JANUARY 2025
Alabama Fire College SERVE. SHARPEN. SUCCEED.
Monrovia Volunteer Fire/Rescue presented black helmets to JT Taylor, Tanner Bell, and Connor Cook, recognizing their completion of Fire Fighter I. This course requires a tremendous amount of dedication to complete 160 contact hours, accomplished over many months while balancing work, school, and family time. Monrovia Volunteer Fire/Rescue is an ISO Class 5 fire department that responds to over 2,600 fire/rescue and medical emergencies every year. Learn more about this department at www.MonroviaFire.org.
INVISIBLE DISABILITIES TRAINING GUIDANCE Effective January 1, all certified career & volunteer firefighters are required to complete training for Invisible Disabilities within six months of being certified, and every other year after that.
Register your department for this free training!
The training is free for departments. Each department must sign an MOU with the vendor for this training, KultureCity. (The agreement references a cost of $1000 for training and $30 per took kit. However, the training and tool kits are provided for free by KultureCity.) A representative of the department will register, not individuals. KultureCity will send the department a training link to forward to their personnel. All personnel should complete the training. Training may be completed as a group but each individual must complete their own test. Once 50% of a department’s personnel receive the training, the department qualifies to receive the tool kits. The kits include items to help an individual to cope with sensory overload. Each department is responsible for ensuring their personnel receive training every two years. AFC will incorporate this training into all Fire Fighter I programs for career and volunteer firefighters which will satisfy the requirement that firefighters receive this training within six months of certification. While the certificate issued by KultureCity indicates the training is valid for one year, the state law says firefighters must complete the training every two years. The EMS section of the law indicates EMS personnel must complete the training annually. We suggest you defer to the biennial requirement for firefighters. We understand that this creates some confusion as most career firefighters are also EMT’s. We are working to have this clarified. Register your department: www.kulturecity.org/apply-for-sensoryinclusive-first-responder-certification. If you need additional guidance, please contact Reid Vaughan at rvaughan@alabamafirecollege.org.