This web page includes samples of companion products for the IFSTA manual Essentials of Fire Fighting, 5th Edition. In order to view the materials below, you must have Adobe® Reader®, PowerPoint® Viewer, Word® Viewer, and Windows® Media Player—all of which are available for free on the web. To download these programs, click the links at the bottom of this screen.
Essentials Manual Chapter 15 From the Manual (PDF)
The Essentials manual meets all of the requirements for NFPA 1000, Fire Fighter levels I and II. Chapter 15, Fire Control, is presented in its entirety. Each chapter opens with a case history and concludes with a list of end-of-chapter review questions. In addition, shortened versions of the skills sheets are presented.
Print Study Guide Print Study Guide (PDF)
The questions in the Print Study Guide help students access their understanding of the content of each chapter in the Essentials manual. Questions are presented in a multiple-choice format, which helps students prepare for a typical certification exam. The study guide's wire spiral binding allows it to open flat.
Workbook Student Workbook (PDF)
This workbook is an excellent study aid for students. Different types of questions and activities help reinforce various learning styles. Questions are referenced to page numbers in the manual, so that students can refer to the manual to find the correct answers or to seek clarification about questions missed.
Skills Handbook Skills Handbook (PDF)
This handbook describes and fully illustrates the proper methods of performing critical firefighter skills. The steps outlined in this book are more detailed than those presented for the skills in the manual. Wire binding allows the book to lay flat in the field. In addition, the pages in the book are water resistent to increase durability.
Curriculum Interface Curriculum CD
This disc includes most everything an instructor needs to develop a basic fire fighter course.


Lesson outlines (MS-Word): Fire Fighter I and Fire Fighter II
Customizable PowerPoint slides: Fire Fighter I and Fire Fighter II
Quizzes (MS-Word): Fire Fighter I and Fire Fighter II
Chapter tests (MS-Word):Fire Fighter I and Fire Fighter II
Skill evaluation checklists, Fire Fighter I (MS-Word):
15-I-1, 15-I-2, 15-I-3, 15-I-4, 15-I-5, 15-I-6, 15-I-7, 15-I-8.
Skill evaluation checklists, Fire Fighter II (MS-Word):
15-II-1, 15-II-2, 15-II-3.
Student Workbook Answers (MS-Word): Fire Fighter I and Fire Fighter II
CD Study Guide Study Guide CD
This Flash-based quiz generator allows students to create a set of questions from a range of page numbers. Upon completion of a test, immediate feedback is provided and the user may choose to print out a study sheet of missed questions or take a new quiz based on the questions missed.
Clip Art Clip Art CD
This disc includes all of the artwork and photographs contained in the Essentials manual and Skills Handbook. These images can be used to help the instructor customize PowerPoint® presentaions for classroom use. The product's intuative, easy-to-use interface launches in a web browser (be sure to enable pop-ups).
Video Interface Skills Video DVD Series
These short videos demonstrate the skills as described in the Skills Handbook. High resolution standard movie video and Windows® Media Video versions are included in this DVD set. The WMV files can be played in PowerPoint® presentations.
  Fire Fighter I Skills Videos (WMVs):
15-I-1, Attack a structure fire — Exterior attack.
15-I-2, Deploy and operate a master stream device.
15-I-3, Turn off building utilities.
15-I-4, Attack a structure fire (above, below, and grade level) — Interior attack.
15-I-5, Attack a passenger vehicle fire.
15-I-6, Extinguish a fire in a trash container.
15-I-7, Attack a fire in stacked/piled materials.
15-I-8, Attack a ground cover fire.
Fire Fighter II Skills Videos (WMVs):
15-II-1, Extinguish an ignitable liquid fire.
15-II-2, Control a pressurized flammable gas container fire.
15-II-3, Establish Incident Command and coordinate interior attack of a structure fire.
 
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