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Hands-On Training

HYBRID VEHICLE EXTRICATION HANDS-ON TRAINING
Presented by the Suffolk County Fire Academy

Saturday, February 1 & Sunday, February 2 @ Nassau Coliseum
Session A: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Session B: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

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Registration (Pre-registration required):
$150 per person (includes one ticket for entry to the Long Island Metro Fire/EMS Expo)
No course prerequisites. Maximum 20 students per session.

PPE Requirements:
Students must bring their own OSHA compliant full firefighter protective equipment (no jumpsuits/coveralls), including eye protection. No SCBA required.

Course Details:
The Suffolk County Fire Academy will present a hybrid vehicle extrication hands-on training class at the 2025 Long Island Metro Fire/EMS Expo! Fire academy instructors will first review basic techniques used during vehicle extrication incidents, including size up, vehicle stabilization, equipment selection, victim access, extrication tactics, and victim removal. Discussion will then move into specific considerations when faced with victims trapped in hybrid vehicles – a segment of the vehicle industry that saw a 53% increase in sales in 2023. Finally, students will be guided in the use of various battery-operated extrication tools to disassemble actual hybrid vehicles.

Instructors:
The Suffolk County Fire Academy is the exclusive fire and emergency training facility in Suffolk County, NY. Personnel from the 109 volunteer fire departments within the county, along with other private and public emergency response agencies, attend classes, courses, and field drills at the academy amounting to over 11,000 students trained annually. The staff includes approximately 80 per diem instructors and support personnel. The academy’s instructors are among the most experienced and qualified in the country, boasting hundreds of years of combined service in volunteer and career fire and emergency service response organizations