NAFTC’s Train the Trainer

1st Responder Safety Training Workshop – Electric & Gaseous Vehicles

This eight hour course designed for trainers of first responders combines classroom training and hands on exercises with actual alternative fuel vehicles, including natural gas, propane, and electric. Upon completion of this training, the participant is certified by NAFTC to provide the 1st Responder Training to other 1st Responder personnel including Fire Departments, Police Departments and Public Works. Participants will learn about:

• Different types of gaseous fueling stations and station safety systems
• How to recognize compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, their properties, current gaseous fuel vehicles, and their vehicle components
• Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs), fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), and their history, characteristics and configurations
• How to approach and assess an incident, required personal protective equipment for responding to an incident, general firefighting measures, and extrication

About the Instructor: Jeffrey Julian, a Trainer and subject matter expert for the NAFTC since 2008, is a retired Battalion Chief with the Yuba City Fire Department. Mr. Julian has over 37 years of progressive experience as a Coordinator/Instructor for Yuba Community College in Marysville, California since 1988, where his responsibilities include supervision, management and instruction of the Firefighter I Academy, and delivery of course curriculum. He has held the position of Interim Public Safety Director, which included managing the Administration of Justice, Fire Technology and Emergency Medical Technician programs. Mr. Julian is certified as a Fire Officer, Fire Instructor, Fire Prevention Officer, & Hazardous Materials Specialist, Commander and Instructor for the State of California.

Course Date and Location:

Monday, September 29th or Tuesday September 30th
8am-5pm

City of Orlando’s Fleet & Facilities Division
1010 S. Westmoreland Drive, Orlando, FL 32805

EV101 Webinar

Learn about the various types of hybrid and electric drive vehicles, how they operate and their different components; battery electric vehicles will be discussed in detail. The history, present and future of electric hybrid vehicles will be presented, and an analysis of benefits and shortcomings will be addressed.

This self-paced, two-hour webinar is available on-demand and completion of it is required prior to attending the 1st Responder Safety Training Workshop.

1st Responder Safety Training Workshop: Electric Drive Vehicles

With the ever-increasing popularity of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), they can be found in every city and town in America. Although as safe as conventional vehicles, these high-voltage HEVs pose a new set of concerns for first responders, especially when approaching an accident scene. This full day workshop introduces first responders to HEVs, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs), fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), and describes their history, explains their characteristics and configurations, and their safety features and extraction procedures. A certificate of completion of the EV101 Webinar is required to attend this workshop.