Saturday, October 19, 2019 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
312 Lyndhurst Road
Lyndhurst, Ontario
K0E 1N0
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All emergency service training opportunities
Course: Positive Pressure Attack
Prerequisite: None
Date(s): Oct 19, 2019
Time: 08:30 to 16:00 hrs
Fee: $125.00 per student
Course Description:
The fire environment is changing. Over the past 50 years homes and their contents have
changed and therefore so has the speed in which fires grow and spread. Positive Pressure
Attack (PPA) introduces a science-based approach with proven results from new research
conducted by Underwriters Laboratories (UL), National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST), Fire Department of New York (FDNY), Toronto Fire Services and the National Research
Council Canada.
This (1) day course will offer an introductory knowledge level to firefighters of all levels of
experience, Officers and Chiefs a new perspective to changes that are taking place in the fire
service. Crews will receive theory discussions and live-fire practice to demonstrate this
technique in a controlled environment. Student-Learners will require full structural PPE and
breathing apparatus.
For more information, please contact:
Alex Bennett
Chief Fire Prevention Officer
Leeds 1000 Islands Fire Service
Tel. (613) 803-5884
alex@townshipleeds.on.ca
Registration: submission of a completed application to fireadmin@townshipleeds.on.ca
no later than October 3, 2019.