AFTER 3/1/2023 NO REFUNDS WILL BE PROVIDED

THE CORINTH FIRE DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIXIE FIREMANSHIP PRESENTS THREE KNOWLEDGE PACKED DAYS FULL OF TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP. CLASS WILL HAVE FRIDAY LECTURE WITH SATURDAY & SUNDAY BEING HANDS ON. 

Friday lunch we will have some top-notch food trucks on site to purchase from.

Friday night social we will be going to the Pizza Grocery for some wonderful pizza & pasta. This will be buffet style. Tea, water and sodas will be included. 

Saturday we will be providing lunch. 

Saturday nights supper will be on your own. 

Sunday we will be providing lunch as well. 

WHERE ELSE CAN YOU GET 3 DAYS OF TRAINING WITH AT LEAST FOUR MEALS INCLUDED FOR THIS PRICE? 

IF YOU ARE COMING IN FROM OUT OF TOWN AND NEED A HOTEL ROOM THERE IS A LINK AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THIS PAGE OR YOU CAN CALL THE HAPTON INN AT 662-286-5949. TELL THEM YOU ARE BOOKING FOR THE "TRAINING AT THE CROSSROADS" AND YOU WILL GET THE GOV. RATE. 

SO, TF YOU ARE WANTING SOME REAL-WORLD TRAINING BOOK NOW AND SPEND A FEW DAYS TRAINING WITH LIKE MINDED FOLKS LIKE YOU. 

THANK YOU, 

JERRY WHIRLEY-TRAINING OFFICER-CORINTH FIRE DEPARTMENT (retired)

SOME INFO ON FRIDAYS LECTURE TOPICS & SPEAKERS

CLAY MAGEE

CLAY IS AN INSTRUCTOR WITH MAGIC CITY TRUCK ACADEMY AND A LIEUTENANT WITH BIRMINGHAM FIRE AND RESCUE IN ALABAMA & HE IS ALSO A DRIVER WITH CHELSEA FIRE AND RESCUE. CLAY BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE EAST OKTIBBEHA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 2004. HE HOLDS A BACHELORS FROM MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY AND A MATERS IN EMERGENCY SERVICES MANAGEMENT FROM COLUMBIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. HE IS A CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR WITH FIRE ENGINEERING.  HE HAS TAUGHT HOT AT THE ALABAMA FIRE COLLEGE, LSU FETI, METRO ATLANTA FIREFIGHTERS CONFERENCE, FIREMANSHIP CONFERENCE PORTLAND, CFT CONFERENCES, FIRE NUGGETS CONFERENCES, MILE HIGH FIREFIGHTERS CONFERENCE, NORTH FLORIDA FIRE EXPO, AND MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF ALABAMA HE HAS SERVED AS LEAD INSTRUCTOR FOR LADDERS AT BIRMINGHAM FIRE RECRUIT SCHOOL AND HAS GIVEN LECTURES AT MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS MAFFC AND THE ALABAMA FIREFIGHTERS TRAINING FOUNDATION. HE IS MARRIED TO HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE SARAH AND HAS TWO AMAZING DAUGHTERS. 

CLAYS LECTURE WILL BE "THE INS AND OUTS OF FORCIBLE ENTRY". FORCIBLE ENTRY IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON JOBS FOR A TRUCK COMPANY. EVERY DAY IN AMERICA FIREFIGHTERS GO TO JOBS WITH THE FIRST PRIORITY BEING TO GAIN ACCESS. MANY FIRE DEPARTMENTS FAIL DURING RECRUIT SCHOOL TO ADEQUATELY PREPARE THEIR FIREFIGHTERS WHEN IT COMES TO FORCIBLE ENTRY. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT TRUCK COMPANY FIREFIGHTERS, AS WELL AS ENGINE COMPANY FIREFIGHTERS IN MANY DEPARTMENTS, BE PROFICIENT AT FORCIBLE ENTRY. DELAYED FORCIBLE ENTRY CAUSES MANY PROBLEMS INCLUDING OUR TWO MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITIES: WATER ON THE SEAT OF THE FIRE & SERCH. FORCIBLE ENTRY IS A LACKING SKILL IN MANY AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. MANY FIREFIGHTERS RELY ON BRUTE STRENGTH THROUGH METHODS SUCH AS THE MULE KICK TO GET INTO HOUSES, HOWEVER SUCH TECHNIQUES WILL NOT ALWAYS WORK AT RESIDENTIAL FIRE AND WILL FAIL FIREFIGHTERS ON THE SCENE OF A COMMERCIAL FIRE. FIREFIGHTERS NEED TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND PROFICIENT IN USE OF THEIR TOOLS AND DOOR/LOCKS. THIS CLASS WILL COVER THE HISTORY OF THE HALLIGAN AND WHERE OUR PRESENT DAY HALLIGANS HAVE COME FROM, COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT BRANDS OF HALLIGANS, MECHANICAL ADVANTAGES, STRIKING TIPS AND BODY POSITIONING INWARD AND OUTWARD SWINGING DOORS, DROP BARS, BASIC THRU THE LOCK TECHNIQUES AND USES, SAW WORK, THE 10% SEARCH, AND DOOR SIZE UP. WHILE A LECTURE ONY CLASS, THIS CLASS SHOULD SERVE AS A BUILDING BLOCK TO APPLY INFORMATION TO HANDS ON TRAINING AND THE FIREGROUND.  THIS CLASS IS THE BASICS OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL FORCIBLE ENTRY. FIREFIGHTERS THAT COME FROM STRONG, TRUCK COMPANY CENTERED DEPARTMENTS MAY KNOW MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION, HOWEVER MANY FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN INADEQUATELY PREPARED TO MEET THE CHALLENGES THEY WILL FACE. THIS CLASS IS AN ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE GAP BEWEEEN THE TRAINING TEXTBOOKS AND REAL WORLD FIRE GROUND KNOWLEDGE. 

MATT HINKLE

Matt Hinkle serves as the Chief of Strategic Operations and Advancement at the Mississippi State Fire Academy. Matt is also the owner and primary instructor of Box Alarm Training. Matt has been in the fire service for over twenty years and served in many positions including Firefighter, Lieutenant, Captain, Training Officer, and Instructor. Matt started his fire service career as a volunteer firefighter with the Lafayette County Fire Department and later joined the Oxford Fire Department as a career firefighter. Since the creation of Box Alarm Training in 2010, Matt’s YouTube Channel, Website, and Facebook Page have received over 3.5 million views.

Matt has received over 2,000 hours of training in many disciplines including: NFPA 1001-I-II, NFPA 1041 I-II (Instructor), NFPA 1021-I-II (Fire Officer), NFPA 1031-I (Inspector), NFPA 1002 (Driver Operator), Hazardous Materials Technician I-II, Rope Rescue Technician I-II, Confined Space Rescue Technician, Trench Rescue Technician, Cave Rescue I-II, SARTECH I-II-III, NREMT-B, Vehicle Extrication I-II, and many more firefighter training courses. Matt is the Program Manager of the Engine Company and Truck Company Operations courses at the Mississippi State Fire Academy. His research has been used around the country by instructors such as Aaron Fields, Brian Brush, and Dennis LeGear. Matt received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Mississippi and is a graduate of the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer Program.

 Cultivating an Environment for Firemanship

This presentation will take you through the intentional design of some of your favorite firemanship programs across the country. We will discuss training program design, skills progressions, and departmental implementation. The presentation will discuss some of the barriers you might encounter within an organization, and how you can cultivate an experience to create meaningful change.

OJ Kolodziej