KFRTI will provide a written exam proctor and a limited number of exams for each certification topic. The Certification Test Lab will open daily at 8:00 a.m. All exams must be completed by 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday. Candidates should enter the test lab at least 2 hours before the lab is scheduled to close. To ensure the certification topic you wish to complete is available, please RSVP in the enrollment notes for exam you are planning to take and make sure to arrive earlier in the day.

• Hours vary by exam
• Session 1: Drop in anytime on Saturday between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
• Session 2: Drop in anytime on Sunday between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. 
• Proctors: KFRTI Certification Staff

This two-day course, created by the Federation of Fire Chaplains, provides an opportunity for everyone – experienced chaplains, new chaplains, and prospective chaplains alike – to learn valuable lessons about Fire Chaplaincy. The class covers the following areas: the foundations of fire chaplaincy; personhood of the fire chaplain; fire chaplain’s ministry to firefighters; fire chaplain’s ministry to crisis victims; beginning a fire department chaplaincy; critical incident stress management; firefighter injury or death; death notification; and fire department funerals.

• Attendees of the Essentials of Chaplaincy course will need to provide an additional payment via check in the amount of $165 to “Sherman County Rural Fire” for course materials and resources on the first day of the course.
• 16 Hours
• Starts Friday, Ends on Saturday
• Instructor: Fire Chaplain Rodney Veldhuizen

This one-day Firefighter Resilience course will introduce students to resilience science as it applies to fire and emergency services. Fire and emergency response personnel often suffer from the stressors found in emergency service and disaster work. Resilience study is intended to provide the knowledge necessary for rescuers to adapt successfully to future adversity. Students will analyze the impacts of stress common to emergency response personnel, practice resilience exercises, and discuss rugged firefighters and crews to learn lessons from a strength-based perspective.

• 8 Hours
• Starts Saturday and ends Saturday
• Instructor: Kelly McCoy, Director of KFRTI

This course provides a basic understanding of how to get to the fire and get the first line in place. With low staff apparatus (2 or 3-man trucks, rural, or low staff volunteer). We will address forcible entry, hose deployment, hose movement, hose handling, and VESI. Students will have the opportunity to become comfortable with irons, forcing doors, moving and handling the hose, and performing first-floor VESI. SPECIAL NOTE: Students will need to bring full PPE and, if available, SCBA. Scott SCBA refill will be available on site.

• 8 Hours
• Session 1: Starts Saturday and ends Saturday
• Session 2: Starts Sunday and ends Sunday
• Instructors: Jaime Ross, Cody Jackson

This two-day, instructor-led course is intended to be presented at the local level. Instructional units include firefighter safety in the interface, managing human factors in the interface, pre-incident planning, size up and initial strategy, structure triage, structure protection overview, tactics in the interface, tactical operations and resource use in the interface, action assessment, plan update, and after-action review.

Designed to assist any emergency responders who will be planning for and making operational decisions during an interface incident. This course is for personnel desiring to be qualified as Incident Commander Type 4 (ICT4), Task Force Leader (TFLD), or any Strike Team Leader.

• 16 Hour Course
• Starts Saturday and ends Sunday
• Instructor: Kansas Forest Service

This discussion-based course explores foundational fire service instructor topics such as adult learning characteristics, context-based training, performance-based evaluations, and adapting course plans away from PowerPoint. Additional topics will be explored based upon student interests.

• 8 Hour Class
• Starts Sunday and ends Sunday   
• Instructor:  Erin McGruder

This one-day course provides the knowledge and skills required to perform a Grain Engulfment Rescue. This course requires a basic knowledge of Confined Space Rescue techniques as well as knowledge of Lock-out-Tag-out procedures as prescribed by OSHA and other regulations. Removal/rescue from grain bins and hoppers, grain bin cutting procedures, entrapment prevention, and hazards of working in and around grain storage facilities are also addressed in this course.

• 8 Hours
• Session 1: Starts Saturday and ends Saturday
• Session 2: Starts Sunday and ends Sunday
• Instructors: KFRTI

This one-day course presents complex, hands-on scenarios involving semi-trucks, school buses, concrete mixers, farm equipment, passenger vehicles, and more. Scenarios include complex stabilization, patient care and packaging, and lifting and moving with multiple different systems. Personal protective equipment required for this course includes cut resistant clothing, gloves, hard toed boots, helmets, and eye protection.

• 8 Hours
• Session 1: Starts Saturday and ends Saturday
• Session 2: Starts Sunday and ends Sunday
• Instructors:  Jaime Ross, Cody Jackson

This one-day course includes both classroom discussion and outdoor practical skills development to support shore-based water rescue incidents. We will discuss shore-based safety, equipment, techniques, and when to call for more resources at a water rescue. This course is designed for firefighters to gain an awareness of the hazards they face while dealing with victims in water while keeping themselves safe throughout the incident.

• 8 Hours
• Session 1: Starts Saturday and ends Saturday
• Session 2: Starts Sunday and ends Sunday
• Instructors: KFRTI

This one-day course is designed to help first responders conduct rescue operations with the equipment available on initial response apparatus (ambulance, brush truck, engine, etc) with initial PPE. Topics include anchor systems, heavy lifting and moving, ladder-based rescue techniques, patient packaging, and cribbing and shoring. 

• 8 Hours
• Starts Saturday and ends Saturday
• Instructors: Midwest Search and Rescue