LPG Firefighting Training
LPG Firefighting Awareness Online Course
ERAC offers the LPG Firefighting Awareness online training course free-of-charge to all Canadian first responders. This training provides:
- knowledge to make safe and strategic risk management decisions in LPG related incident,
- understanding of non-intervention, offensive and defensive strategies when encountering LPG emergencies, and
- information about strategic and tactical considerations.
Upon successful completion of the online awareness training module, first responders can enroll in the LPG Level 1 operations firefighting training course.
Course Content:
There are 11 modules within the online training and each module is followed by a test covering the content from the training modules. The modules include a total of 50 test questions; to pass, participants must correctly answer 40/50 questions (i.e. 80%).
First responders: To enroll in the LPG Firefighting Awareness online training, please complete the form below. Your request will be processed within two business days.
Others: Please sign up for the course through our training courses store.
LPG Level 1 Operations Firefighting Training Course
“The course was extremely beneficial for the regional [fire] departments. Your expertise and knowledge in LPG and incidents involving pressurized liquids [were] welcomed by the group with some great takeaways. Thank you for being flexible to the group’s skillsets and limited knowledge in this field; it was a pleasure to see the group interact with your style of teaching … this fun and interactive course.”
Kynan O’Rourke, Regional Deputy Fire Chief, Regional District of Central Kootenay
The LPG Level 1 Operations firefighting training is a two-day course. The curriculum is based on NFPA standards and consists of both classroom and live-fire exercises using a mobile prop trailer owned and operated by ERAC.
The first day is classroom-based and consists of two parts. Part one candidates review different modules that cover every facet of LPG emergency management, including:
- emergency response assistance plans (ERAPs) and regulations
- the Emergency Response Guidebook
- LPG products and their characteristics
- cylinders, tanks and storage
- LPG trucks and transport
- rail transportation
- firefighting water flow requirements
- gas detection
- Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosions (B.L.E.V.E.)
- auto refrigeration
- vapour and liquid flaring
Part two is a review of commonly encountered LPG emergencies as scenarios. These scenarios require firefighters to work through the strategy, risk mitigation, planning, problem solving, decision-making and incident action plans and tactics necessary to safely manage the situation.
Day two consists of hands-on training. The ERAC instruction team shows up on site with four propane training props that are used to simulate situations encountered in the field by first responders. These simulators include:
- LPG distribution system fire,
- propane motor vehicle fuel tank fire,
- building service meter flange fires, and
- propane cylinder fire.
Proper cooling techniques, valve shut-offs, pressure relief devices, leak control and extinguishment techniques, and egress are reviewed and practiced throughout the training.
For more information on the LPG Level 1 Operations training course and/or to register your fire department, contact us at training@erac.org. There is a minimum of 16 participants required to conduct the LPG Level 1 Operations training course.
If you are a member of the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC) and would like to register for the LPG Level 1 Mobile Operations training, please visit the OAFC website.
