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2021 Master Calendar Academy Schedule	Welcome to the website for the Thomas H. Owen Heartland Fire Training Facility. Located in El Cajon California, this facility provides ongoing training for the cities of El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove and Santee; the fire protection districts of Alpine, Bonita, Lakeside and San Miguel, San Diego County Fire authority, Barona and Viejas.	2020 HFTA Class List HFTA Class Registration How to Sign Up for Classes

Current News

May 26 - Posted agenda for June 1 Board of Chiefs meeting

May 4 - Posted revised Training Manager Job Opening, Job Description and Application Instructions

Apr 19 - Posted revised Live Fire Training IAP and Live Fire Training IAP with pre-filled objectives

Mar 31 - Posted 33rd Academy schedule

Mar 23 - Posted 33rd Heartland Fire Academy Open Enrollee Application

Mar 17 - Posted revised physical training program document on academy page

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33nd ACADEMY INFORMATION

Academy Scholarship

Master schedule

Open Enrollee Application

27th academy youtube video

Physical Fitness and Training

Physical Agility

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CENTRAL ZONE OPERATIONS

Updated files have yellow background
Updated Thu 1.30.20

Central Zone Policies	County OPS Policies
A-0 Central Zone Purpose and Introduction Statement 5.8.14	County OPS Policies 5.22.19
A-0.1 Section Index
A-0.2 Contents 1.27.20
A-1 Central Zone Operations Committee 8.20.13
A-2 Review and Amendments to Operations Manual 9.16.13
A-3 Resource Grouping Definitions 4.6.12
A-5 Requesting Changes to Response Plans 9.16.13
A-6 Title Identifications 8.18.13
A-6.1 Physical Identification of Fire Apparatus 9.13.13
A-8 Fifth Responder Status for Paramedic Ambulances 2.25.19
A-9 Earthquake Occurrence & Procedure 7.11.16
A-10 Strike team task force Operations 9.5.17
A-11 Zone Coordinator, Asst Coordinator & Zone Duty Chief 12.15.19
A-12 Training Status 4.14.11
A-13 Security Boxes - Key Safes 5.8.14
A-14 Move-Up Policy 2.6.18
A-15 Incident Reporting Requirements 11.16.12
A-16 Usage of HCFA 800 MHz Freqs by Non-Fire Paramedic Ambulance 5.10.17
A-17 Replacement of Specialized Apparatus in CAD 3.26.14
B-1 Explosive Device - Call Handling 4.18.11
B-2 Hazardous materials incident 2.17.16
B-3 High Rise Building Operations 10.09.02
B-4 Rehabilitation 9.20.13
B-6 Trauma Scene Clean Up 8.4.15
C-1 Personal Protective Equipment 11.20.14
C-1.1 Hand Signals 5.10.17
C-2 Fireground Accountability 09.20.13
C2.1 ERIC 2 in -2 out Policy 09.20.13
C-2.2 Notification of trapped victims 7.6.10
C-2.3 Rapid Intervention Crew (RIC) 9.20.13
C-2.3.1 RIC Exception Report
C-2.4 Firefighter Distress Call 11.3.09
C-3 Aeromedical Operations 11.6.12
C-4 Confined Space Rescue - Zone 5 2.6.18
C-5 Three Stripes 11.3.09
C-6 Heat Illness Prevention 11.2.16
D-1 Clear Text 4.6.12
D-2 Radio Identifiers 6.20.02
D-2.2 Phonetic Alphabet 6.11.16
D-2.3 Abbreviations 2.6.18
D-2.4 Agency Three Letter Designator 9.17.13
D-2.5 Staff Numbering 8.7.07
D-2.6 Radio Communications 2.6.18
D-2.7 OES Radio Identifier 8.7.08
D-3 Radio Procedures 11.3.09
D-3.1 Command and Tactical Radio Channel Assignment 8.18.08
D-3.2 Radio Traffic Priority 9.20.13
D-3.3 Radio Usage 6.17.03
D-4 Dispatch Format 5.10.17
D-4.1 Alert Tones 11.5.13
D-5 Unit Status 11.3.09
D-5.1 Status Changes 4.6.12
D-6 EMS Calls from Private sector providers 5.10.17
D-7 Communication with aircraft 8.30.10
D-8 Communications with Private Ambulance Providers 9.19.16
D-9 Response to Pages 2.6.18
D-10 Emergency Button Procedure 9.0.13
D-11.1 Multi-Tiered Wildland Dispatching 6.20.02
D-11.2 Combination Structure Wildland responses 7.01.04
D-13 Assigning Alternate Tactical Channels 8.19.19
D-14 Mobile Radio Configuration 8.04.15
D-14.1 Base Station Radio Configuration 8.04.15
D-15 Manual Dispatching (Field Responsibilities) 11.3.09
D-16 Unit Identifiers 11.2.16
D-18 Cancellation-Limitation of Outside Activity 6.20.02
D-19 Strike Team Dispatch Procedures 9.5.17
D-19 2018 STL-ENG-MAC rotation dispatch spreadsheet 1.13.18
D-19.1 Strike Team Taskforce Leader Trainee Rotation 12.14.19
D-22 Law Enforcement Use of 800 MHz Radio System 6.20.02
D-23 Dispatch of Law Enforcement Requests to Stand Back 3.15.01
D-24 Command Procedures 11.17.19
D-25 Request Law Backup 2.23.09
D-26 Tactical Medic Procedure 07.15.10
D-27.1 Mutual Threat Area Response Communications 8.21.12

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HFTA DOCUMENTS

DATE POSTED	DOCUMENT	NOTES
10.31.19	Policy manual	approved 8.6.19
7.28.15	Strategic plan for training
7.28.15	5 year capital improvement plan
6.26.15	UASI class fee schedule
6.23.15	Injury and illness prevention program

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SDCTOA DOCUMENTS

DATE POSTED	DOCUMENT	NOTES
12.22.16	Truck academy	850 Mbyte zip file

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HFTA CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Updated Mon 4.19.21 - removed S290
Changes, if any, in yellow background	Miramar College enrollment link

Be notified of page updates

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2021 MEETING DATES, AGENDA AND MINUTES
(minutes will be post early July)

BOARD OF CHIEFS (1st Tuesday even months, 0700)	COMMISSION (Quarterly, 2nd Thursday, 1600)	TRAINING OFFICERS (2nd Wednesday, 0900)

February 2 March 2 April 6 June 1 August 3 October 5 December 7	January 14, elect chair / vice chair April 8 July 8 October 14	January 13 February 10 March 10 April 14 May 12 June 9 July 14 August 11 September 8 October 13 November 10 December 8

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HFTA DOWNLOADS

DATE POSTED	DOCUMENT	NOTES / DESCRIPTION / LINK
4.19.21	HTF live burn IAP fillable	Acrobat
4.19.21	HTF live burn IAP fillable pre-filled objectives	Acrobat
9.19.19	Live fire training policies	Acrobat
6.23.17	2017 STEN region VI update	Powerpoint - 23 meg
7.30.15	Plan B transitional fire attack	Powerpoint -175 meg
7.30.15	Rethinking RECEO vs Breaking Up with an Old Friend	Acrobat
7.30.15	ISFSI - Sample Standard Operating Guideline Residential Firefighting Strategy & Tactics	Acrobat
9.12.08	San Diego county air ops plan	Powerpoint

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STATE FIRE TRAINING

DATE	BULLETIN
7.2.15	Current SFT certifications

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HOW TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER

Thank you for your interest in joining the Fire Service. We recommend you start with the document
Joining the Fire Service in San Diego County,
then explore the other links for additional information. You may also wish to visit the web sites of our members who manage reserve programs.
A list of these programs can be found under "Reserve Programs" on our main page. Joining the Fire Service in San Diego County
firefightermedic.com
Aspiring Firefighters
Realizing Your Firefighting Career

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