Host Site Requirements
Contact the IAFF and inform them of your desire to become a host FGS workshop and examination site. Workshop and administration sites affiliated with the IAFF will be given preferential treatment as host sites.
Learn more about the minimum facility and equipment requirements to qualify as a host site.
A fire department may be a host site for up to 30 candidates at a fixed fee. The host site must purchase the IAFF FGS approved durable, fabricated props, and signage before initiating a contract for the class. The props and signage will remain the property of the host site. Vendor information for the purchase of approved FGS props can be found here.
The IAFF will provide all the required training manuals and resource materials. Each student for the IAFF-Certified FGS Instructor Program will be required to have these teaching aids. As part of this fee, the IAFF-Certified FGS Instructor will be registered with the IAFF. Payment must be received no later than 30 days after the final date of the workshop.
If you do not have 30 students, you may consider:
- Conducting the workshop with a smaller class size for the fixed fee. While such an option will cost you more per student, it will give each FGS student more individual time with the IAFF-Certified FGS Master Instructors.
- Contact your neighboring departments. If additional outside participants attend, the fee per student can be divided based on overall cost and number of students.
- The IAFF may be able to assist in advertising the class if the host site is unable to fill the 30 student slots.
All registered candidates, as part of the fee, will receive the FGS manuals, including Instructor Guides, PowerPoint Presentations, FGS Instructional Videos, Plans for Prop Construction, Practical Skill Instructor Notes and Evaluation Sheets.
All materials will be sent immediately after a signed class contract is received.
Payment must be received no later than 30 days after the final date of the workshop. Credit card payments are not accepted..
The host site fee provides for seven IAFF-Certified FGS Master Instructors.