JTED students gear up to train at new NW Fire facility

More than half a dozen professional firefighters are working to teach high school students who are enrolled in the Pima County JTED Fire Service program the skills they will need to join their ranks.

On Saturday, November 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. approximately 45 JTED students will train at Northwest Fire/rescue District’s state-of-the-art training facility at 5125 W. Camino de Fuego – the same location where their instructors hone their skills.

Students will practice:

• Fire Attack – Students will stretch hose lines into structures with multiple floors, and learn to operate hose lines inside of structures.

• Reduced Visibility – Students will enter a tower filled with theatrical smoke, learn to follow a hose line, locate and put on their self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) gear, and rescue a victim.

• SCBA Confidence – Students will be required to put on their SCBA gear in time trials, and work with entanglement props that simulate real-life challenges to firefighters.

• Profile Reduction – Students will learn to go through walls with their protective gear.

JTED Fire Service students earn their Hazmat, Wildlands, Incident Command, and First Aid/CPR certifications. Upon successful completion of the program, students receive 3 high school credits, and 9.5 Pima Community College credits.
Pima County Joint Technical Education District (JTED) delivers premier career and technical education in partnership with business, industry and community stakeholders. All JTED programs are free to students of high school age who reside within a member school district’s boundaries, and have not earned a high school diploma. Hundreds of career path options are available to students at 34 high schools located throughout Pima County, Rio Rico, and San Manuel. JTED also operates 9 central campus locations. To enroll in JTED, students are encouraged to speak with their high school counselor, or visit www.pimajted.org

Northwest Fire/rescue district provides professional fire protection, emergency medical services and related public education to 110,000 residents and 3,300 commercial occupancies in a 140 square mile area. 10 fire stations are staffed 365 days a year by 192 firefighters, who are also paramedics or emergency medical technicians and can respond to emergencies within minutes. Northwest fire’s technical rescue team responds to calls to swift water, confined space and rugged terrain rescues. The nationally accredited not for-profit was formed in 1983 by residents of metropolitan Tucson northwest neighborhoods and is governed by a 5-member board and is funded through secondary property taxes based upon assessed property values. Learn more at: Northwestfire.org

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