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.
Website
Under the resources tab there are a few documents – Equipment request form (this is for any department wanting to borrow one of LESTA’s owned props / equipment)
Course Request Form – Request to host any classes (not just a bucks class)
The website is still a work in progress so please bear with us. The county blocked the website so its taking a while for IT to unblock it making it hard to update the site.
I will be presenting this at the next meeting, but if you have any questions at all please feel free to reach out.