The County Fire Coordinators Office  coordinates, maintains and administers a number of programs and services for meeting the needs of local fire departments .
CMH Physicals

Update Coming

To make appointments please call Karen Franceschi at 518-697-3356 during normal business hours.
 

New Training Announcements
As schools begin to ramp up I thought it worthwhile to share a couple of things regarding registering for classes in LMS:

If a firefighter has never taken a State Fire class they will not be in the LMS system. Click here for a cheat sheet on how to setup a new account in LMS.   The State is currently 3 weeks behind in processing requests.  Please keep that in mind when interested in taking a class.  I cannot register anyone for a class if they are not active in LMS.

Any firefighter that has taken a State Fire class in the past is in the LMS system.  There is a good chance they are inactive because there is no email address on file for them.  In this case  the easiest thing to do is send me your name (no nicknames) and email address and I can get you activated.  Currently, I can do that in a day or so.  Once activated the State will send you a password.   I cannot register anyone for a class if they are not active in LMS.
Registration in LMS is now open for:

​​​Apparatus Operator - Pump

Click here to Register

Firefighter Survival Training Program - April 11, 2023
Everyone on the scene of a structure fire shares in the responsibility of firefighter survival.  Yes, those actually going into the structure need to have the knowledge, skills and abilities to get the job done and stay as safe as possible.  However, those remaining outside of the building can assist those firefighters in many ways.  Situational awareness, resource management, effective communication and rehabilitation are just a few of the many support activities that help our firefighters survive.
With this in mind, the Firefighter Survival Training Program being offered by the Columbia County Fire Coordinator’s Training Staff will include ALL persons involved in responding to structure fires, not just the interior personnel.  This program consists of a three-hour classroom session accompanied by two, three-hour skills sessions.  All personnel are invited to participate in the classroom session.  Only those with interior firefighter authorization will participate in the skills sessions.  However, all other interested personnel will be invited to observe the skills sessions.
 Class Schedule
April 11, 2023 - Survival classroom session
April 13, 2023 - Survival skill session #1 (see attached skills list)
April 20, 2023 - Survival skill session #2 (see attached skills list)
Registration
Students should register online under the Student Registration - County Class option on the Training Page of the Coordinator’s website .  Here is a link  https://www.columbiacountyny.com/ccfc-fire-training-registration.html.  

There are 2 registration options for this class:
Classroom & Skills Participant 
Or
Classroom Only Participant
Select the appropriate option based on your preference.  
Class is limited to 15 Classroom and Skills Participants and 25 Classroom Only Participants.


Training Announcement - Firefighter Contamination Reduction & Cancer Prevention

May 16,  2023
Columbia Greene Community College

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​Click Here for details 
Training Announcement - 2023 New York State Weekend

Mar 31 - April 2,  2023
National Fire Academy
Emmitsburg, Maryland
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​Click Here for details 
Training Annoucement - Fire Officer II (NFPA 1021 - 2020 ed) w/ FILO

April 24 - April 28, 2023
Colonie Municipal Training Building
Colonie, NY
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Click here for details
Training Annoucement - Fire Officer II (NFPA 1021 - 2020 ed) w/ FILO

September 23rd thru 24th and September 29th thru October 1st
Harriman Campus 1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY


Click here for details
Training Announcement - Fire & Emergency Services Instructor II (2019 ed)

September 18th thru 22nd
Harriman Campus 1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY


Click here for details
Training Announcement - Fire & Emergency Services Instructor II (2019 ed)

October 13th thru 15th and October 21st thru 22nd​
Harriman Campus 1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY


Click here for details


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Columbia County Fire Coordinator's Office
50 Grandinetti Drive
Ghent, N.Y. 12075
 Office: (518) 822-8610