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1 CA Hawaii Alaska OR WA NV ID AZ UT MT WY NM CO ND SD NE TX KS OK IA MN MO AR LA WI IL MS IN KY TN MI AL OH GA FL PA Washington DC WV SC MD VA NC NY DE NJ VT NH MA RI CT ME Prepared by the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute staff for the Kansas Fire Service Training Commission April 2007 FY 2006 Annual Report Training Provided Training classes Instructional hours ,566 Number of participants ,686 Student contact hours ,955 Total organizations served National Certification Program Certification exams Instructional hours Number of participants ,044 Student contact hours ,136 Total Events and Services Events delivered Instructional hours ,278 Number of participants ,730 Student contact hours ,091 Cities/Organizations Served Kansas cities/organizations served Kansas counties served Other organizations served States served Firefighters from Salina Airport and surrounding area attack a simulated aircraft interior fire during annual refresher training provided by the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute. Report Submitted On behalf of the Kansas Fire Service Training Commission by the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute, University of Kansas Continuing Education 95 Kansas Counties Served Reporting Requirement: d... The Kansas Fire Service Training Commission shall: publish an annual report in conjunction with the University of Kansas fire service training program concerning the activities and duties of the Kansas Fire Service training program and commission. 44 States Served Our Mission Training firefighters for Kansas communities Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute

2 Introduction 2006 Program Overview The Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute (KF&RTI) has completed its fifth year of renewed growth spurred by the revision of KSA and its third year of new funding provided by the revision of KSA KF&RTI is pleased to report continued vitality and activity growth in training Kansas firefighters. Since the law s 2002 revisions, we have seen a yearly increase in the amount of training and services provided to Kansas communities. In Fiscal Year 2006 (FY06), KF&RTI delivered 27% more training (from 527 events in FY05 to 687 in FY06). Five years of growth have resulted in more than a 425% increase in training provided to Kansas fire departments. In FY06, KF&RTI reached a saturation point in funding. All of the Fire Insurance Premium funds provided for delivering training to Kansas fire departments were used to provide approximately 687 events. Unless additional funding can be secured, future program growth will be limited. During the previous four years, funds not used to provide training were used to repair and replace a crumbling training infrastructure. During this time, KF&RTI was able to purchase essential training props, trailers, and trucks to keep the training system healthy well into the future. While there are still additional needs for replacement props, we are much better equipped to provide high-quality training than ever before. KF&RTI will continue to manage its resources to maximize training while trying to build a small reserve to further improve training infrastructure. Firefighters use a specialized water-cooled saw to cut concrete during a Structural Collapse Technician class offered by KF&RTI. Firefighters use hydraulic tools to remove a car door during a vehicle extraction class offered during Farm Safety Day in Concordia. In addition to increasing the amount of training, KF&RTI was able to increase the quality of programs and equipment used to train Kansas firefighters. In FY06, KF&RTI took delivery of a new mobile Search & Rescue Trainer purchased from the previous year s funds. We also continued updating existing courses and adding new titles to the existing menu of over 100 courses. Instructional Program Improvements & Accomplishments Last year, the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute reported implementing a new Technical Rescue Program. That program is well underway and provides critical training in structural collapse, trench rescue, confined space rescue, rope rescue and other technical rescue subjects. Well over 200 Kansas firefighters have been trained to the Rescue Technician level in the past year. Training involves over 100 hours of classroom and skillsbased training. It provides the base course on which communities can build rescue teams similar in capability to the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. During the last year, KF&RTI applied for and received Department of Homeland Security approval for our Structural Collapse Technician training course. Approval will allow communities and Kansas Regional Homeland Security Councils to use federal Homeland Security grant funds to support this training. The approval process has been started for four additional rescue courses that will also benefit from using federal Homeland Security funds to support training. KF&RTI is currently working with several Kansas Regional Homeland Security Councils to provide technical rescue training in the coming months Annual Report

3 The Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute seeks new and innovative ways to serve the Kansas Fire Service. Within the last year, we began a program that partners with fire departments who have significant training capacity within their departments. The program provides curriculum assistance and materials support, while the local fire department uses its own personnel to teach for credit through KF&RTI. The program provides the benefit of standardized curriculum and credit through a nationally recognized program. Local needs and schedules can be accommodated while credit comes through the state program. KF&RTI benefits by sharing costs with the fire department providing the course instructors. In its short history, this program has opened new avenues of cooperation and collaboration with the Kansas Fire Service. Anticipated program growth in breadth and scope is expected in the future. Staff Improvements The Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute replaced one personnel vacancy last year but did not experience any growth in the number of employees. KF&RTI staff remains at ten people the same as reported last year. Additional staff growth is not anticipated at this time. Equipment & Infrastructure Improvements Since it was awarded new funding in FY02, KF&RTI has embarked on a program to repair and replace a fleet of dilapidated training equipment. Significant progress has been made to acquire safe, state-of-theart training equipment for the Kansas Fire Service. Through conservative fiscal management, much of that infrastructure needed to provide quality training has been rebuilt. At the same time, all reasonable training requests have been honored. Purchases made within the last two years were made with reserve funds carried forward from FY03 and FY04. As reported above, all funds awarded for FY06 were used solely for delivery of requested training. Within the last year, KF&RTI purchased a set of heavy rescue tools parallel to those issued by USAR teams. A heavy rescue trailer and multi-use tractor were also purchased to support the Technical Rescue Program. While this equipment was purchased for training, in the event of a disaster, KF&RTI has agreed to make it available during an actual emergency. The Search & Rescue Trainer that we reported was purchased last year was received in February 2006 and has been used to deliver 50 courses. The trainer is built on a gooseneck trailer frame and includes movable walls that can be reconfigured into several layouts for search and rescue drills. As fire service expectations of KF&RTI continue to expand, our ability to fund additional programs and equipment will diminish. A need to replace an old homemade propane fire fighting training unit remains unfunded. Propane-fueled fires and emergencies are still one of the most significant dangers facing the rural firefighter. KF&RTI has a small reserve fund that will contribute towards this prop. Plans are to gradually build up the reserve fund in order to eventually purchase the propane firefighting training prop. Firefighters use rescue air bags to lift a tractor during the Farm Safety Day in Concordia. Kansas Fire Service Training Commission The Kansas Fire Service Training Commission was created by the revisions to KSA and continues to be engaged in KF&RTI operations. They recently played a key role in developing a set of guidelines to use in limiting services if demands exceed KF&RTI s ability to fund services. These guidelines establish a fair and equitable process that will be phased in at the discretion of the director. Prudent resource management will be key to maximizing available funding. However, allocated funding will only fund a finite amount of training. Beyond that, either services must be limited or funding increased. Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute

4 Firefighters inspect the working end of a hybrid vehicle during a class on hybrid vehicles during Winter Fire School. Fiscal Matters & Policies In the first year of increased funding (FY03), the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute implemented a conservative fiscal management approach that allowed accumulation of capital to make needed infrastructure improvements. Much of the accumulation was made possible by delaying staff growth. This conservative approach was feasible because it would take three to five years before the demands for training would require the use of all allocated funding. In FY06, training requests and demand for services increased to the point that all funds provided through the Fire Insurance Premium Tax for KF&RTI were needed. No residual 2006 funds were left at the end of the year. We entered FY07 with $351, in our reserve fund. These residual funds built up during FY03 FY05. Existing plans include maintaining a minimum reserve contingency balance of $200,000 for emergency expenditures. With approximately $1,000,000 of equipment, vehicles, and trailers in operation, the reserve fund is critical to KF&RTI s ability to recover from damage due to accidents or natural occurrences. Given the current reserve fund balance of $351,488 and subtracting a contingency balance of $200,000, there is $151,488 left to fund additional infrastructure needs. A new propane firefighting training unit that includes state-of-the-art safety devices is estimated to cost between $200,000 and $300,000. In order to maintain contingency funds at an appropriate level, we need to delay purchase of a propane firefighting training unit until additional funds can be secured. In FY03 (the first year of temporary funding), approximately 60% of the $750,000 allocated to the program was used to deliver services. The rest of the funding (40% - $300,000) was used to purchase the Live Fire Training Simulator. In subsequent years, the percentage of funds used to deliver training steadily increased, until in FY06, all allocated Fire Insurance Premium and other available funds were used to meet FY06 training demands. The only residual funds were those carried forward from previous fiscal years. In FY05, the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute began the process of receiving funding only from the Fire Insurance Premium Tax and income generated from grants, contracts, and fees for services. KF&RTI had previously been allocated state general use funds from the University of Kansas. A plan to gradually decrease state general use funding through FY10 was created to minimize the impact on programming. Beginning in FY05, state general use funds to KF&RTI were reduced by $60,000 per fiscal year. In FY07, state general use funding is $200,000. During this withdrawal of state general use funds, the University of Kansas and Continuing Education have authorized the use of KU funds to finish office space for KF&RTI in the Continuing Education building. This project will create permanent headquarters for the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute. In recent years, KF&RTI s budget has required careful management and balance among three priority growth areas. These areas are: 1) Adequate funding to satisfy fire service training requests throughout the year; 2) Training infrastructure improvements to support a quality training program; and 3) Staff growth to handle the work associated with a 425% increase in training delivery. During the past few months, the Kansas Fire Service Training Commission has endorsed a process to limit training and service delivery should funding be inadequate. This process will help those departments who most need outside training, while asking fire departments to cooperate and collaborate to maximize the effects of our funding. To date, the Kansas Fire Service has strongly demonstrated that cooperation and collaboration. Firefighters attend a classroom session during Winter Fire School Annual Report

5 Kansas Cities & Organizations Served Abilene FD Admire FD Agency Township FD Alexandria Township FD Allen Co Rural Fire Dist #3 AlliedSignal CAS Altamont/Mt Pleasant FD Alton RFD Americus FD Anderson Co RFD #1 Andover FD Anthony FD Arcadia VFD Ares of Topeka Argonia FD Arkansas City Fire & EMS Arma FD Ashland RFD Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Atchison Co EMS Atchison FD Atchison Co Fire Dist #1 Auburn Fire Aurora FD Axtell FD Baldwin City VFD Bartlett/Hackberry Township FD Basehor FD Baxter Springs PD Baxter Springs VFD Bazine FD Beattie RFD #3 Beaver FD Belle Plaine FD Belleville FD Beloit FD Beloit Juvenile Correctional Facility Bennington FD Beverly FD Blue Rapids FD Blue Township FD Bonner Springs EMS Bonner Springs Fire & Rescue Bourbon Co Fire Dist #3 Buffalo FD Burlingame FD Burlingame PD Burn & Fire Safety Alliance of South Central Kansas Burns FD Burrton Cons FD #5 Bushton FD Bushton/Rice Co FD Butler Co Fire Dist #3 Butler Comm College Camouflage Communication, Inc Canada Township FD Cawker City FD Centralia VFD Cessna Aircraft Co Chanute FD Chase RFD Cheney VFD Cherokee City FD Cherokee Co Ambulance #3 Cherokee PD Cherokee Co Sheriff s Dept Cherokee Township VFD Cherryvale FD Chetopa First Responders Chetopa VFD Cimarron FD City of Burlingame City of Chetopa City of Clay Center City of Collyer City of Edwardsville City of Enterprise City of Girard City of Hutchinson City of Mulvane City of Newton City of Shawnee City of South Haven City of Wamego City of Wichita Claflin Fire Dist #1 Clay Center FD Clearwater FD Clinton Township FD Cloud Co Fire Dist #4 Cloud Co Sheriff s Dept Clyde FD Coffey Co Fire Dist #1 Coffeyville FD Colby FD Collyer FD Colony FD Columbia Airport Public Safety Columbus FD Columbus PD Colwich FD Comanche Co FD Comanche Co Sheriff s Dept Concordia Fire/EMS Dept Concordia PD Conway Springs FD Copeland FD Cowley Co Fire Dist #2 Cowley Co Fire Dist #3 Cowley Co Fire Dist #4 Cowley Co Fire Dist #8 Crawford Co Fire Dist #1 Crawford Co Fire Dist #2 Crawford Co Fire Dist #4 Crawford Township RFD Culver Fire Dist #5 Cusick-Jost Consulting Firefighters learn how to secure a tractor during a simulated roll over rescue during Farm Safety Day in Concordia. Cutler Township FD Damar FD Derby FD DeSoto FD Dickinson Co Fire Dist #1 Dodge City Comm College Dodge City FD Doniphan Co Fire Dist #2 Doniphan Co Fire Dist #4 Doniphan Co Fire Dist #5 Dorrance RFD #4 Douglas Co Hazmat Team Dover FD Downs FD Easton Township FD Edna VFD Edwardsville FD El Dorado FD El Dorado Reserves Elk City FD Elkhart VFD Ellinwood FD Ellis FD Elwood Township FD Emporia FD Ensign FD EPA Erie FD Eudora FD Eudora Township FD Eureka FD Fairmount Township FD Fairview Township FD #6 Florence FD Fontana RFD Ford Co FD Ft Leavenworth FD Ft Riley FD Ft Scott FD Ft Scott Rural FD Frankfort VFD Franklin Co EMS Franklin Co Sheriff s Dept Fredonia FD Frontenac FD Galatia FD Garden City Comm College Garden City FD Gardner Public Safety Garfield Township FD Garnett FD Gaylord FD Geary Co RFD Gem FD Geneseo FD Girard FD Glasco FD Graham Co RFD Grainfield FD Grant Township Fire Dist Grant Co Emergency Management Great Bend FD Greeley Co FD Greeley FD Greensburg FD Grinnell FD Gypsum FD Halstead FD Halstead PD Hamilton Co FD Hanover FD Harper FD Harris FD Harvey Co Fire Dist #1 Haven VFD Hays FD Hays Fire & Inspection Svcs Healy FD Herington FD Hesston EMS Hesston FD Hiawatha FD Highland FD Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute 5

6 Kansas Cities & Organizations Served (continued) Hill City PD Hillsboro FD Hoisington VFD Holton VFD #4 Hope RFD Hoyt FD #3 Hutchinson Comm College Hutchinson FD Independence EMS Independence FD Ingalls FD Iola FD Jackson Co RFD #2 Jefferson Co FD Jefferson Co Fire Dist #2 Jefferson Co Fire Dist #4 Jefferson Co Fire Dist #10 Jefferson Co Fire Dist #12 Johnson Co Cons Fire Dist #2 Johnson Co Court Svcs Johnson Co Dept of Corrections Johnson Co Fire Dist #1 Johnson Co Comm College Johnson Co Rural Fire Dist #2 Johnson Co Fire Dist #3 Johnson Co Med-Act Johnson Co Safe Kids Coalition Junction City FD Kansas City Kansas Comm College Kansas City Kansas FD KDHE Kansas State FF Assoc Kansas Highway Patrol Kansas Homeland Security Kansas National Guard Kansas State Fire Marshal s Office Kansas State University Kanwaka Twp FD Kaw Twp FD Kearny Co Fire & Rescue Kentucky Twp FD Kickapoo FD Kickapoo Twp Vol FD Kingman Co FD Kinsley FD Kirwin Vol FD KSAAP Fire KSU Shawnee Co Ext Office LOH Twp FD Labette Co Med Ctr EMS Labette Co EMS Labette Co FD #9 Lane Co FD Larned FD Lawrence/Dg Co Fire & Medical Annual Report Leavenworth Co FD #1 Leavenworth Co EMS Leavenworth FD Leavenworth VA Med Ctr FD Leawood FD Lebanon FD Lecompton FD Lehigh FD Lenexa FD Lewis Vol FD Liberal FD Liberty RFD Lincoln Co EMS Lincolnville FD Linn Co RFD #1 Linn RFD #4 Logan Co FD Logan FD Louisburg FD Louisville Twp FD Lucas Rural FD Lyndon FD #5 Lyon Co FD #5 Lyon Co FD #2 Manhattan FD Mankato FD Maple Hill FD Marian Clinic Marion Co FD #5 Marion FD Marquette FD Marquette Vol FD #2 Marysville FD Marysville PD Maternal & Child Health Coalition Mayetta RFD #1 McLouth FD McPherson Co FD #3 McPherson Co RFD #7 McPherson RFD #2 McPherson FD Meade RFD Meade FD Menlo FD Merriam FD Metro Topeka Airport Authority Miltonvale RFD #3 Miltonvale Vol FD Miltonvale RFD #3 Minneapolis FD Minneola FD Mission Twp FD Mitchell Co RFD #1 Mitchell County RFD #3 Montezuma FD Montgomery Co RFD #1 Montgomery Co Sheriff s Off Morland FD Morris Co FD #13 Morton Co FD Moundridge FD Mound Valley FD Mt Hope FD Mulvane EMS Mulvane PD Nat l Coop Refinery Assoc Nemaha Co RFD #1 Nemaha Co RFD #3 Nemaha Co FD #4 Neodesha FD Neosho Twp FD NE Jo Co Consol FD #2 Ness City FD Netawaka RFD #6 New Century FD Newton FD Norton RFD #2 Norton Correctional Facility Norton FD Oakley FD O Connell Youth Ranch Ogden FD Oketo RFD #5 Olathe FD Olathe PD Olpe FD & Dist #1 Osage Co FD #5 Osage Co FD #1 Osage Co FD #2 Osage Co FD #6 Osage Co Sheriff s Dept Osage Twp FD Osawatomie State Hosp Osawatomie Vol FD Osborne FD Osborne RFD #1 Osborne Co RFD #3 Oskaloosa FD Oskaloosa FD #8 Oswego FD Ottawa FD Ottawa Co FD #4 Ottawa FD #6 Ottawa PD Overland Park FD Ozawkie Twp FD #7 Palco FD Paola FD Paola PD SWAT Parsons FD Peabody FD Penokee RFD Phillips Co RFD #2 Pinkerton Govt Svcs Pittsburg FD Plainville FD Pleasanton FD Potawatomi Tribal EMS Potawatomi Tribal FD Pottawatomie Co FD #7 Pottawatomie Co FD #6 Potwin FD Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation FD Prairie Indep Living Res Ctr Pratt FD Professional Grant Services Quenemo FD Quinter FD Ransom Vol FD Raytheon Aircraft Co Reading FD Reno Twp FD Reno Co Fire Dist #4 Reno Co FD #8 Reno/Kingman FD Republic Co RFD #12 Republic Co RFD #7 Rexford RFD #4 Rice Co RFD Richmond FD Riley Co FD #1 Rock Creek Twp FD Rossville FD Rural Twp FD Russell FD Ft. Riley firefighters prepare materials during a Structural Collapse Technician course provided by KF&RTI.

7 Kansas Cities & Organizations Served (continued) Safe Kids Jasper/Newton Co Safe Kids Johnson County Safe Kids Kansas Safe Kids Metro KC Saint Francis FD Salina Airport Authority Salina FD Salina-Saline Co Health Dept Saline Co FD #1 Saline Co FD #7 Saline Co FD #5 Saline Co FD #6 Sarcoxie FD #4 Sawyer RFD Scammon FD Scandia FD Scott City FD Scott Co RFD Scranton FD Sedgwick Ambulance Sedgwick Co FD Sedgwick FD Selden FD Seneca FD Seward Co EMS Seward Co FD Shawnee Co FD #4 Shawnee Co FD #3 Shawnee Co FD #1 Shawnee Co FD #2 Shawnee FD Shawnee Heights FD Sheridan Co EMS Sheridan Co RFD #1 Sheridan Co Sheriff s Dept Sherman Twp FD Smith Center FD Soldier Twp FD Soloman FD South Haven Vol FD South Hutchinson FD SRS-NER Intake St Francis Health Ctr St John FD St Mary s FD Stafford Co RFD #1 Stafford Vol FD Stockton FD Stranger Twp FD Sublette Co FD Success by Six Sumner Co FD #9 Sumner Co FD #8 Sumner Co EM Sumner Mental Health Ctr Sycamore Rural Fire & EMS Syracuse FD Talmage FD Tatterax FD (Manhattan) Tescott FD TFI Family Services The Boeing Company The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co The Villages, Inc Thomas Co RFD #4 Tipton RFD Tonganoxie FD Tonganoxie RFD Tonganoxie Township Topeka FD Toronto FD Towanda FD Trego Co RFD Troy Rural Fire Dist #5 Twp #12 FD Union Twp FD #9 Unified Govt of Wyandotte Co Univ of Kansas Med Ctr Valley Center FD Victoria FD Viola FD Wabaunsee Co FD #3 Wabaunsee Co FD #4 Wabaunsee Co FD #5 Wabaunsee Co FD #8 Wakarusa Township FD Walton FD Walton PD Wamego FD Washington Co FD #9 Washington FD Waterville FD Weir City Vol FD Welda FD Wellington FD Wellsville FD West Mineral FD Westmoreland FD Westphalia FD White City FD Whitewater River Cons FD Whitewater Vol FD Wichita FD Wichita-Sedgwick Co Fire Res Willow Springs Twp FD Wilson FD Winfield FD Winona Fire Department Woodston FD Y-Fire Coalition Other Organizations Served (100) Akron, OH Children s Hospital Akron, OH FD Ambulance Dist 33 Scandia, NE American Red Cross, Kansas City, MO Armel Vol FD, Wray, CO Berthoud, CO Fire Protection Dist Boles Fire Protection Dist, Labadie, MO Burn Concerns Nat l Consult & Edu Srvcs, Burbank, CA Byron, NE FD Cannon City, CO Fire Dist Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA Chetopa FD, Welch, OK City of Papillion, NE Fire/ Rescue City of Springfield, MO FD Council Bluff, IA FD Washington, DC Fire & EMS Denver, CO Children s Hospital Drexel, MO FD Fairbury, NE FD Falls City, NE RFD Fire District 40, Renton, WA Firemen s Assoc of the State of New York Fireproof Children, Pittsford, NY Fort Osage FD, Buckner, MO Golden, CO FD Haigler, NE Vol FD Hale Fire & Res, Idalia, CO Home Safety Council, Washington, DC Idalia, CO FD Independence, MO FD Johnson Co RFD #1, Clarksville, AR Kansas City, MO FD, Fire Prev Div Kansas City, MO Health Dept Maternal & Child Health Coalition, KC, MO MO Div of Fire Safety MO Dept of Natural Resources MO Fire & Rescue Training Inst Nat l Fire Sprinkler Assn, Cameron, MO Norton Corr Fac FD, Stamford, NE Omaha, NE FD Parker, CO FD Pinkerton Government Services, MO Portland, OR Fire & Rescue Richmond, MO FD SC Fire Marshall s Office Southern Platte, MO Fire Protect Dist Southern Stone Co, MO Fire Protect Dist Springfield, MO FD St Elizabeth Reg Med Ctr, Crete, NE Station 91, Oyama, British Columbia, Canada Swedish Med Ctr, Seattle, WA Tyrone, OK FD Union Pacific Railroad, KC, MO University of Missouri - Columbia Univ of NC at Chapel Hill Verdon, NE Vol FD Washington Co Fire Marshals Off, AR Waterloo, IA Fire & Rescue West Peculiar, MO Fire Protection District 475th ENG, IA AK US Army 103rd CST AL US Army 46th CST AZ US Army 61st CST AZ US Army 91st CST CA US Army 9th CST CA US Army 95th CST CO US Army 8th CST DE US Army 31st CST FL US Army 44th CST GA US Army 1st CST GA US Army 4th CST GA US Army 83rd CST GUAM US Army 94th CST HI US Army 93rd CST IA US Army 71st CST ID US Army 101st CST IL US Army 5th CST LA US Army 62nd CST McConnell AFB FD MD US Army 32nd CST ME US Army 1st CST ME US Army 11th CST MN US Army 55th CST MO US Army 7th CST MO US Army 73rd CST MT US Army 83rd CST NC US Army 42nd CST ND US Army 81st CST NH US Army 12th CST NM US Army 64th CST NY US Army 2nd CST OH US Army 52nd CST OK US Army 63rd CST PA US Army 3rd CST Puerto Rico US Army 22nd CST RI US Army 13th CST SC US Army 43rd CST SD 216th Fire Fighting Detachment TN US Army 45th CST US Air Force Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute

8 Services Training for free or low fees Training record resources National certification Technical resources National Fire Academy state point of contact Liaison with other organizations Types of Training Firefighting skills Technical rescue Fire officer Fire instructor Hazardous materials Tactics and strategies Incident command Response to terrorist incidents Arson identification Fire apparatus Fire inspection Other topics available by request Methods of Delivery Direct (by KF&RTI instructors) In-house (by department instructors) Regional (fire schools and conferences) The Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute s Search & Rescue Trainer is a state-of-the-art trailer designed with movable walls to allow for multiple search and rescue scenarios. Delivered in early 2005, this trailer and the accompanying training are available to train your firefighters. The University of Kansas Continuing Education 1515 St. Andrews Drive Lawrence, KS Annual Report