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 minimum facility and equipment requirements in order to qualify as a host site.
A fire department may be a host site for up to 30 candidates at a fixed fee. As part of this fee, the IAFF will provide durable, fabricated props, and signage. The props and signage will remain the property of the host site, and the IAFF will provide vendor information for the purchase of additional or replacement props.
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 90 days prior to the start of the workshop. If payment is not received prior to the start of the workshop candidates will not be authorized to attend.
If you do not have a minimum of 30 candidates, you may also consider:
- Conducting the workshop with a smaller class size for the fixed fee. While such an option will cost you more per candidate, it will give each FGS candidate more individual time with the IAFF-Certified FGS Master Instructors. Additionally, it will enable you to immediately establish a date.
- Contacting your neighboring departments. If additional outside participants attend, the fee is 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 payment is received. If a payment is declined, the individual or department will be notified and their slots will be removed and course materials will not be sent until payment is received by the IAFF.
Payment must be received prior to the start of the workshop. If payment is not received prior to the start of the workshop, candidates will not be authorized to attend.
The host site fee provides for six IAFF-Certified FGS Master Instructors.