Lewis County Fire District 5 uses Target Solutions, Centralia College, EMI, NWCG, AHA, and in-house and other organizations for training needs. The following certification opportunities may be available to volunteer and career employees at no cost. Minimum certification levels are required within your first year.
- Bloodborne Pathogens (Required)
- AHA BLS CPR Card w/AED (Required Biannual Renewal)
- Emergency Medical Technician B / “EMT” (Class Completion Required)
- Emergency Medical Technician P / “Paramedic” (Not offered – Certification Achieved Independently)
- Hazardous Material Awareness (Required Certification for Hazardous Material Operation)
- Hazardous Material Operation (Required Certification for Firefighter I)
- Firefighter I (Required Certification for Firefighter II)
- Firefighter II (Certification Encouraged)
- Fire Officer I (Required Certification for Officer II)
- Fire Officer II (Certification Encouraged)
- Fire Instructor I (Required Certification for Instructor II)
- Fire Instructor II (Certification Encouraged)
- Fire Inspector I (Certification Encouraged)
- Fire Investigator (Certification Encouraged)
- Fire & Life Safety Educator (Certification Encouraged)
- Airport Firefighter
(Certification Unavailable) - Driver/Operator Pumper (Certification Encouraged)
- S-130, Firefighter Training (Required for Basic Certification / “Red Card”)
- S-190, Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (Required for Basic Certification / “Red Card”)
- Pack Test – 3 mile trek with 45 lbs in 45 minutes (Required Annually for Basic Certification / “Red Card”)
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FEMA / Emergency Management Institute
- ICS 100, Introduction to ICS (Required for Wildland Basic Certification / “Red Card”)
- ICS 200, ICS for Single Resources and IA Incidents (Certification Strongly Encouraged)
- ICS 300, Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (Certification Strongly Encouraged)
- ICS 400, Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff (Certificaiton Encouraged)
- IS 700, NIMS Introduction (Required for Wildland Basic Certification / “Red Card”)
- IS 800, Nat’l Response Framework Introduction (Certification Encouraged)
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