Ouronline program marries the critical concepts of incident management, strategy and tactics, and firefighter safety with dynamic structure-fire simulations that require students to apply their knowledge. Targeted coaching via short video clips from subjectmatter experts reinforces the material, and lively self-assessments ensure students grasp essential concepts.
Online training is flexible, allowing students to access the program anytime and move at their own pace, which helps keep units in service. Most importantly, we track user progress within the system. Before taking the final online certification test, students must view all required videos and content.
After completing Blue Card's online/cognitive training, students complete their certification by attending a three-day evaluation lab. This simulation lab is a critical step, immersing aspiring ICs in realistic incident command scenarios to rigorously test their readiness across a spectrum of fire scenarios. Blue Card's simulation-based certification training merges the Hazard-Zone Incident Command Standard with the department's local resources, SOPs and tactical hazards. Our robust simulations offer valuable hands-on training and experience for high-risk, low-frequency events.
Each student must pass evaluations as both a mobile IC (IC No. 1) and a strategically positioned IC (IC No. 2) for each occupancy type for a total of 10 evolutions. Upon completing these evaluations, participants are awarded the esteemed title of Blue Card Certified Incident Commander, marking their proficiency in managing a diverse range of fire incidents effectively.
This rigorous process ensures that Blue Card Incident Commanders continue to exhibit the highest standards of competency and leadership in managing hazard-zone incidents, ensuring safe, efficient incident response.
Blue Card empowers individual departments and regions to self-manage the certification and evaluation process and customize the system based on local topography, resource levels and SOPs. We offer a robust instructor program, which enables departments to process Blue Card students through the three-day simulation certification lab in any existing command training center with a modest inventory of supplies.
After meeting all prerequisites, potential instructors can attend the Blue Card Train-the-Trainer (TtT) program. These intensive, five-day workshops offer a deep dive into the system, carefully reviewing each simulation and highlighting critical teaching points. Participants receive detailed lesson plans and thorough instruction on the five basic occupancy types, tactical-level operations, command-team operations and mayday response. This comprehensive training ensures instructors are fully equipped to customize and deliver the program to meet their department's specific needs, fostering a higher level of preparedness and response capability across various emergency scenarios.
These structured training and certification pathways underscore Blue Card's commitment to developing highly skilled incident commanders. By integrating theory and practice and emphasizing continuing education, the program ensures its certified ICs are well-prepared to effectively lead and manage emergency incidents, thereby enhancing overall safety.
Yearly access renewal to all CE modules and the NEW Hazardous Materials Ops Incident Command Certification Program. CEs reinforce Fire Command's 8 Functions of Command, building upon previous lessons through various exercises.
Documentation access to all student training, certification and recertification records using the Blue Card Records Management System. The student will have no online access to any Blue Card training material.
Train-the-Trainer sessions comprise five consecutive eight-hour days. TtT participants receive much more detailed lesson plans and instruction on the five basic occupancy/building types, embedded tactical-level safety procedures, command team operations and mayday response.
After the one-year subscription expires, Blue Card-certified instructors can continue subscribing to the Blue Card Instructor Support Program. The instructor will continue receiving the year's previous services outlined above.
I was reading the Bagman thread, and they mentioned using cheats in MAME. What are these? Something you download? Something that is within MAME that you activate? The only ones that I ever encountered didn't work, the speed button that you could toggle on, on some versions of Ms. Pac for example, none ever responded. I'd like to try Bagman where you had at least a remote chance. The actual arcade game got one quarter from me back in 1983. I remember booting the game frustrated that Stern had come up with another good idea and ruined it by making it too !@#ing hard! Think: Lost Tomb, Tazzmania, Berzerk, another one with a Chopper and one pixel enemy fire which I can't remember the name of, but it was ruined by that! Who can see one pixel coming at you? That same feature took much of the fun out of Super Cobra, but at least that game was playable...
Anyway, someone please explain how to use MAME cheats on some of these more impossible games. It would be fun to play them instead of remembering only how pissed I was that an eighth of my two dollar a week allowance was eaten in seconds by some of these impossibly frustrating games. Thanks!
Just to let you's now, you can no longer 'make' or 'create' your own cheats on mame, this has been the case since mame versions .127 uxx and later, as the person who wrote the cheat engine in mame is trying to rewrite it (so at the moment it is broken, i.e doesnt work) so you have to make do with the downloadable cheat file
For some children with ASD, lights and sirens become sensory overload and overwhelming. Individuals with ASD are each unique and have a range of challenges, including communication and social skills. Some may be limited in verbal communication or nonverbal which accounts for nearly one-third of people with autism.
DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF CENTRAL REGIONAL OPERATIONS BUREAURobert HarrisDeputy Fire Chief Robert Harris started his career at the age of 19 after he was appointed reserve firefighter with the City of Montebello Fire Department.
Chief Harris began his service with the County of Los Angeles Fire Department on May 8, 1992. During his tenure with the Department, he has promoted through the ranks from Firefighter, Fire Fighter Paramedic, Fire Inspector, Fire Fighter Specialist, Fire Captain, Battalion Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, Acting Deputy Fire Chief, and Deputy Fire Chief, Central Regional Operations Bureau, effective June 1, 2024.
Over the years, Chief Harris has attended Dillard University (New Orleans), the University of Southern California, Long Beach Community College, and Compton Community College. Chief Harris is a graduate of Columbia Southern University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire Administration.
Fire ChiefAnthony C. MarroneFire Chief Anthony C. Marrone has been a member of the County of Los Angeles Fire Department for 38 years and a chief officer for the past 26 years. Prior to his appointment by the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors as the tenth Fire Chief and Forester and Fire Warden, Chief Marrone served as the Interim Fire Chief.
ACTING DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF CENTRAL REGIONAL OPERATIONS BUREAUWilliam L. MayfieldDeputy Fire Chief William L. Mayfield Jr. is a 35-year veteran of the County of Los Angeles Fire Department (LACoFD). He began his fire service career in 1988. He has held the ranks of firefighter, firefighter specialist, fire captain, battalion chief, assistant fire chief, and deputy fire chief.
Chief Mayfield currently manages the Training and Emergency Medical Services Bureau. Emergency medical services is responsible for paramedic training, certification, equipment, quality improvement, and legal aspects for all basic and advanced emergency medical services provided by the LACoFD. Training Services is responsible for training all new firefighters and conducting ongoing in-service training sessions for all members. Training Services develops training materials, organizes classes and training programs for recruits and refresher courses for other Department personnel.
ACTING DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF SPECIAL SERVICES BUREAUMichael R InmanDeputy Fire Chief Mike Inman has worked as a fire service professional for over 40 years. Chief Inman started his career in 1983, as a reserve firefighter with the Monterey Park Fire Department. In 1986, he was hired as a firefighter with the County of Los Angeles Fire Department (LACoFD) and has promoted through the ranks as a firefighter paramedic, firefighter specialist, fire captain, battalion chief, and assistant fire chief.
In November 2023, Chief Inman was assigned to the East Regional Operations Bureau and was officially promoted to deputy fire chief on March 1, 2024. In this role, he led and managed four divisions with 1,400 personnel, 10 battalions, and 76 fire stations serving 34 cities.
Well versed in emergency management, Chief Inman became a pioneer in the urban search and rescue program that included several national deployments. For over 23 years, he has held various incident command system positions as part of the United States Forest Service Type 2 Incident Management Team (IMT) and served as the operations section chief and operations branch director with the Cal Fire Type 1 IMT. Since 1998, Chief Inman has served in various capacities on the LACoFD Incident Management Teams.
Chief Inman is a certified California State Fire Marshal Chief Officer, and a graduate of the Executive Leadership Development Program and Public Safety Leadership Program at the University of Southern California, Sol Price School of Public Policy. He teaches FEMA and California Incident Command Certification System (CICCS) courses and is a qualified incident commander, operations section chief, safety officer, and division supervisor.
Deputy Fire Chief/North Regional Operations BureauDennis BreshearsDeputy Fire Chief Dennis Breshears started his fire service career at the age of 23 after he was appointed to the Monrovia Fire Department on February 24, 1994. Chief Breshears then accepted a position with the Orange County Fire Authority in 1999 and began his service with the County of Los Angeles Fire Department (LACoFD) in December 2000.
3a8082e126