Training & Safety
Overview
 The
Training Unit coordinates and delivers all types and levels of training to the
Fire Department's 134 active members. Annual Training includes sessions in Firefighting,
Emergency Medical Services, Leadership, and many other specialized educational
requirements. The Unit conducts the majority of its lessons at its state of the
art classroom and on its training grounds, pictured below.
Our "Burn Building" facility is New Jersey State certified for live
fire and smoke operations and includes a 6 story high rise tower and a 2 story
Class "A" burn building, which can be configured to simulate residential,
commercial and basement fires. Other training simulators include a multi-functional
maze building, a roof simulator, a confined space, high angle, and trench rescue
simulator.
Annual Firefighter certification training typically includes the following:
- Individual proficiency and performance training
- Engine & Ladder Company proficiency training
- Ongoing Emergency Medical Technician training, including Heart defibrillators,
CPR and EMT/First Responder certification
- Monthly structural firefighting and/or rescue training, concentrating on
various aspects of firefighting
- Specialized training for technical rescue and hazardous materials
- Leadership and Officer training
- Self Contained Breathing Apparatus training and proficiency testing
Each year, the Training Unit delivers over 4,000 hours of required, specialized
and certification based hours of training to all the members of the Cherry Hill
Fire Department.
 Since
1995, The Cherry Hill Fire Department and the Training Unit has partnered with
the Maryland Fire & Rescue Institute with the goal of training our firefighters
in the first ever national, certification based training program for New Jersey.
Our firefighters, in a short time frame of just three years have completed not
only Firefighter I certification, but Firefighter II also. Our officers and
senior firefighters have also completed many advanced courses in fire scene
management, leadership, education and training, and personnel.
The Training & Safety Unit is also responsible for the overall Safety of
the Fire Department. This includes delivering mandatory training, coordinating
and documenting various required medical physicals necessary for specialized
operations, investigating all accidents and injuries to members, and responding
as a "Safety Officer" to any emergency incident where required
The Cherry Hill Fire Department is extremely proud of its Training Unit, and
recognizes the effort of all its members in the certifications earned, but especially
the hard work of those members assigned to the Training Unit.
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