Course Catalog
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FLUA Courses A – Z
AmbuBus Overview
Course Description: The AmbuBus Bus Stretcher Conversion Kit® from First Line Technology is an effective and efficient solution for mass evacuation and transport of special needs patients, casualties, and others who require non-ambulatory transport. Quickly and easily retrofit buses into mass casualty transport vehicles. With only 1 Kit (2 Frames), convert an existing passenger bus into an Ambulance Bus capable of safely transporting 18 stretchers and IVs along with 6 operators and their medical support equipment. The kit is all-inclusive requiring no additional tools for assembly. In this course you will learn the proper application, setup and operation of the AmbuBus Kit.
Animal SAR/K9 Decon
Course Description: Military Working Dogs (MWDs) are at risk from exposure to a range of hazardous chemicals encountered during military operations. These include the classical chemical warfare agents (CWAs) including mustard (HD), nerve agent (VX) and G-agents, as well as Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs), and abused drugs such as opioids. On such exposure, it is essential to have an effective decontamination system to eliminate the hazard as rapidly as possible to protect both the dogs and their handlers.
Today several Police, Fire, Private Corporations and Security agencies are using Canines to perform various functions for their handlers, and many are facing the same or similar hazards of those in the military. Our Canine Decon Course will teach the handler valuable lessons in performing the best Decon possible to protect the Dog and its handler using many of the same technologies only available to the military. Join this class to learn why Canines can be unique and how to quickly and effectively Decon them from a wide variety of hazards. You will learn the best techniques to use, products to apply, and time to allow the product to work, giving your Canine the best possible chance of survival.
Aircraft Decon I: Fixed Wing
Course Description: Proper Aircraft Decontamination is paramount for both crew safety and aircraft longevity. Using the right products and application methods based on the chemical or biological contaminant is also critical to ensure safety and longevity are achieved.
The Aircraft Decon I: Fixed Wing course is specially designed to cover a start to finish approach to fully decontaminating a fixed wing aircraft. Crews will learn proper PPE selection and use for application, proper product selection, application and use.
Aircraft Decon II: Rotary Wing
Course Description: Proper Aircraft Decontamination is paramount for both crew safety and aircraft longevity. Using the right products and application methods based on the chemical or biological contaminant is also critical to ensure safety and longevity are achieved.
The Aircraft Decon II: Rotary Wing course is specially designed to cover a start to finish approach to fully decontaminating a rotary wing aircraft. Crews will learn proper PPE selection and use for application, proper product selection, application and use.
ClO2 Overview
Course Description: Utilizing a patented water-activated pouch technology, ProKure has revolutionized the world of chlorine dioxide (ClO2). Now, you can safely and cost effectively produce any quantity of ClO2 on-site in both gas and liquid forms.
Learn how to properly select, mix and use this patented technology. In this course we will discuss how to use the product and determine the right level of PPE for the job, product coverages, and best use practices from the true leaders in decontamination and disinfection. Let the experts of First Line Technology teach you and your staff what is required by OSHA to properly and safely use this product.
Dahlgren Decon Overview
Course Description: Dahlgren Decon™ is a three-component decontamination solution that can quickly decontaminate most chemical warfare agents, toxic materials, and other emerging threats. In testing conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies, Dahlgren Decon has been found to be the most effective and fastest reacting decontaminant on the market.
In this course you will learn about how to properly select, mix, and use the three part mixture to complete nearly any decontamination process needed. Become trained and manufacture certified today!
Decon for ARFF
Course Description: Decontaminating around aircraft and aircraft equipment can have huge ramifications if done improperly. In this course our First Line Utilization Academy (FLUA) instructors discuss what works and what doesn’t in and around aircrafts. We also discuss what are the best techniques to use both inside of an aircraft and outside of the airframe. This class is at the awareness level and will allow students to take the advanced course in person.
Decon Unit Leader
Course Description: According to the National Incident Management System (NIMS ICS) the Decontamination Leader Reports to the Hazardous Materials Group Supervisor. The Decontamination Leader is responsible for the operations of the decontamination element, providing decontamination as required by the Incident Action Plan. Do you know what this means? What your Responsible for? How to determine the best Decon setup to use? In this course we will discuss this role and their responsibilities. You will also learn effective ways to determine what Decon solution and equipment to use based on the hazard. If the hazard is unknown, How do you know what to use? Our FLUA instructors will teach you all of this and more in this great course.
Dry Decon Awareness
Course Description: Up to 95% decon on most threats can be accomplished immediately using FiberTect wipes and mitts. This course covers basic awareness of hazardous material threats, contaminant identification, safety precautions, and operational use of dry decon on common contaminants. Safety and decontamination measures for synthetic opioids will be covered in depth. Use of dry decontamination in Mass Casualty Incidents will also be discussed.
This course is OSHA compliant for 2-hour HazMat refresher training.
Hazmat for ARFF
Course Description: From Special Fire Trucks to Fire Gear what are some special tactics of an Aircraft Crash Rescue Fire Fighter during an incident involving a Hazardous Material. In this course we will discuss what planes, cargo, and other CBRN incidents that ARFFs may respond too. We will also discuss the unique challenges of location, contractors, and other safety and security issues of handling a HazMat on Airport property.
Hazmat Roles in Public Health Emergencies
Course Description: What is the Hazardous Materials Response Teams role in a Public Health Emergency? Did you Decon Police Cars, Fire Trucks, Provide PPE training to the hospital staff or fit responders with N95 respirators? The role of the Haz Mat team has changed over the years and with the Pandemic of 2020 we examine what role, if any does a Hazardous Materials team play. Throughout the United States the roles were varied from one Haz Mat team to the next during this Pandemic. Take this course to gain insight into many of the possibilities and what we should plan to provide for future pandemics.
Heat Stress Training
Course Description: Firefighters are constantly exposed to burns, smoke inhalation and crush injuries from collapsing structures. They are also exposed to heat stress, on a daily basis, which leads to severe job-related illnesses, from heat stress disorders such as heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat stress rash, to sudden cardiac deaths.
2,475 thermal stress injuries were reported among firefighters in 2016, according to a National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) report.
In this course find out the most important methods and strategies that support heat stress prevention and heat stress control within the fire service, securing the health of those who protect their communities every day.
Hybrid Decon Awareness
Course Description: Participants will be given an understanding of the science behind First Line Decontect products to include Dahlgren Decon and Fibertect wipes. An overview of hybrid decontamination techniques will be provided, as well as hands-on practical training on mixing Dahlgren Decon. The Enhanced Decon System (EDS), Electrostatic Decon Kit (EDK), and Modular Decon Kit (MDK) will be introduced and a demonstrated minimum hybrid decontamination line will be shown. This course will also include access to the Decon Field Guide app and web portal.
IDPM Training
Course Description: Infection control certification and training is a critical aspect of keeping patients safe. Without the foundational knowledge of what infection control for facilities managers is and the purpose that it serves, it becomes nearly impossible to build and maintain a protocol that accomplishes the cleanest, safest facility possible. Following are just a few ways that you can implement a more successful infection control training process. In this course you will become certified as an infectious Disease Prevention Manager and how to oversee a program to keep visitors, staff and patients safe.
Improvised Chemical Devices
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Ideal for: Law Enforcement
Course Description: Law Enforcement is faced with emerging chemical and biological threats which are potentially deadly. This course provides science-based facts and guidance for officers dealing with improvised chemical attacks during civil disturbances, terrorist attacks, and chemical suicides.
This knowledge, with the correct equipment, allows police agencies to safely handle many common incidents without relying on extensive partner agency response.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify common chemical threats faced by law enforcement such as improvised chemical attacks, chemical suicides, terrorist weapons, and emerging threats.
- Implement basic safety measures based on risk-based response. NOTE: This is not a replacement for OSHA HazMat Awareness/Operations training.
- Recognize when rapid decontamination is necessary for life safety.
- Implement emergency decontamination.
IDPS Awareness
Course Description: This course is designed to provide knowledge about health and safety as it relates to infectious diseases. This course will teach workers how infectious diseases are spread in the work environment and how to protect themselves from potential exposure. Workers will learn about the history of infectious diseases, the three categories of Priority Pathogens/Agents as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), how to recognize potential hazards, about risk reduction and infection prevention, appropriate application of workplace controls, worker protection including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), isolation and containment procedures, decontamination, and waste management, including the shipping and transporting of infectious materials.
Get Certified as an Infectious Disease Prevention Specialist today.
MCI Operations Class
Course Description: Man-made and natural disasters can cause devastating injuries among large numbers of people and catastrophic losses to entire communities. Man-made incidents include active shooters, explosions, train derailments, bus and plane crashes and chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear events. Natural disasters run the gamut from floods to hurricanes to earthquakes and tornadoes. Disasters also include pandemics caused by a new or emerging infectious disease, potentially putting countless lives at risk. When these tragic and traumatizing large-scale events occur, the public expects emergency medical care to be available quickly – to save lives, to treat pain and to lessen the fear of those involved by letting them know help has arrived. In this course you will learn to how to properly respond to and transport patients from a MCI incident using the latest technology and equipment to help you do so.
MCI Position Specific
Ideal for: Medical Branch Director, Medical Group/Division Director, Triage Unit Leader, Triage Personnel, Morgue Manager, Treatment Unit Manager, Treatment Dispatch Manager, Immediate Treatment Manager, Delayed Treatment Manager, Minor Treatment Manager, Transportation Supervisor, Medical Communications Coordinator, Ground Ambulance Coordinator, Medical Supply Coordinator, Strike Teams
Course Description: Assigned to one of the above positions? Now what? Join our FLUA instructors in teaching you what each position is responsible for on an MCI Incident and how those roles are critical in proper and efficient patient treatment and transport.
Post Fire Decon
Course Description: According to the United States Fire Administration, firefighting activities can lead to chemical contamination. But do you know what steps you can take to reduce exposures? This understanding is critical as different fireground activities have different types and levels of exposure risk. If your fire department hasn’t already done so, it needs to develop or refine its policies for decontaminating gear and skin after live fire responses to reduce the potential risk of cancer.
Let our experts from the First Line Utilization Academy (FLUA) use our years of Fire Service and Decontamination Development experience to guide you and your agency around the pitfalls of creating a Post Fire Decontamination Policy. Our FLUA instructors will walk you through the necessary steps and appropriate precautions to developing and implementing a robust and highly successful program.
PPE Don and Doff
Ideal for: Healthcare workers, supervisors, and administrators at U.S. hospital or anyone expected to wear level B or C PPE to perform their job.
Course Description: Do you or your staff feel comfortable putting on PPE or taking it off? Are you a new hospital worker with no training in how to properly put on or take off PPE? Then this class is for you.
What this is for: To protect healthcare workers and other patients at facilities that provide care to a patient with a potential virus or deadly transmittable disease by describing protocols for using PPE.
How to use: Incorporate into infection control and safety training for healthcare workers who provide care to patients with a potential virus or deadly transmittable disease and use in planning for staffing and supply management.
How it relates to other guidance documents: There are two PPE guidance documents for U.S. hospital workers who may evaluate or care for a potential virus or deadly transmittable disease patients. Workers should wear this recommended PPE ensemble when evaluating and caring for:
- A person who meets the definition of a Person Under Investigation (PUI) for a potential virus or deadly transmittable disease
- A person with a confirmed potential virus or deadly transmittable disease.
PPE Selection and Use
Course Description: This course discusses various hazards that one could face and how to properly select and use the PPE for that hazard.
Because PPE is not a one size fits all solution First Line Utilization Experts jump into how to properly select and use the PPE you may wear to prevent an exposure to yourself and others during the course of your job.
Tox Medicine Awareness
Course Description: Toxicology Paramedics (Tox Medics) are trained to recognize and treat a variety of toxicological syndromes ranging from industrial agents to nuclear, biological or chemical weapons and are trained to provide medical treatment at Hazardous Materials incidents.
Tox Medics are equipped with additional drugs and reference resources, allowing enhanced therapeutic treatment of toxic exposures in the pre-hospital setting.
In this Awareness course you will learn the basics of Toxicology and how to recognize symptomology. You will also learn non-traditional ways to determine whether things are a Hazardous Material and what type of symptoms can be anticipated. This course is great for EMS personnel, Haz Mat Staff, Hospital Workers, and anyone who may have to treat or transport a patient exposed to a Hazardous Material. You do NOT have to be a Paramedic to take this course.
