General Information
Charted in 1961, Crawford-Venango County Firemen’s Association organizes a two-day fire school to train and prepare firefighters and first responders for the challenges of emergency services.
Fire School Committee
Crawford County
- Pete Albaugh
- Lloyd Allen
- John Bauer
- Bob Byers
- Joe Colegrove
- Dick Ferringer
- Mike Gehres
- Dave Gill
- Bob McCartney
- Justin Sullivan
- Bob Wimer
Venango County
- Dick Braden
- Tim Carll
- Dave Darling
- Brandon Firster
- Sam Firster
- Glenn Johnson
- George Kinch
- Frank Machokas, Sr
- Frank Machokas, Jr
- Dan Metz
- Steve Novak
- Jack Weaver
- Jim Wetzel
- Joe Ziemba
Cooperating Resources
- Crawford & Venango County Commissioners
- Crawford County EMA
- Crawford County Firemen’s Association
- Venango County Firemen’s Association
- Butler County Community College
- Pennsylvania State Fire Academy Local Level
- Northwestern R.E.C. Co-op
Abbreviations
- BFPO: Basic Fire Police Operations
- BVRO: Basic Vehicle Rescue Operations
- BVRT: PA Vehicle Rescue Technician
- EBM: PA Essentials of Fire Fighting: 88 Hours
- ECOP: Engine Company Operations
- ELEF: Exterior Firefighter
- ELFG: Fire Ground Support
- ELIF: Interior Firefighter
- ELIS: Introduction to Fire Service
- FF1: Fire Fighter 1
- FIPO: Basic Fire Police
- HMO: Current Hazardous Materials Operations
- HMOR: Current Hazardous Materials Operations Refresher
- NIMS ICS: Incident Command System/NIMS for the Fire Service
- IS-700: NIMS, an Introduction
- ISET: Employee Safety & Extinguisher Training
- PUOP: Pump Operations I
- REPA: Respiratory Protection II
- RORA: Rope/High Angle Rescue II
- SCBA: Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
- TOG: Turn-Out Gear
- TRCO: Truck Company Operations
- VRES: Vehicle Rescue
- WRFR: Water Rescue for the First Responder – Awareness