Location:
New York City Fire Academy, Randalls Island, New York (through December 1997); Fort Totten, Bayside, New York (beginning January 1998).
Length:
Version 1: 32 hours (4 days). Version 2: 32 hours (4 days); in addition, participants complete a formally supervised and evaluated 8 hour classroom teaching demonstration. Version 3: 16 hours (2 days).
Dates:
Version 1: March 1990 - December 1999. Version 2: January 2000 - May 2005. Version 3: June 2005 - Present.
Instructional delivery format:
Traditional classroom model