Fire Instructor II case studies
Fire Instructor II · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Fire Instructor II is the second-level professional credential for fire service instructors who have moved past delivering someone else's lesson plan and now own the training function itself. Instructor I is largely about standing in front of a class and teaching safely; Instructor II is about deciding what should be taught, building the course, supervising other instructors, and proving the training actually worked. The Fire Instructor II case studies are 5 cases and about 4,033 words.
1The 22 Percent Cut: Building a Defensible Annual Training Plan
Your fire department has 212 suppression personnel across four shifts. The training division has 14 part-time instructors, each with a regular shift assignment, and an annual training budget cut from 186,000 to 145,000.
923 words, about 5 min2Rewriting Basement Fire Operations After a Near-Miss
Your department's 8-hour Basement Fire Operations course was last revised in 2018. All six terminal objectives are written at the knowledge level, using verbs such as list, describe, and identify.
894 words, about 4 min3The Backing Incidents: Diagnosing Before Mandating Recertification
Over six months, your department had three apparatus backing incidents: a ladder truck struck a parked car, an engine damaged a bay door, and a tanker backed into a fence. No injuries occurred.
848 words, about 4 min4The Recruit Who Passed Everything Except the Ladder
You are the lead evaluator for a 14-person recruit class. The final practical exam has four stations, each scored by a different instructor using department checklists.
588 words, about 3 min5Live Fire in 104-Degree Heat: Modify or Stop?
You are the lead instructor for a live-fire training evolution in an acquired two-story house. There are 22 students, 6 instructors, and 2 safety officers; the plan calls for three burn evolutions per crew between 0900 and 1500.
780 words, about 4 min