#WE are SFFR
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND TRAINING Training Officers Attend FDIC –
Meetings have been held with the key
BC Marzolf, Captain Smith, FAO Bauers,
players in each of the areas and program
and FF Engberg attended the 2022
appraisals have begun and are moving
FDIC Conference in Indianapolis, IN in
forward. These appraisals will be used in
April. While there, they each took the
rewriting our Community Risk Assessment
opportunity to hone their skills in a variety
and Standard of Cover along with
of trainings ranging from Leadership
developing our 2024 budget requests,
and Succession Planning to an Elevator
2023 VTO planning, 2024 FTE requests,
Emergency Management/Operations
and updating pertinent documents which
H.O.T. class. Through these various classes,
will be used during the 2023 accreditation
they each have brought back ideas and
peer assessor site visit. This first time
techniques to add to the SFFR toolbox.
around will be a heavy lift and I want to
You will see some of these in upcoming
thank all involved for their hard work and
drills and lectures. Thank you to all of them
dedication.
for their continued commitment to the betterment of the Professional Standards and Training division and SFFR.
Solutions and now is the time to get signed
Logistics Requests — Since the discussion
up. Not only will it help you organize your
during the June team forum, utilization of
training throughout the remainder of the
Doug Swartz for logistic support has had a
year it will also allow us to organize the
Happy training and if you need any
slight increase. We would like to continue
training and pre-course assignments for
assistance from the training center please
to do our best at keeping crews intact and
you. Take this opportunity to get signed up
reach out. We are glad to help.
in station ready for emergency response
and prepared. The following are a few of
so please don’t hesitate to reach out with
the upcoming opportunities:
Annual Program and Performance Indicator Appraisals — We are implementing a new process to conduct annual appraisals on our primary programs of service. These appraisals of such
any of your stations logistic needs. If you have any suggestions or ideas on how to make this process even more efficient and effective, please let me know.
1. Fire Apparatus Certification Course will be held August 22nd through September 2nd. 2. National Fire Academy Hazmat
programs as Fire Suppression, EMS, Public
Late Summer, Fall, and Winter
Incident Management (N0243)
Education, and etc. have been identified
Certification Courses — Enrollment for
course will be held September 19th
as a 3rd Quarter ROCK for the department.
upcoming classes are open within Target
through September 24th.
Dog Days of Summer! — Our portable props have started their rotations among the
3. Safety Officer will be offered November 14-16th, please
stations so now is a good time to review SOP 801.9 for Extreme Weather Training.
reference AP 600.1 in regards
Please review the “Extreme Heat” section for information on heat related guidelines.
to the requirement to obtain this
The following is the station rotations:
certification prior to the 7th year of service. 4. Fire Officer II Certification Course will be held December 12th through December 16th. We Are Sioux Falls Fire Rescue #WeAreSFFR DIVISION CHIEF OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND TRAINING STEVE FESSLER PAGE 9 //
