Master Plan Nashua Fire Rescue, NH
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The Nashua Fire Rescue Training and Safety Division needs at least one additional instructor.
Members of the Department repeatedly identified the Nashua Fire Rescue Training Program as a
significant weakness. The addition of a fourth position within the Division would streamline the delivery
of fire and rescue training as well as the administration of EMS continuing education and the quality
control of the New Hampshire required TEMSIS EMS reports.
An online learning platform such as Target Solutions into the Nashua Fire Rescue Training Program
would allow for more efficiency and better tracking for training purposes.
Members of the Department repeatedly identified the Nashua Fire Rescue Training Program as a
significant weakness. While the Division is in dire need of at least one additional full-time Instructor, the
addition of an online learning platform such as Target Safety would allow for more efficiency and better
tracking for training purposes.
Currently, the New Hampshire Fire Academy has NHOODLE, which serves as an online platform for
certain fire and EMS trainings. With the addition of an online platform, the members of the Training and
Safety Division could deliver training skills sheets and documents that would allow for the optimization
of hands-on training hours. The addition of an online training platform may also alleviate the problem
of taking companies out of service for training while ensuring a robust emergency response capability.
This will also allow for members of the Division to be present for more training evolutions.
Nashua Fire Rescue should coordinate regular use of the fire training facility by all of its companies to
ensure proficiency.
ESCI heard from members at virtually every meeting that their access to the training facility was very
limited or, in some cases, almost non-existent. The value of hands-on training in a controlled
environment cannot be overstated.
ESCI encourages the integration of outside instructors into the Nashua Fire Rescue Training Program.
The use of instructors from outside of Nashua Fire Rescue is critical to the future success of the Nashua
Fire Rescue Training Program as it diversifies the perspectives of the firefighters and brings new ideas
into the organization.
ESCI recommends that Nashua Fire Rescue develop and implement a formalized training manual that
encompasses an umbrella-type system to ensure members of the Training and Safety Division and
company officers can affect clear and defined training.
NFPA 1410: Standard on Training for Emergency Scene Operations contains the context and minimum
requirements for fire departments to evaluate training for fire suppression and rescue procedures used
by members operating at emergency scenes.
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