire Fighting and Rescue Operations program designed for understanding basic Solar Power engineering and to identify solar powered systems. The program is…

Michele Shedlock, Chubb Risk Engineering Center Project Team Lead This one-day interactive training offers a mixture of classroom and hands-on live demonstrations bringing standpipe systems processes and exposures to life. NFPA 14, IBC and NFPA 25 will be discussed as well as installation and testin…

Anthony Avillo, Deputy Chief (ret.) North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue This course combines a strategic segment as well as a tactical segment. The first segment will cover firefighting concerns, and life safety concerns inherent to high rises, both residential and commercial. Stack effect, stratifi…

Anthony Avillo, Deputy Chief (ret.) North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue This course combines a strategic segment as well as a tactical segment. The first segment will cover firefighting concerns, and life safety concerns inherent to high rises, both residential and commercial. Stack effect, stratifi…

Anthony Avillo, Deputy Chief (ret.) North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue This course combines a strategic segment as well as a tactical segment. The first segment will cover firefighting concerns, and life safety concerns inherent to high rises, both residential and commercial. Stack effect, stratifi…

Bob Disbrow, IAAI-CFI, Fire Captain/Investigator and Robert Seeburger, Battalion Chief Special Operations Command Street Smart Fire Inspections is a class designed for the working Fire Inspector and Fire Service personnel conducting In-Service fire inspections. This class will identify all aspects o…

Bob Disbrow, IAAI-CFI, Fire Captain/Investigator and Robert Seeburger, Battalion Chief Special Operations Command Street Smart Fire Inspections is a class designed for the working Fire Inspector and Fire Service personnel conducting In-Service fire inspections. This class will identify all aspects o…

Paul T. Dansbach, Fire Marshal, Borough of Rutherford  The course will present select requirements of New Jersey Uniform Fire Code, Subchapter 4 - Fire Safety Code. Requirements that have been in effect for a number of years, as well as, recently adopted regulations including the code requirements …

Claudia A. Monte, Principal, Consultant, CAM Consulting Group, LLC Change is not always easy, yet it has become a way of life for those living in today's professional environments. When we strategically plan, communicate effectively, encourage involvement, and manage reactions constructively, it bec…

Claudia A. Monte, Principal, Consultant, CAM Consulting Group, LLC Change is not always easy, yet it has become a way of life for those living in today's professional environments. When we strategically plan, communicate effectively, encourage involvement, and manage reactions constructively, it bec…

Thomas Dunne, Deputy Chief, New York City Fire Dept. What is an incident commander seeing, thinking, and feeling when he supervises a fire operation? Tactics may vary at various incidents but the one constant is the incident commander’s thought process. How is his view of a fire different and how …

Chief Brian Bennett, PhD Fire Investigators face many of the same safety and health hazards that firefighters face when suppressing a fire. Many of the safety and health precautions taken for firefighters are not carried over to protect the investigators. This class will identify safety and health i…

Patrick W. Bigoss, Lumberton Twp. Fire Official (Ret.), Camden County College, Faculty Coordinator (Ret.) This program is intended to expand knowledge for newly appointed or recently re-appointed inspectors. It will also serve as a refresher for inspectors who perform a very limited number of inspec…

Vincent Campagna, NJ Division of Fire Safety This course will identify various Occult Groups such as Gothic Subculture and Religious Occult Groups. Discussed groups include Devil Bunny, Spooky Kid, Vampyres, Santeria, Palo Mayombe, Wicca, Satanism, Orthodox Satanist, and Dabblers. All of which have …

Michele Shedlock, Chubb Risk Engineering Center Project Team Lead This session is a mix of classroom and hands-on demonstrations reviewing the various water supplies that exist for fire protection systems including suction, pressure, gravity tanks, fire pumps, and more. The training reviews the vari…

Thomas Dunne, Deputy Chief, New York City Fire Dept. We’ve all learned how to fight the fire, but how many of us will be able to accurately predict the behavior of the people affected by the fire? An understanding of their responses can be a great asset for firefighters in sizing up a fire, organi…

Kathi Osmonson, Youth Firesetting Prevention and Intervention Subject Matter Expert Youth-set fires happen regularly, though they are often not reported as such. In this class, we will explore some of the reasons why youth misuse fire and analyze available data on the local and national issue of you…

Kathi Osmonson, Youth Firesetting Prevention and Intervention Subject Matter Expert Youth-set fires happen regularly, though they are often not reported as such. In this class, we will explore some of the reasons why youth misuse fire and analyze available data on the local and national issue of you…

Douglas Haviland, Former Chief, Red Bank Fire Department Millions of Americans live with disabilities for years this limited their ability to ambulate on their own and travel even to the corner store. All this has changed as the availability of mobility vehicles has increased, from a rarity just a f…

Paul T. Dansbach, Fire Marshal, Borough of Rutherford  Wood frame and ordinary constructed buildings pose significant challenges and risks for the fire service. This program will enhance the knowledge and understanding of the construction methods, materials, the fire spread and collapse potential o…