Gil Pedroza

Fire Captain
Glendale (CA) Fire Department
Gil Pedroza is a Fire Captain with the Glendale (CA) Fire Department, where he has served the last 18 years of his 25 years in the fire service. Captain Pedroza is also a paramedic and a hazmat specialist, and currently serves as Glendale’s Training Captain. He is a California State certified instructor and teaches various topics including Fire Control, Rapid Intervention, Firefighter Survival. Captain Pedroza teaches for the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI), where he teaches the Live Fire Instructor credentialing program, Understanding and Fighting Basement Fires (H.O.T.) course, and NFPA 1700 throughout the country. Captain Pedroza is currently on the curriculum development board for ISFSI’s grant funded water mapping course.

Sessions by Gil Pedroza

08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Hemet Fire 

Fire Control 3: Evidence-based Structural Firefighting (Live Fire)

Instructors:

Derek Alkonis, Assistant Chief (Ret.) Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA
Gil Pedroza, Fire Captain, Glendale (CA) Fire Department
Dave Baldwin, BC (Ret.), Sacramento City Fire Department, CA  
Chad Christensen, BC, Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA

This course applies Fire Safety Research Institute’s (FSRI) evidence-based findings to provide the knowledge and skills that prepare a firefighter to locate, control, and extinguish an interior structure fire. The course includes classroom review of contemporary full scale fire experiments and live fire training in a fixed facility. This course is a pre-requisite for those who desire to become a qualified Live Fire Instructor for Fire Control 3.

Designed For:

Fire suppression personnel

Authority:

NFPA 1403: Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions (2018)

Office of the State Fire Marshal

Prerequisites:

Meet the minimum job performance requirements for Fire Fighter 1 in NFPA 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications related to safety; fire behavior; portable extinguishers; personal protective equipment (PPE); ladders; fire hose, appliances, and streams; overhaul; water supply; ventilation; forcible entry; and building construction (NFPA 1403 (2018))

or

SFT Fire Fighter 1 certification

Student Requirements:

Each student must provide their own NFPA-compliant SCBA with a spare bottle.  SCBA’s WILL NOT be provided by the host agency.

NFPA 1971 Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting compliant PPE.

Proof of successful SCBA Fit Test within the last twelve (12) months

Maximum Class Size:  25

08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Hemet Fire 

Fire Control 3: Evidence-based Structural Firefighting (Live Fire)

Instructors:

Derek Alkonis, Assistant Chief (Ret.) Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA
Gil Pedroza, Fire Captain, Glendale (CA) Fire Department
Dave Baldwin, BC (Ret.), Sacramento City Fire Department, CA  
Chad Christensen, BC, Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA

This course applies Fire Safety Research Institute’s (FSRI) evidence-based findings to provide the knowledge and skills that prepare a firefighter to locate, control, and extinguish an interior structure fire. The course includes classroom review of contemporary full scale fire experiments and live fire training in a fixed facility. This course is a pre-requisite for those who desire to become a qualified Live Fire Instructor for Fire Control 3.

Designed For:

Fire suppression personnel

Authority:

NFPA 1403: Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions (2018)

Office of the State Fire Marshal

Prerequisites:

Meet the minimum job performance requirements for Fire Fighter 1 in NFPA 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications related to safety; fire behavior; portable extinguishers; personal protective equipment (PPE); ladders; fire hose, appliances, and streams; overhaul; water supply; ventilation; forcible entry; and building construction (NFPA 1403 (2018))

or

SFT Fire Fighter 1 certification

Student Requirements:

NFPA 1971 Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting compliant PPE.

Proof of successful SCBA Fit Test within the last twelve (12) months

Maximum Class Size:  25

08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Hemet Fire 

Fire Control 3: Evidence-based Structural Firefighting (Live Fire)

Instructors:

Derek Alkonis, Assistant Chief (Ret.) Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA
Gil Pedroza, Fire Captain, Glendale (CA) Fire Department
Dave Baldwin, BC (Ret.), Sacramento City Fire Department, CA  
Chad Christensen, BC, Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA

This course applies Fire Safety Research Institute’s (FSRI) evidence-based findings to provide the knowledge and skills that prepare a firefighter to locate, control, and extinguish an interior structure fire. The course includes classroom review of contemporary full scale fire experiments and live fire training in a fixed facility. This course is a pre-requisite for those who desire to become a qualified Live Fire Instructor for Fire Control 3.

Designed For:

Fire suppression personnel

Authority:

NFPA 1403: Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions (2018)

Office of the State Fire Marshal

Prerequisites:

Meet the minimum job performance requirements for Fire Fighter 1 in NFPA 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications related to safety; fire behavior; portable extinguishers; personal protective equipment (PPE); ladders; fire hose, appliances, and streams; overhaul; water supply; ventilation; forcible entry; and building construction (NFPA 1403 (2018))

or

SFT Fire Fighter 1 certification

Student Requirements:

NFPA 1971 Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting compliant PPE.

Proof of successful SCBA Fit Test within the last twelve (12) months

Maximum Class Size:  25