Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Assistant Chief Amber Cline's First Live Burn

What do you get with two Assistant Chief's?   A house on the Ground!
Chief Jimmy and the Fire Academy Crew

At the Door Ready To Go!
First Run - Not Too Hot
 Cooling Down


Tabbi "Pothole" had to be there for moral support

Assistant Chief Amber Cline gets her first taste of Fighting Live Fire with her first Live Burn on Tuesday night June 4th, 2013.  Amber was able to complete her training with a good number of her "Brothers" that graduated from the Fire Academy last year and one of her "Best Buddies" former Assistant Chief Tabbi "Pothole" Beck.

After getting a good number of burns from the house, Allen Fire - Rescue let the house go.  Then the cleanup began.  Starting at 6 pm the tired recruits and firefighters left the station at around 2 am. 

Cabarrus County Foam Trailer 2013


The Cabarrus County Foam Trailer housed at Midland Fire - Rescue was brought to the Concord HS Fire Academy on Friday May 31st for a demonstration of its capabilities and to assist the recruits with an understanding of the capabilities of Firefighting Foam.  

Advanced Studies in Fire Department Operations Portfolio Presentations

Discussing the contents of the Portfolios
In this case, vendor material from the NC Association of Fire Chief's Midwinter Conference.

Portfolios and the Tabletop Simulator


Explaining the use of the Tabletop Simulator

Student Assistant Chief Amber Cline and Battalion Chief Tyler Untz finished up their class in Advanced Studies in Fire Department Operations by presenting their Portfolios and coursework to a review panel for the purpose of completing their Final Exam.  The review panel consisted of Shirley Phifer of the Cabarrus County Schools Central Office and Ray Allen - Deputy Chief of Operations for Concord Fire and Life Safety.  

In addition to the Portfolios, these two recruits designed and built a Tabletop Simulator for use with Communications, Command, Tactical Scenarios, Fire Control Scenarios and more...

Very Impressive!

 The Logs of Hours and actual Calls for Service completed by these two recruits was Outstanding.
 Asst. Chief Amber Cline is a Volunteer Firefighter with Allen Fire - Rescue
Battalion Chief Untz is a Volunteer Firefighter with Odell Fire - Rescue.

This class required that the recruits read Chief Rick Lasky's book "Pride and Ownership" and that a PowerPoint be produced that could be shared with future classes in the Fire Academy.  This PowerPoint was to showcase what the book was about and what the Pride and Ownership concept was all about.  A number of Operational and Tactical Firefighting articles were also read and summarized as well as a good number of Videos produced by Blue Card Command - Alan Brunacini.  
These two recruits also had to complete their OSFM  44 hour Haz Mat Awareness and Operations Class.

A log of Training Hours, Calls Run, and shifts worked at their respective stations was also part of the Advanced Studies Package.  Nearly 1000 hours of training, and shift work were completed by these recruits as well as 38 calls for service.  
In addition, these two students assisted with instruction with the Fire Technology I class.  

A Super Job by two very dedicated Recruits.  

CHS Fire Academy Awards Night 2013

The Auditorium set up for the event
 Chief Roger Cline delivers the Keynote Address

Chief Tracy Love of the CHS EMT Academy also participated
The Concord High School Fire Academy held its 3rd Annual Fire Academy Awards Night on Tuesday May 28th 2013.  Attendance was good and we had members from our Partner Agency in attendance as well.  




Concord Fire and Life Safety Graduates Recruit Class 19-8



Friday May 24th Concord Fire and Life Safety Graduated Recruit Class 19-8.  
Great Job Guys!  Stay Safe and Welcome to the Brotherhood.  

Monday, April 22, 2013

Skills USA State Leadership Conference April 24-26, 2013


A successful Conference
We are taking Secondary and Post Secondary to National Competition in Kansas City, MO



Watch the Skills USA North Carolina State Conference Opening and Closing Sessions
by clicking on the Skills USA NC Logo.

The opening ceremony will be broadcast live at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, April 24th and the closing ceremony will be broadcast at 9:00 am on Friday, April 26th.  

The Concord High School Fire Academy has 8 Recruits attending and representing our County and School in the Firefighting Competition.
The Recruits are:


Brandon Canavan
Charlie Groce
Khris Hayes
Jonathan Molosky
Roxie Oliver
Jonathan Wiles
Kaitlin Wood
Also attending and representing us 
in the
Post Secondary Division is
Jacob Whitley
who took 1st Place last year in the North Carolina Secondary Division
  and Tied for 3rd Place at the National Competition in Kansas City.    
This year will be our biggest and best year yet at the largest showcase of Trade and Industrial Education in the State!  Over 2,000 students and teachers will be in attendance as more than 1,800 high school and post secondary competitors vie for the state championship in over 100 contests!
To watch click the link below:
http://ustre.am/viNC

Many segments of the competition will also be broadcast and uploaded to the link as well.  Be sure to share this will all of your students, their parents, administrators and teachers.  Let the world see the  great things that our students are doing!
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