Fire and Emergency Services Instructor 10th

This is IFSTA's manual for the people who teach fire fighters, the instructors, and SkillsTrain imports and supplies the 10th Edition (ISBN 9780879397715, item code 36410) into Africa. It is built to help instructors and instructor candidates prepare, deliver and evaluate training that directly affects firefighter safety and performance, rather than just hand over theory.

New to this edition is an expanded Live Fire Instructor section, covering both Live Fire Instructor and Live Fire Instructor In Charge. This gives critical guidance on safely running live fire training, one of the most demanding yet vital parts of fire service instruction, where the margin for error is smallest. The manual's premise is that training is not a box ticking requirement but the backbone of firefighter competency, and that training delivered with intention and accuracy both protects personnel and strengthens a department's ability to do its core job.

The manual equips personnel to meet the job performance requirements of NFPA 1020, Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Instructor, Fire Officer, and Emergency Medical Services Officer Professional Qualifications (2025 edition), for Instructor Levels I, II and III, plus the Live Fire Instructor and Live Fire Instructor In Charge requirements. NFPA 1020 is the consolidated instructor and officer standard that replaced older separate numbers, so a department refreshing its instructor cadre to the current standard will be training against NFPA 1020 rather than the retired instructor number, which is part of why this 10th Edition exists.

SkillsTrain supplies this IFSTA title as is. We do not write or accredit it. We bring it to the training officers and academies who teach from it.