633rd Air Base Wing Public Affairs
2/10/2015 - JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. -- The Department of Defense Fire Academy mobile training team hosted a Fire Officer III course for Air Combat Command civil engineer squadrons' firefighters at Joint Base Langley Eustis.
The mobile training team, based out of the 312th Training Squadron at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, travels to various bases throughout the year to teach each command levels of fire officer training. Military and civilian firefighters from various ACC bases travelled to JBLE to attend the training.
"As fire officers, they need to understand how to protect their bases through their resources, "said Michael Dejacomo, 312th TRS fire officer course trainer. "After this course, they'll know what equipment they need, response times, building requirements and other things to effectively serve the base and provide fire protection."
Upon course completion, the students earn certifications to manage and assist managing fire stations.
"To be an assistant captain or assistant chief you have to hold a certain level of certifications," said Michael Dejacomo, 312th TRS fire officer course trainer. "For the military, this is a part of your career progression, so as you move up in your career you can fill positions."
This level of training involves the administrative side of managing a fire department including human resources, tracking equipment and understanding capabilities and requirements to better serve their communities, said Dejacomo.
"This class gives me the skills to fill the assistant chief roles when the chief is gone," said U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kurt Trausch, 366th CES station captain at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. "This is another stepping stone to ensure I can fill a spot in upper management. I'm going to make rank and run a shift of my own one of these days, and without the certification I can't do that."
If the instructors didn't come here, the students would have to complete the course online and miss out on interaction or information presented in a classroom setting with people from various bases, said Fort Eustis Assistant Fire Chief Jim Langley.
Now that students have the skills and certifications, they can fill new positions in upper management and share what they learned with their home station fire shops.
"I'm very grateful to have been selected for this course, "said Trausch. "This is a class that would be extremely difficult to do via career development courses and tests. The material presented over the two-week course is so in-depth that it would probably take six months to figure out on your own."
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