Driver Operator
Driver Operator and Pumper
Tuition: $275.00*
60-Hour Course
Dates for Skill Sessions: Click Here
Register for Driver Operator Course: Click Here
The Driver Operator course is eligible for state certification and one IFSAC seal. (New classes start on the 1st and 15th day of each month.)
Required Textbook
IFSTA Pumping Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook, 3rd Edition (We also recommend the exam prep that can be ordered separately or in a package.) The 3rd edition is only available in ebook format at this time. (Please note that this is not included in the tuition fee of the online course.)
A student could use the 4th edition until the TCFP updates, but the chapters will not match, and the student will have to look at the chapter titles to check.
Pumping Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook, 3rd Edition Ebook
The ebook is only available in the 3rd edition at this time.
Price: $80.75
Product Type: Manual
Media Type: Electronic
ISBN: 978-0-87939-575-9
IFSTA Item #: 76012
Option for a Printed Textbook
Click here to order the Pumping and Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook, 4th Edition.
Price: $110.00 (Subject to Change)
Product Type: Manual
Media Type: Print
ISBN: 978-0-87939-762-3
IFSTA Item #: 36630
No Travel Expenses
Ask us about getting an MOU for the student to do skills at their own department in Texas only. The TCFP and/or Fire In Texas may audit the skill session.
Reminders
- This skill session being conducted at another department requires an engine to be taken out of service. The skills location must have a place large enough to do the driving skills, and the proctors must also have a hydrant available to flow water for the student/students. Proctors will also need all the appliances, adapters, cones, tape measures, and the current skill sheets from the TCFP website for each student to be completed.
The skill sheets will tell you what is required for each skill. We highly recommend doing these skills off duty or when you do not have to respond to calls or have coverage. Once the state skills start, they cannot be stopped to run calls. Skills must be conducted according to the TCFP skill sheets, not how the proctors or the students’ department does the skills.
- To get started, the fire chief or training officer must email Andrea or Alyse for an MOU to be completed. The course cannot start until we receive the MOU back. We have to have all of that information available to complete the training approval in FIDO for TCFP. FIDO does not allow for courses to start right away.
The commission requires a 10-day waiting period at this time. So, it will be a minimum of 10 days before a student will be able to start the course. If we receive the MOU when our offices are closed (example: holidays or weekends), then it could be longer. We cannot change the end date in FIDO, so pick a day both proctors and students are available. Everything has to be completed as it is on the MOU the training officer or proctor sends back to us and at those dates and times.
- This is very important. There are no refunds on classes that MOUs are requested on that the student has sent the registration form and paid. Students are eligible to come to us for skills, but we will not refund because your department won’t do the paperwork and get it back to us. This is convenient for the student, but it is by far a lot more work for Fire In Texas instructors and staff.
Fire In Texas offers skill sessions monthly. We are set up to do these skills. More often than not, a student can sign up to do the course and skills and take the state test before they get all their paperwork and proctors together to do skills at their department. This is really only beneficial for a department that is a long way from us.