2025 Georgia Fire Service Conference

Wednesday, October 1

RIC Operations
4 Hours
1:00 – 5:00
This hands-on course is designed to prepare firefighters to respond effectively to a Mayday situation involving a downed firefighter. Participants will learn and practice essential rescue techniques and strategies for locating, assessing, and extricating an injured or incapacitated firefighter from a hazardous environment. Emphasis is placed on rapid intervention crew (RIC) operations, air management, victim packaging, and team coordination under stress.

Rural Water Supply
4 Hours
1:00 – 5:00
Classroom review and discussion of rural water supply challenges and tactics. Followed by a hands-on approach of skills in water shuttle, drafting, nursing, and relay pumping as well as rural hitches.

Thursday, October 2

Excelling on the Fireground with Low Staffing
8 Hours
8:00 – 5:00
Students will cover topics in teaching stations such as single person forcible entry, portable ladder throws, searching and making the stretch, as well as size up considerations to assist the progression of the event. After each student has been through these stations, the students will be broken into companies and live fire scenario will be conducted to reinforce skills covered in the teaching stations.

VEIS for the Expanding Fireground
8 Hours
8:00 – 5:00
Through a combination of classroom instruction and scenario-based discussions, participants will explore advanced Vent-Enter-Isolate-Search (VEIS) applications, including multi-room and multi-floor search operations, coordination with ventilation and suppression crews, and tactical decision making in structures. Emphasis on risk assessment, victim profiling, communication, and the role of VEIS in survivability driven operations.

Dynamics of Flashover
4 Hours
1:00 – 5:00
This course is for in-service training designed to instruct the student on the dynamics of the flashover situation, effective strategies and tactics, and safety considerations.

Friday, October 3

Dynamics of Flashover
4 Hours
8:00 – 12:00
This course is for in-service training designed to instruct the student on the dynamics of the flashover situation, effective strategies and tactics, and safety considerations.

Water Can Confidence
8 Hours
8:00 – 5:00
This course provides the knowledge and skills that prepare a firefighter to locate, control, and extinguish fire with a limited water source (water can) while performing a search.

Cancel RIT, A Firefighter Mayday Mindset Class
8 Hours
8:00 – 5:00
This class explores the critical mindset and strategies necessary for firefighters to effectively execute Rescue in Place (RIT) operations during Mayday situations. Drawing on real world experiences and proven techniques, attendees will learn how to develop a proactive approach, enhance situational awareness, and implement effective rescue procedures under stress. The session emphasizes the importance of mental preparedness and teamwork in ensuring firefighter safety during emergency incidents.

Saturday, October 4

Rescue Before RIT
8 Hours
8:00 – 5:00
This class will show students the techniques and skills necessary to make a rescue on a member who has called mayday, prior to Rescue in Place (RIT) arrival. It will show drags and carries, packaging, movements up and over windows, up and down stairs, and most importantly firefighter CPR. There will be a presentation with skill building stations and a final drill for students to make rescues under low visibility conditions.

Midrise and Warehouse Fire Operations
8 Hours
8:00 – 5:00
Participants will be introduced to fire protection and suppression systems found in midrise buildings and warehouses. Utilizing the George Lanier Fire Protection Lab, particpants will review fire protection system components. In addition, participants will discuss size up, strategy, and tactics for these types of structures. Hands-on stations of building hosepacks, specifications of hose and nozzle packages, and hose advancement will be used to refine skills. In conclusion, application of skills will be conducted in scenarios simulating midrise and warehouse fires in standpipe equipped buildings, non-standpipe equipped buildings, and warehouses.