Spring 2025 Planning Course Planning Form Instructions Due January 7, 2025 – email completed forms to Jolene Steele at jsteele@exchange.kean.edu By submitting a proposal, you are stating that you are willing to follow the rules and procedures mandated by the New Jersey Division of Fire Safety and that the material you are proposing to teach is adequate to provide 5 full hours of instruction regardless of the number of students in attendance or the level of class participation. Please note, in order to be sure that you have enough course material, you may need to prepare for 6 (full day) or more hours of teaching. By submitting a proposal, you are also acknowledging that you have read these instructions. Handouts are required for all scheduled classes. Handouts must be printed. We print and ship your handouts as a courtesy. Unless you’re travelling by air, you are responsible for accepting delivery and distributing them to your students. If you’re travelling by air, but teaching multiple classes in a row, we will send all handouts to your first assigned location for you to pick up. We may send you enough handouts to cover multiple classes in the following semester. It is your responsibility to maintain the supply and notify us if you do not have enough. You may have to make your own handouts if you have not maintained the supply shipped to you. For printing purposes, all handouts (new classes or updated material) must be submitted electronically by February 10, 2025. Handouts must be in either original PowerPoint or PDF. PowerPoint saved as PDF must be in handout, 3 slide to a page format. If you have multiple parts, they must be compiled into one pdf. Handouts not submitted on time will be the responsibility of the instructor to print and distribute. Please email your handouts as an attachment or mail me a usb. I no longer use Dropbox, so please do not use that platform as I’m not always notified if documents are shared there. Let me know if you need a mail address. Email to jsteele@exchange.kean.edu and ldumont@exchange.kean.edu. You must be willing to travel throughout the state of New Jersey to teach at any of our facilities. Please note, “Training which is controlled by NJAC 5:71 or 5:73 shall be reviewed and approved by the Office of Training and Certification within the Division of Fire Safety.  All approval shall be confirmed by written response from the Office of Training and Certification.” All classroom/facility requests made by Kean University are made only for the sole use of classrooms and audio/visual equipment in that facility. If you intend to include any “hands on” training that involves group/student participation and/or a live burn demonstration of any type, you, the instructor, are responsible for contacting the Office of Training and Certification, to obtain the requisite permission and/or permits. You are also responsible for following up with all scheduled locations to coordinate and verify that everyone on site is prepared. No exceptions will be made to this requirement. Approval for Kean University to schedule your course does NOT include the permission/permits as required in NJAC 5:71 or 5:73. The forms require the following information. Please use the appropriate form to submit this information. Proposals are due January 7, 2025. Contact information including name, title, phone number and email address is included. The exact course title. All-inclusive fee for five hours of instruction, not including breaks. This fee is the fee for the entire fiscal year beginning July 1. If you taught in the fall, your fee does NOT need to be included. For the proposal, we ask for an all-inclusive fee, but if you’re travelling from out of state, we also ask that you break down that fee so we can compare your instructor fee against instructors who are not travelling from out of state. You don’t need to break down the travel portion into various parts, just provide your travel total and instructor fee. For example: Instructor fee: $500 Travel Expense: $750 Also, it’s easier to use round numbers so just round up to the nearest dollar. Please base your fee on the use of refundable travel reservations as we will not be responsible for change fees, deposits lost or any other travel fees that you may incur. We reserve the right to cancel for any reason within 24 hours of your scheduled class. In an effort to simplify fees, please provide a full day, in-person fee.  The fee you propose is for the upcoming fiscal year 2025 for all titles you propose. Please use the same fee for all classes you teach. Please keep in mind, when you propose your fees, this is a grant. We may or may not ask you to negotiate your fee, if it is too high. Also, please keep in mind that for high fees we may require a higher student registration in order to run the class. Three dates. Please provide three dates per course title, Monday through Saturday’s only. Please include at least one Saturday per title. The dates for the Spring semester are March 19 – June 7. Due to holidays, please DO NOT include the following dates: April 18, 19, May 23, 24 or 26. Please hold dates until March 7. A short, 3 – 5 sentence, course description for marketing and publication purposes. Word format is required. The course objectives are clearly defined. The target audience and sub-codes to be addressed are indicated. A detailed course abstract is included. A description of audio-visual materials is included. You do not need to include your entire presentation; two to three pages is plenty. A resume and/or statement of qualifications is included. References and/or statement of experience is included. There is a one-page limit for each. Do not submit more than once. Please skip this step if you have taught for DFS within the last 5 years. Please limit the entire package to ten pages or less.   Form for Previously Taught Classes New Course Form

Dear Students, Beginning today, please park on the fire grounds at Morris County Fire Academy, until further notice. Construction in the upper parking lots began Oct 26, 2024. Thank you. The Fire Safety Training Program

Dear Students, Due to low enrollment, the following class has been cancelled: Leadership So Everyone Goes Home Wednesday, October 23 Ocean County Fire Academy We apologize for any inconvenience. The Fire Safety Training Program

Dear Students: Due to low enrollment, the following class has been cancelled: Marine Firefighting Awareness Saturday, October 5 Camden County Fire Academy There is another scheduled offering of this class, on Saturday, October 19 at Toms River Fire Academy. Please register online if you’re interested in attending. The Fire Safety Training Program  

Please read the attached article on this year’s Fire Prevention Week theme, “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!” Fire Prevention Week is October 6 – 12.          

Dear Students, If you wish to bring your spouse/significant other to the new class, I’ll Stand By You, please email us at firesafety@kean.edu with your spouse’s name so we can add them to the roster. The class is scheduled for Friday, November 22 at Middlesex County Fire Academy. For more course information, please see page 47 of the course brochure. Thank you, The Fire Safety Training Program

Update: The technical problem preventing the unenroll from Zoom classes is now fixed. Please continue to uneroll/withdraw via your registration account. Thanks.   Dear Students, We are aware that there is a technical problem with Zoom that is not allowing an unenroll/withdraw from Zoom classes. Please email us at firesafety@kean.edu to notify us of your need to withdraw. Please be sure to provide your name, DFS ID number, the name of the class and the date of the class in your email. Thank you, Jolene

Dear Students, Due to low enrollment, the following classes have been cancelled: HAZMAT for the Fire Inspector: Terms, SDS, HSFS and Placards, Labels and Markings-Wednesday, September 25 2024-8:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.-Union County Fire Academy Inspection, Testing and Maintenance Requirements for Fire Sprinkler Systems-Thursday, September 26 2024-8:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.-Fire University We apologize for any inconvenience. The Fire Safety Training Program

Dear Students, In the process of verifying information in the Course Brochure and online in the registration portal, we corrected some conflicting information. Please check that you have noted the following CORRECT information for these courses: Principles of Modern Building Construction Friday, November 15, 2024 Somerset County Fire Academy And Saturday, December 7, 2024 Atlantic County Fire Academy   Leadership So Everyone Goes Home Wednesday, October 23, 2024 (Was previously Oct 16) Ocean County Fire Academy   We’re Only Human: Understanding Fireground Behavior Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Gloucester County Fire Academy   Origin and Cause; A Systematic and Comprehensive Investigation Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Morris County Fire Academy   Leadership: A Self Analysis Saturday, October 26, 2024 (Was previously Oct 28) Warren County Fire Academy   Thank you, The Fire Safety Training Program