Required FEMA NIMS/ICS Classes

The required classes can be accessed by clicking on the links below:

NIMS ICS100a

NIMS ICS200a

NIMS ICS700a

NIMS ICS800b

To begin each class, click on the link and a new window will open with the Course Web Page. In the upper right hand corner, Under "Take This Course" Click the Interactive Web-based Course link.

After you have completed the class, go back to the main page for each course and on the right hand side of the page click "Take Final Exam". It is best to print out the test pages fill in your answers and then go back to the exam and enter your answers on the web site and then click "Send".

Please DO NOT provide answers for anyone else. Doing so will invalidate your exam or anyone else's taken with your answers and can have extreme consequences.

Training

The State of North Carolina requires that our personnel attend a minimum of 36 hours of training per calendar year. Our training year begins on January 1 and ends on December 31 of each year. There is no set requirement on the type of training that is to be given, as long as it is related to the fire service.

Training topics range from safety, equipment operation and maintenance, personal protective equipment, first aid and CPR, ropes and knots, ladders, communications, record keeping, incident command, mass casualty incidents, forcible entry, public education, fire prevention, arson detection, cause and origin investigation, hazardous materials, fire streams and appliances, sprinkler systems, and many, many others.

Our members are required to receive training in Hazardous Materials at the Awareness Level, as well as basic firefighter training and bloodborne pathogens within a reasonable amount of time after joining the department. This minimum training is vital for the protection of our members and the community we serve. 

Our personnel meet every Monday evening at 7:00 pm for a weekly training session. During these sessions many different types of training my be offered. Below is our training calendar. It will be updated as our training schedule is updated. All members of the Surf City VFD are encouraged to attend as many of these sessions as possible.

2009

Training calendar:

More information coming soon....

This page will host a variety of the information and resources that our fire fighters and members utilize for training purposes. Our training curriculum and calendar will be posted here.

This page is continuously under construction.

Please check back here often.