October 2023 training update
By Dan Buchholz
Code Development and Training Specialist
The State Fire Marshal (SFM) division has scheduled Fire Investigation Part I and II classes that will take place in 2024. The classes will take place at the Newport Fire Station located at 155 20th Street, Newport, Minn. Here is the schedule for each class:
- Fire Investigation Part I classes
- Feb. 26-March 1, 2024
- March 25-29, 2024
- Fire Investigation Part II classes
- May 13-17, 2024
- June 10-14, 2024
To be eligible for Part I, prospective students must be actively working for a fire department, law enforcement agency, crime scene processing organization or county attorney's office. Firefighters must have at least five years of fire service experience, have obtained NFPA 1001 FFII Certification, and have approval from their fire chief. Law enforcement staff must have at least five years law enforcement experience or be actively holding an investigations position, be MN POST licensed, and have approval from their agency head. All attendees must complete the following online classes at cfitrainer.net prior to the start of the Fire Investigation Part I course:
- Fire Investigator Scene Safety (3 credit hours)
- NFPA 1033 and Your Career (2 credit hours)
- Understanding Fire Through the Candle Experiments (4 credit hours)
- How First Responders Impact the Fire Investigation (2 credit hours)
These classes are limited to 24 students. You must have taken and successfully passed Part I within the last 5 years to be able to take Part II.
As a reminder, the National Fire Academy (NFA) will be offering several classes in Minnesota in 2023 and 2024. Here's the list of upcoming courses, locations, and dates:
- Creating Environments for Professional Growth (F0646)
- Strategy and Tactics for Initial Company Operations (F0455)
- Preparation for Initial Company Operation (F0458)
- Decision Making for Initial Company Operations (F0457)
- Rosemount
- Jan. 13-14, 2024
- Shaping the Future (F0602)
- Fire Investigations for First Responders (F0770)
- Fire Inspection Principles II: Inspection of Structures and Systems (N0391)
- Chaska
- Feb. 25-March 1, 2024
- Exercising Leadership to Facilitate Adaptive Change (F0521)
- Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting for the Structural Company (F0610)
Information for all training opportunities can be found on our website by following this link: Training - Fire Marshal Course Registration System (mn.gov).
A reminder to please reach out to me at daniel.buchholz@state.mn.us if there are any fire code training topics you would like to see covered Call my office at 651-201-7219, or my cell phone at 612-505-3323 with any other questions.
As always, if you have any questions for our code team, send those to fire.code@state.mn.us or fm.fire.sprinklers@state.mn.us.
