Flooding hazards can threaten any community in any location in the United States. Flooding can occur over a period of weeks or days, or minutes, thus this course focuses the identification and assessment of hazards due to flooding to enable proper preparedness and response. As flooding is one of the top meteorological killers in the United States, and poses particular hazards to emergency responders, this introduction to recognizing flooding threats is essential for developing safe communities.
Email pscertifications@bucks.edu to request your certificate or to let them know of an error or issue with an issued certificate. All classes not facilitated by Bucks Community College please contact the LESTA Training coordinator at training@lestafire.org with your inquiry.
Detailed Question
I didn't receive a certificate from Buck's, who do I contact?
The FEMA Student Identification (SID) number is a unique number generated and assigned to anyone who needs or is required to take training provided by a FEMA organization.
The EMI Student Self-Service Portal allows you to print or download Independent Study (IS) Completion Certificates, Student IS Transcripts (for personal or employer use) and Official IS Transcripts (for educational institutions only).
The department chief & President will be emailed an invoice from LESTA's Quickbooks Account. You can either write a check made payable to "LESTA" or pay via a credit card through the emailed invoice. Questions regarding invoices can be directed to LESTA's treasurer at joswald@lestafire.org. The no show policy will take affect August 1st 2024.
LESTA has implemented a No Show Policy for students attending LESTA sponsored courses. I attached the policy and Chief Authorization form to this email and can also be found on our new website (www.lestafire.org). We have been seeing an uptick in no call no shows to our sponsored trainings. This policy will hold the student and department more accountable for actually attending the training that LESTA is paying for to host. We get a lot of requests for training and everyone wants classes but if people sign up and don’t show that is putting us in a bind as recently one class was canceled that day because not enough people showed up when we had more than enough pre-registered. So here is a summary of that will happen if the student no call no shows:
Escalation of Punishment:
• First Offense:
o Written warning to the student & $25 fee issued to the fire department.
• Second Offense:
o Double the original fee ($50) imposed on the fire department.
o Meeting with the student, fire department representative, and LESTA administration to discuss
the repeated absence.
• Third Offense:
o Suspension of the student from all future LESTA Sponsored training classes for a period to be
determined by LESTA.
o Increased penalty fee of $100 for both the student and the fire department.
• Fourth Offense:
o Expulsion of the student from taking LESTA Sponsored Classes.
o Loss of training privileges for the fire department with LESTA Sponsored Classes for a specified
period.
Penalty fee of $200 for the fire department.
If a student no shows LESTA will be invoicing the sponsoring department a “fine” for that student.
ALL students beginning August 1st 2024 will need to submit a Student enrollment form (attached) to attend a LESTA sponsored class. They will need to get there chief officer to sign the document and submit it to us. This is the ONLY way students will be allowed to attend a training. Any student who registers on PA Train and does not submit the Authorization form will not be allowed to attend the class. Going forward if a department wants to host a class, LESTA will be handling the registrations and we will continue to use PA Train as our LMS platform. There will be instructions attached on our FAQ page on how to create an account if they do not have one.
How will a student know if they need to submit an authorization form for a class listed on our new website? See the attached screen shot. There will be a button on the right hand side of the screen that says authorization required. Click on that button and that will take them to a page where the form can be downloaded and then submitted once filled out and signed. You may also simply just email me the completed form as well.
This course is designed to provide an overview of the Plans Review process for fire inspectors or plans examiners. The topics of discussion include: plans review; preparation of correspondence and plan review reports; communication with fire inspectors and emergency response personnel; handling of complaints; maintenance of records; participation in legal proceedings; identification of when additional expertise is required; local jurisdiction proceedings; and alternative methods.
