NEW: VFIS Classes Online

In our continuous efforts to improve safety and operations in the fire service through education, training, risk management and insurance programs, VFIS has joined forces with St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA in the development of a distance-learning program. VFIS is pleased to announce that our distance-learning site, vfis.sju.edu, is now live.

Check out these three valuable programs in our initial release:

• Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) Driving Safety (our full training program including videos)
• Firefighter Safety (our basic firefighter safety program)
• Sexual Harassment Prevention (designed as a refresher program for annual compliance with required harassment prevention training)

These courses are designed to be taken in your location and at your convenience. In many cases, courses have the capability to allow you to include your department’s specific guidelines and officer sign-off. Our distance-learning courses offer everything you would find in the classroom, minus, of course, the actual instructor. You will receive a certificate of course completion upon passing the online assessment.

Once you are on the site, you can easily navigate to register and begin taking classes. Please call VFIS at (800) 233-1957, ext. 7964, to confirm your status as a client and obtain an access code.

Without question, distance learning is the method of education and training for the future, and VFIS is now poised to offer programs in this fashion as well as traditional classroom training.

For details on this, contact your VFIS sales executive or education and training staff.