… and the need for ensuring the health and safety of employees and personnel has become a paramount issue for most industrial organizations, SFS offers a variety of Industrial Health and Safety as well as Emergency Response certification and refresher training programs. All courses are based on industry best-practices and NFPA 600 Standards on Facility Fire Brigades.

Fast, effective action by responders is the only solution when industry is faced with accidents, disasters and other in-plant emergencies. Courses are designed to meet specific industry needs using the most advanced methodologies available in the fire-training world. Training is designed for professionals associated with all types of industrial facilities and processes, and certain courses are eligible for IFSAC / Proboard certification.

Programs provide training in areas from environmental health and safety regulations to oil spill response and dangerous goods removal. The HazMat training program provides the most advanced training and resources available through classroom and hands-on skills training. All classes can be customized to meet individual industry, location or other client needs.

Certification and refresher programs include awareness, operations designed for industrial and oil & gas operations in accordance with NFPA 470 Hazardous Materials Standards for Responders.

Training begins with preparedness and coordination planning and progresses through incident response and on to recovery. Executive programs train industrial and emergency management professionals about roles and responsibilities during disasters. Simulation-based training is available for incident management, jurisdictional crisis management training and multi-agency coordination.

… are designed to help employers, employees, health and safety committees and others develop workplace health and safety programs, prepare plans of action to prevent accidents or occupational diseases, and to conduct investigations as some of the many ways to meet and achieve good health and safety practices within the industrial environment.

Training programs covers Fire Extinguisher and Fire Warden Training programs, Safety programs as well as Fire Investigation courses.

Courses in the Rescue Training Program prepare industrial emergency response personnel to perform rescue operations safely, efficiently, and effectively. Rescue training courses range from certification and refresher courses in confined space rescue (CSR), high angle rescue, (heavy) vehicle and technical rescue courses to customized courses designed to meet an industrial organization’s specific training needs.

The Industrial Fire Officer Training Program combines the Fire Officer I, II, III, & IV courses, which meet NFPA 1021 training and certification requirements as well as the specific challenges of Industrial Fire Departments. After successfully learning to meet the challenges faced by both the Company and Command Officer, candidates are eligible for IFSAC/ Proboard testing and certification.

Pre-Requisites for Fire Officer I IFSAC/ Proboard Testing will be Firefighter I and II, Instructor I.

Successful candidates excel academically, demonstrate teamwork and leadership skills, establish professional behavior and perform strenuous physical work. Upon completion, cadets are eligible to earn IFSAC/ Proboard Certification in Firefighter I, Firefighter II, Hazardous Materials Awareness, and Hazardous Materials Operations and Industrial Fire Fighter. These courses are taught in compliance with NFPA Standards for firefighters.

These include NFPA 470 Hazardous Materials Standards for Responders, NFPA 1001 Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications, NFPA 1021 Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications and NFPA 1040 Standard for Industrial Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications.