Watch Desk Updates:

Course Registration for NFA Training

All students wishing to enroll in an MFT&E qualified NFA course MUST be pre-registered. You may now pre-register for our National Fire Academy offerings on-line.

Course Registration for Local Training

Maine Fire Training and Education is pleased to begin offering on-line registration for MFT&E qualified courses. All students wishing to take a course MUST be pre-registered. You may pre-register through the on-line form or by calling MFTE at 974-4628 to request a registration form by mail.

On-line registration for Written Exams

All students preparing to take or retake any written exam MUST be pre-registered 10 working days prior to the scheduled test. Your registration may be completed on-line or by calling MFTE and requesting a form by mail. Preparing for a test? See our list.

Request for Records

MFT&E is pleased to offer the option for firefighters to request certification records by filling out an on-line form. All requests for archival research to retrieve training records require a fee. This policy change is necessary due to the increased number of requests and the staff time required to conduct searches. Learn more.

New J&B Skill Sheets

MFTE has received initial copies of the J &B Skills Workbook and applied the added skills included in the book to meet the matrix required by the NFPA ProBoard. In the initial printing of the J & B Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills I & II Maine Fire Training heard from many of you that there appeared to be several skills that were not covered in the J & B Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills I & II curricula. Jones & Bartlett listened to your concerns and responded by publishing a new comprehensive Skills Workbook that includes all 271 of skills required to be certified as a fire fighter. The new “SKILLS Workbook” meets the NFPA standard 1001 Fire Fighter requirements based on the 2002 edition. Click here for links to new skill sheets.

With the new J & B Skills Workbook in hand MFTE was able to provide the NFPA ProBoard Committee on Accreditation (COA) the proof that the MFTE Certification division could test every skill as required by the standard. Most of these skills were being taught by the authority having jurisdiction during their in – house training academies and the effect will not require much of a change by the program coordinators in order to include them in their training schedule.

MFTE plans to distribute the new J & B Skills workbook to all active employed SMCC fire instructors to use in their preparation, teaching and evaluation of the skills required to be acknowledged as a certified fire fighter. The Curriculum & Certification Program Manager's division has been very busy preparing a revised set of progress charts to meet the NFPA 1001 standard. The new progress charts list many objectives that have been identified by the MFTE Certification Program Manager as optional. These optional objectives, are not required to be taught and will not be tested by MFTE at any Practical Skills End Test. Because these optional objectives will strengthen the
knowledge, skills and abilities of the candidates we encourage the authority having jurisdiction and training program coordinators to consider inclusion of the optional skills as part of the fire fighter training.

The Jones & Bartlett Skills Workbook also includes approximately 60 new skills that were not included in the original Fundamentals of Fire Fighters Skills I & II curriculum. Most of these skills are in the areas of automobile extrication and hazardous materials response at the Operations level as recognized by NFPA and OSHA. All of these skills must be taught as part of the NFPA 1001 standard and will be eligible for testing at a Practical Skills End Test to meet NFPA ProBoard certification.

The new Skills Workbook can be purchased directly from the Jones & Bartlett web site:
Jbpub.com or you can
contact John Marino,
J & B Public Safety
Specialist toll free at
(877) 458-8974.

Questions concerning the new
Jones & Bartlett Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills: Skills Workbook
should be addressed to the MFTE Curriculum & Certification Program Manager's division. (207) 741-5660 or prines@verizon.net

Training Videos - Loan Program

Maine Fire Training & Education has purchased the Jones & Bartlett Skills & Drills DVD Series and is offering them to all fire departments to use in conjunction with their In – House Fire Fighter I & II training classes.

It's easy and it's free. Requests will be honored on a first come, first serve basis. So look at your training schedule and submit your requests. Go to the link and complete the on-line order form.

Report to the Maine Fire Chiefs Association

MFT&E presented its report to the Maine Fire Chiefs Association
in Camden, Maine, July 20, 2006. Download Report.

Archive

2006 Fire Officer Survey Results

End of 95 Curriculum

Maine Fire Training Program Review Status Report:
December 2005 Update
December 2005 Update, summary
July-August 2005 Update
Maine Fire Training Program Review:
Report FY 2004-05

Important Jones and Bartlett Notice

Jones & Bartlett Implementation Guide
and forms available for downloading

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