As you're reading this description there are firefighters within your department as well as many other organizations across our country currently filling the roles & responsibilities of the right front seat for today's 24 hour tour. Is this firefighter a newly promoted engineer who is asked to fill the shoes of the company officer just for the day due to staffing issues? Is this firefighter interested in being a future company officer in your department? Does this firefighter consistently attend training on a regular basis to improve their skill set as a firefighter and an acting company officer? Most importantly, what have you done lately as their front line company officer to prepare them for the roles and responsibilities that come along with riding the right front seat?
Key takeaways to consider during this presentation; The Acting Company Officer: Easier said than done, The role that your organization plays in developing your acting company officers, the role that you "the fire officer" plays in developing the acting company officer that you work alongside, a relatable near miss or firefighter line of duty death NIOSH report that involves an acting company officer on the emergency scene and a discussion with various training ideas and methodologies that will assist the organization and the current fire officer in developing their future acting company officers in becoming successful fire officers.
Learning Objectives:
The participant will identify the importance that their role as company officer has on the development of the acting company officers (Firefighters) who are assigned to their crew as well as the development of an acting company officer program within their fire station to improve their firefighters future skill set as fire officers.
The participant will be influenced and encouraged to make sure that their fire departments training division has an acting company officer training program in place for the betterment of our future fire officers and organizations success.
The participant will gain knowledge and awareness of a NIOSH Line of Duty Death within the fire service where acting company officers were in positions of leadership on the emergency scene. This will reinforce the importance of continued training for our future fire officers.
