{"id":1337,"date":"2021-01-04T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2021-01-05T02:03:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T07:03:54","slug":"2021-dive-class-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/2021\/01\/04\/2021-dive-class-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Dive Class Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Indianapolis Fire Department will be conducting a dive school with a limited number of positions available starting April 12<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021 with a graduation date to be determined. The school consists of 2 weeks on and 1 week off for a total of 6 weeks of actual school. Students will be detailed during the two weeks and will not return to station duty during the week and there will be no overtime paid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attached to this email are the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1A1CcS1R1X_sSoBWSV4ZBFU8r-cK_qWiQ\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">medical history form (click here)<\/a> and the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1b_yutL96qSXywuTs5fswObe4S3r9fl6E\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">NFPA 1670 swim test scoring sheet (click here)<\/a>. Any interested applicants should read through the medical history questionnaire and the explanations of <strong>contraindications\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>absolute contraindications<\/strong>\u00a0for diving. Anyone with an\u00a0<strong>absolute contraindication<\/strong>\u00a0cannot participate in scuba diving activities. If you have any questions regarding the medical history form you can contact Captain Jerry Richert, your private physician or Public Safety Medical. The NFPA 1670 swim test is pass\/fail and the scoring requirements are on the attachment. The following information will cover the prerequisites, process phases and scoring considerations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Course Dates:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Phase I: &nbsp;&nbsp;April 12 \u2013 23, 2021<\/li><li>Phase II: &nbsp;May 3 \u2013 14, 2021<\/li><li>Phase III: May 24 \u2013 June 4, 2021<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>IFD firefighter in good standing.<\/li><li>Completed probationary period prior to first day of class.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Process Phases: Testing dates TBD<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Complete form below with intent to enter process by 1600 hrs. Monday January 18<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021.<\/li><li>NFPA 1670 Swim test (scored)<\/li><li>25-meter under water swim (scored)<\/li><li>Regulator breathing under water (pass\/fail)<\/li><li>Interview (scored)<\/li><li>Dive Physical completed by Public Safety Medical<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scoring Considerations:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Overall finish in the process phase<\/li><li>Currently assigned at station 7 or 14<\/li><li>Seniority<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"big-button wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=jlBowETTe0mnGssbF9Fr6KjAhZeMf7ZLnnwgWBy3ajRUNE5XRDE1V05JTjZJU1FZUDE1NDRCMjhFUy4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021 IFD Dive School Questionnaire click here<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin C. Jones<br>Special Operations Chief<br>Indianapolis Fire Department<br>955 Fort Wayne Avenue<br>Indianapolis, IN 46202<br>Office:&nbsp; 317-327-6814<br>Mobile: 317-605-3594<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:Kevin.jones2@indy.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin.jones2@indy.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indianapolis Fire Department will be conducting a dive school &#8230; <a title=\"2021 Dive Class Announcement\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/2021\/01\/04\/2021-dive-class-announcement\/\" aria-label=\"More on 2021 Dive Class Announcement\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classes"],"acf":[],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Benjamin Tupper","author_link":"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/author\/bentupper\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1337"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1342,"href":"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions\/1342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifdresourc.es\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}