Mid-State Technical College - School of Public Safety

Keeping the department and AC Bauer’s family in our thoughts.

This week the Paramedic students started their Respiratory Module. The students improved their basic airway techniques and learned how to conduct a medicated assisted intubation. A medication assisted intubation is the process of sedating a patient, providing paralytics, and placing an endotrachial tube to provide advanced airway management.

Recuits from Mid-State Technical College’s 39th Law Enforcement Basic Training Academy volunteered this morning for the 1st Annual Harvest Hustle 5K Run/Walk held in Wisconsin Rapids. It was a great exercise in special events, traffic control and communications. A special thanks goes out to this group of community servants!

Earlier this month we celebrated the accomplishments of the 12 corrections officers who completed the 200-hour Jail Officer Basic Training Academy. Graduates represented Adams, Columbia, Juneau, Portage, and Wood County Sheriff’s Offices. Congratulations to all on your hard work!

Today seven Mid-State Technical College Wisconsin Rapids and Marshfield Campus Entry Level Firefighter Students completed their live burn. This activity marks an important milestone in their journey to be firefighters.

Thank you to the fire instructors who made this day a great success for our students.

Today was the final day of the state certified Fire Investigator class that is taught annually by the Wisconsin State Fire Marshal’s Office, US Bureau of ATF, and the WI State Attorney General’s Office. This year’s class consisted of students from the following agencies:
Taylor County Sheriff’s Office
Village of Mount Pleasant Police
South Area Fire District
City of Rice Lake Fire Department
WI Department of Justice DCI
Marathon County Sheriff’s Office
Green Bay Metro Fire Department
Marinette County Sheriff’s Office
Mosinee Police Department
Menomonee Falls Police Department
Stevens Point Fire Department
Town of Cameron Fire Department
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
Rice Lake Police Department
Fond du Lac Fire Department
Superior Police Department
Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department
Fond du Lac Police Department
Sheboygan Police Department
Neenah-Menasha Fire/Rescue
Dodge County Sheriff’s Office

Great job everyone!

The Paramedic Students completed the Prehospital Pharmacology module and started the Patient Assessment module. The students learned a series of techniques to conduct a physical assessment and expanded their ability to question patients about medical emergencies.

Our AEMT students have been been working hard the past few weeks to learn about a variety of medical emergencies. The students have been practicing new patient assessment techniques, giving new medications, and starting IVs during scenarios.

The 2024 cohort of the Wisconsin Certified Fire Investigator class began on Monday. 24 police officers and firefighters from all across Wisconsin are once again being hosted at our college. Today was the day when most of the burning takes place, including the flashover demonstrations (shown in photos). Afterwards, the class returned to campus and the burn cell scenes that they will be investigating later in class were ignited, burned, and extinguished. This class is the result of a solid partnership between the Wisconsin State Fire Marshal’s office, U.S. Alcohol, To***co, & Fi****ms, Wisconsin Attorney General’s office, Stevens Point Fire Department, Wisconsin Technical College System, and Mid-State Technical College.

Last night 15 students from our Marshfield Campus Entry Level Fire Class completed their live burn. A special thank you to the instructors and the Marshfield Fire and Rescue Department.

Registration is open for Spring 2025 Fire and EMS classes. Head over to https://www.mstc.edu/ and sign up!!

Over the past 2 weeks the Paramedic students have learned how to establish IVs, establish IOs, and learned about medication classes.

Today, 21 entry-level firefighter students at Mid-State Technical College’s Wisconsin Rapids campus successfully completed their live burn training. This exercise is a major milestone in their journey toward becoming fully certified firefighters.

Thank you to all the instructors who made today possible. We look forward to seeing these future firefighters in action, protecting our communities.

Thermal Imaging Beyond the Handoff last night with the Adams County Fire District and neighboring departments was a great experience.

Unfortunately, as the instructor, you forget to take pictures while you are teaching. 🤷‍♂️ So here are a couple from before we started.

Thank you for inviting us to join you for training.

The Paramedic students returned to campus this week after completing a research project on different types of shock. The students learned about a variety of medication administration routes and ran scenarios to allow them to practice their ability to provide medications via appropriate routes.

We have another opportunity coming up to catch Dave Briggs' thermal imaging class. This class will be held at the Adams County Fire District, Station 1, located at 399 East Ann Street, Adams, WI 53910. Don't miss it!

This week the Paramedic students completed their EMT skills reviews. The students had a chance to test their knowledge of those skills in a variety of scenarios. The students also spent their first day at the Mid-State Technical College Simulation Center at Aspirus Riverview Hospital. While at the Sim Center, the students practiced their labor and delivery skills on our Lucina OB manikin.

Last week students enhanced their knowledge of EMT Pharmacology and completed scenarios using their EMT medications. The students also continued to get comfortable with the members of their platoons. A total of 18 students completed the second week of the program.

Last week we kicked off another Paramedic Program. During the first week of the program, the new Paramedic students recertified their Basic Life Support (BLS-CPR), remastered their EMT skills, and performed those skills in scenarios. The first week ended with 18 students.

An upcoming training opportunity is on the horizon at Mid-State.

Mid-State, in partnership with the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department, will host the annual Central Wisconsin Fall Fire Conference on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mid-State’s Wisconsin Rapids Campus.

Read the full story at https://www.mstc.edu/news/midstate-wisconsin-rapids-fire-department-to-host-central-wisconsin-fall-fire-conference.

Instructor Dave Briggs conducted another great session of Thermal Imaging: Beyond the Handoff last night at the Stockton Fire & EMS Department - Wisconsin. Great job, Dave!

Thermal Imaging training at the Stockton Fire & EMS Department - Wisconsin yesterday evening.

Multiple thermal imagers were used and viewed to learn refresh rate, colorization, high and low sensitivity, and so many other aspects. A small burn prop was utilized to show the effects heat has on what an imager can, or can't do for us. This course follows NFPA 1408 and describes how imager the NFPA 1801 standard specifics design features. Most thermal imagers on the market are not NFPA certified. So what does that mean?

Thank you to firefighters from Stockton and Amherst for attending and broadening your knowledge.

24 new firefighters will be coming to a community near you after successfully completing their practical fire testing today at our Fire Training Center in Wisconsin Rapids. Congratulations to all. Departments with testing students included: Stevens Point Fire Department Wausau Fire Department Amherst Fire District Stockton Fire & EMS Department - Wisconsin Rosholt Fire District Delton Fire Department Grand Rapids, WI Volunteer Fire Department Plover Fire Department Hull Fire/Rescue/Ems Dewey Fire Department and EMS Port Edwards FireDepartment Biron Volunteer Fire Department Almond Fire Department Rudolph Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Armenia Volunteer Fire Department and First Responders Adams County Fire District Eagle River Fire Protection District

Congratulations to all of today’s graduates of our Jail Officer Basic Training Academy!

Three of our instructors graciously gave up their weekend to learn how different nozzle types and application tactics apply water in different ways so that you can better use your hose streams for their intended purpose on the residential fireground.

Today was day one and tomorrow they and the rest of the class will teach the course to others as part of the train-the-trainer opportunity. Thank you to Brandon Hageman, Dave Briggs, and Shawn Dillingham for their sacrifices in order to bring new training back to our district, so that we can continue to educate and train central Wisconsin firefighters with the latest concepts. This course was built as a result of work done by the Fire Service Research Institute (FSRI). Thank you to Madison College for hosting this weekend.

There was a great turnout tonight for another session of "Thermal Imaging Beyond the Handoff." The three hour class included a two hour lecture and one hour of hands on with nearly a dozen different brands and models of cameras. Numerous questions were asked and a great deal was learned.

Thank you to Daniel Wall for the great pictures.

Thank you to all who attended.

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