Fire and Rescue Education

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TR Day Academy

TR Rope Rescue Awareness June 21 8am to 6pm

TR Rope rescue Operations June 22 8am to 6pm

July 11, 6pm to 10pm

July 12, 8am to 6pm

July 13, 8am to 6pm

August 1, 6pm to 10pm

August 2, 8am to 6pm

August 3, 8am to 6pm

All classes will be held at Pembroke Recue Base located at 564 Candy Park Road Pembroke, NC 28372

For more info email Steven West at swest@robeson.edu or Donnie Smith at dosmith@robeson.edu

Pine Terrace VFD 1st annual Fire Rescue Expo

Pine Terrace Fire Department 1st annual Weekend Fire / Rescue school. September 11 to September 14, 2025. For a list of courses and to register contact Steven West at swest@robeson.edu

Strength and Honor You vs. You (leadership lecture and hands-on training) Friday night and Saturday day 12 hours Pre-registration link: https://robeson-register.fundfive.com/course/section/21991

The Aggressive Search Friday night Saturday & Sunday 20 hours Pre-registration link: https://robeson-register.fundfive.com/course/section/21992

Extrication 101 Friday night and Saturday 12 hours

Mayday / Self-Survival Thursday night Friday Night Saturday and Sunday 24 hours

Emergency Vehicle Driver Thursday night Friday Night Saturday and Sunday 24 hours

Advanced Fire Behavior the Dollhouse Experience Saturday 8 hours Pre-registration link: https://robeson-register.fundfive.com/course/section/21990

Introduction to the Fire Service Thursday night Friday Night and Saturday 16 hours

Rescue Diver Friday night and Saturday day 12 hours

Everyone Goes Home (Fire Rescue Focused) Friday night Saturday and Sunday 20 hours

First responder PTSD Awareness Saturday 8 hours

All night classes start at 6:30pm and end at 10:30pm All day classes start at 8am and end at 5pm.

If you are interested in registering for any of these courses, please contact Steven West at swest@robeson.edu

Southeast Fire Rescue College

March 16 – March 22, 2026

The 2026 Southeast Fire rescue College will be held March 16th to the 22nd, click the link below for courses being offered:

link to courses

Water Shuttle Tanker Fill Site Setup

June 14, 2025, 8:30am at the Emergency Services Training Center. This class will concentrate on the use of a fill site setup. Pre-registration link to come

Strength and Honor

Making The Push

Tuesday June 24, 2025, 6:30pm at the Robeson Community College Emergency Services Training Center.

Do you want to make a difference in the Fire Service or even in yourself, if the answer is YES then you need to attend this 3-hour course. June 24. 2025 6:30pm to 9:30pm, at the Robeson Community College Emergency Services Training Center. Weak leaders blame everything on someone else. Strong leaders openly accept blame and learn from the experience.

Celebrating National Firefighter Day: Honoring Our Heroes - Fire & Axes

Robeson Community College

DAY FIREFIGHTER ACADEMY

Summer 202

General & Communications May 5, 6, 7, 8

TIMs May 9

Firegrounds Ops 1 May 12, 13, 14, 15

Fireground Ops 2 May 19, 20, 21, 22

Fireground Ops 3 May 27, 28, 29, 30

Fireground Ops 4 June 2, 3, 4, 5

Fireground Ops 5 June 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Fireground Ops 6 June 16, 17, 18, 19

Fireground Ops 7 June 23, 24, 25, 26

Fireground Ops 8 July 7, 8, 9, 10

Mayday Self Survival July 14, 15, 16, 17

Emergency Medical Care July 18, 21

Fire Life Safety Initiatives July 22, 23, 24, 25

Rescue Ops 1 July 28. 29, 30, 31

Hazmat Operations August 1, 4, 5, 6, 7

Fireground Ops 9 August 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

All classes start at 8:30am, at the Emergency Services Training Center Located at 5825

South Roberts Ave. Lumberton, NC 28358

FIRE OFFICER CERTIFICATION

TRD0070 – Volunteer Fire Officer ISO580C Training Credit

It was approved in the March 2020 NC Fire and Rescue Certification Board meeting that any person who successfully completes the Fire Officer level 1 certification course should receive NC Office of State Fire Marshal TRD0070 – Volunteer Fire Officer ISO 580C training credit. Meeting the prerequisites for Fire Officer Level 1 Certification are not required. Only successful completion of a FIP 3718 – Fire Officer Level 1 course will grant this credit.

This credit gives Fire Departments the availability to train their volunteer fire officers to a NFPA 1021 based program, while gaining credit toward ISO credit. A person may continue to pursue the NC Fire Officer Level 1 Certification if they successfully complete the prerequisites, which can be found here: https://www.ncosfm.gov/…/certifications/fire-officer

This course will give both the standard officer certification as well as the Volunteer Fire Officer certification

This course will be held on the following dates:

July 11, 2025, 6:30pm to 10:30pm

July 12, 2025, 8am to 5pm

July 13, 2025, 8am to 5pm

July 25, 2025, 6:30pm to 10:30pm

July 26, 2025, 8am to 5pm

July 27, 2025, 8am to noon

Class location: Emergency Services Training Center

5825 South Roberts Ave.

Lumberton, NC 28359

Room number 102

Strength and Honor Making the Push

November 8th, 2025, 9am to 10pm at the Robeson Community College. This class will involve basic and advanced firefighter skills some under live fire conditions.

Some of the topics included are:

Live Fire Training

Rapid Intervention

Vent Enter Search

Victim Search and Rescue

Ladder Operations aerial and ground ladders

This is only a partial list of planned activities, this class is designed to make you push yourself as a firefighter. Registration fee will be charged, and all proceeds will be donated to the North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

Pre-registration link: https://robeson-register.fundfive.com/course/section/22091

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July 26th Fire Tactics Weekend Live Fire Training

This course will introduce the student to basic skills needed in combating a fire inside a structure. Some of the skills will include hose deployment up and down stairs, Situational Awareness and much more. The course starts at 1pm on Saturday July 26, 2025, and concludes at 10pm on the same day. Students must be 18 years old to take part in the Live Fire portion of this class. All students 18 years of age or older must bring a completed and signed Live Fire Validation form with them to class, that form can be found at: https://www.ncosfm.gov/live-fire-participant…/open

Come on out and join us in this very informative class.

CERTIFICATION CLASSES

All classes are designed to meet the requirements of the NC Fire and Rescue Commission for certification as a firefighter or technical rescuer. The student must have a high school diploma or GED and must be 18 years of age in order to be certified by the State of North Carolina. Classes are registered separately, so you may take one or more classes as needed. Students must attend 80% of scheduled class hours to test for certification. Testing includes a written test and hands on practical. Passing score of 70% for both is required. Students must complete a certification application to the North Carolina Fire and Rescue Commission to become certified as a firefighter or technical rescuer. This one-page document is available on the OSFM website or at the training center. It may be submitted by email, fax or the postal service. It is the student’s responsibility to submit their request for certification.

Classes are held at the Emergency Services Training Center and at various fire and rescue departments in Robeson County. Please check the link for Robeson County Department classes for a listing of classes scheduled at various locations throughout the county.

All classes at the training center begin at 8 AM daily. Note start times for various classes being conducted at local departments. Our address is 5825 South Roberts Avenue, Lumberton, NC, 28358. Our phone number is 910-272-3329.

You can call the training center or email dosmith@robeson.edu or swest@robeson.edu to pre-register for fire or rescue classes. You can also pre-register for a class by using the pre-registration link. Be sure to indicate the class you are pre-registering for under class title.

If a class is cancelled or postponed, we make every attempt to notify the student. Please be sure your contact information is correct when you pre-register.

Specialty classes fill up quickly, so please be sure you pre-register promptly. Some specialty classes may require an additional fee.

Note: Please wait at least 60 days after you have finished the class before inquiring about transcript additions. Actual test grades are transmitted to Raleigh each week. OSFM retrieves the testing information from the Community College’s portal (timeframe in which OSFM pulls this information is uncertain), and then, the record is entered onto the actual transcript by an OSFM representative. All in all, this process, according to OSFM can take 30- 90 days after you take the test; however, OSFM could have the information uploaded in as early as 30 days but they request that students be patient. Once the 60-day limit has passed and your class is not listed on your transcript, contact us so that we can investigate if there is a problem.