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Ontario Fire College
Background - In operation since 1949, the Ontario Fire College's
primary responsibility is to develop and deliver academically sound
educational/training programs to meet the needs of both today's
and tomorrow's fire service. The main objective of the Ontario Fire
College programs and courses is to assist our student-learners to
become the best-trained and most professional members of the Ontario
fire service. We offer training and education programs which are
based on the Ontario Fire Service Standards.
Our courses are available to members of any Ontario municipal fire
department, whether full-time or volunteer.
Associate Instructor pilot projects, agreements with other post-secondary
educational institutions, off-campus delivery of OFC courses, extended
use of OFC facilities, and increased numbers of course offerings
are examples of these initiatives.
In addition, partnerships with a growing number of fire service organizations, associations, colleges and universities are helping to meet the ongoing demand for fire service career-path education and training opportunities.
On-campus
initiatives such as improvements to the classroom and the training
ground environments, and the acquisition of state-of-the-art equipment
and training aids continue to enhance learning opportunities. The
15-station computer lab, located on the second floor of the residence
building, complements the services of the Resource Centre in affording
student-learners ready access to research-oriented learning.
Our courses are available to members of any Ontario municipal fire
department, whether full-time or volunteer.
Fire Chiefs or their designate must complete and sign a Training and Education Application Form for each student-learner they wish to register and fax the forms to the Office of the Registrar. Once the application is processed a confirming Status Report will be sent to the fire department.
The Ontario Fire College continues to implement strategic initiatives to make high quality education and training accessible and available to fire service personnel. The Firefighter Curriculum, which was revised in 2008, is available to all municipal fire departments, and can be found on our Educational Materials website. See Communique #2006-19 for information on how to access this site.
Associate Instructor pilot projects, agreements with other post-secondary
educational institutions, off-campus delivery of OFC courses, extended
use of OFC facilities, and increased numbers of course offerings
are examples of these initiatives. In addition, partnerships with a growing number of fire service organizations, associations, colleges and universities are helping to meet the ongoing demand for fire service career-path education and training opportunities.
On-campus
initiatives such as improvements to the classroom and the training
ground environments, and the acquisition of state-of-the-art equipment
and training aids continue to enhance learning opportunities. The
15-station computer lab, located on the second floor of the residence
building, complements the services of the Resource Centre in affording
student-learners ready access to research-oriented learning.
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The Ontario Fire College offers courses to members of Ontario municipal fire departments. Our OFC Educational Materials website contains more information on the following topics and may be accessed at www.ofmsps.ca/OFCEM. (see Communiqué #2006-19 for information on how to access the site):
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| Course Vacancies List is located in the College Calendar folder on the OFC Educational Materials website. See Communiqué #2006-19 for details. |
| CN Railroad and Ontario Fire College is offering a unique training opportunity for chiefs and senior officers likely to be involved in incident management of rail incidents. This two-day seminar is designed to teach the roles individual employees and departments play at a rail incident. Participants learn about CN's internal incident command structure, as well as the protocol for functioning in a unified incident command system if multiple stakeholders are involved. More information is available on our OFC Educational Materials website www.ofmsps.ca/OFCEM. (see Communiqué #2006-19 for information on how to access the site). |
| 2011 Industrial Firefighter Training Course |
| 2011 Care and Treatment Occupancies Fire Safety Train-the-Trainer Seminars for facility educators who are responsible for the fire safety training of employees of care and treatment occupancies. |
