Last Updated on September 1, 2023 by Cass County Emergency Management Agency
Thirteen students recently completed the Fire Officer Strategy and Tactics course conducted by the Cass County Emergency Management Agency. This course is for fire personnel preparing to take on supervisory roles in their respective departments and leads to certification by the Indiana Board of Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education.
The four week course included instruction on Fire Dynamics, Prefire Planning, Incident Management, Incident Size Up and Evaluation, Strategy and Tactics and multiple evenings of managing simulated fire incidents. The course was offered free of charge to area responders and was supported by the Indiana Fire & Public Safety Academy.
Participants came from the following fire departments:
Cass County Fire District 1
Frankfort Fire Department
Galveston Fire Department
Logansport Fire Department
Monticello Fire Department
New Waverly Fire Department
Peru Fire Department
Tippecanoe Township Fire Department
Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory
Photo: Participants work in groups to manage simulated emergency scenes during the course.
SOURCE: News release from Cass County Emergency Management Agency