Customer Spotlight Q&A: How Hillsborough Community College Fire Academy Integrated Online Learning Into Its Program
In this Customer Spotlight, Kevin Reed, Program Manager for the Fire Academy at Hillsborough Community College, discusses his success using the Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills and Hazardous Materials Response, Fourth Edition textbook and Navigate LMS to help his students transition to a hybrid of online and in-person learning during and after the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic.
What initially led you to consider the Public Safety Group (PSG) as a provider for fire training materials?
It was really a cascade of various things. In 2020, COVID shut down pretty much everything. Fire can’t really be taught fully online here in Florida, particularly Firefighter II, but we began looking at online media to help take some of the work online to keep students engaged during shutdowns. Some at our school already had familiarity with Navigate and PSG through the EMS program.
One of your salespeople, Jason Hanson, reached out about coming in and talking to the [Florida Fire Training Directors Association] training directors about what you could offer on the fire side, which is how we became familiar with Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills and Hazardous Materials Response, Fourth Edition (Fundamentals 4E). The Fundamentals 4E solution had everything we wanted, from the book component to the online component, and it carried over well from class-to-class. Jason helped us get a more in-depth look at the book, and we have used it since.
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