MFRI Student Medical Clearance

There is no higher priority for the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute than to provide training in a safe environment for our students and instructors. The purpose of this policy is to provide a means to help ensure that students engaged in training requiring strenuous activity or the use of self-contained breathing apparatus are medically capable of engaging in these activities.

This Policy covers students required to perform activities while using self-contained breathing apparatus or otherwise participate in:

• Company Drills (CD-200),
• Personal Protective Equipment and SCBA (FIRE-098),
• Firefighter I (FIRE-101),
• Firefighter I (FIRE-105),
• Firefighter II (FIRE-201),
• Truck Company Fireground Operations (FIRE-202),
• Marine Firefighting for Land-Based Firefighters (FIRE-203),
• Firefighter II (FIRE-205),
• Firefighter Survival and Rescue (FIRE-206),
• Engine Company Fireground Operations (FIRE-207),
• Airport Firefighter (FIRE-208),
• Interior Structural Facility Fire Brigade Member (FIRE-210),
• Land-Based Marine Firefighter (FIRE-212),
• Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Apparatus Driver/Operator (FIRE-213),
• Aircraft Rescue Firefighter (FIRE-230),
• Hazardous Materials/WMD Operations (HM-106),
• Hazardous Materials/WMD Operations: Victim Rescue and Recovery (HM-107),
• Hazardous Materials/WMD Operations: Response to Illicit Laboratory Incidents (HM-108),
• Hazardous Materials/WMD Technician (HM-202),
• Hazardous Materials Response to LPG Fires (HMS-204),
• Confined Space Entry and Rescue (OSHA) (IND-215),
• Interior Structural Industrial Fire Brigade Member (OSHA) (IND-222),
• Conducting Live Fire Training Exercises (MGMT-226),
• Firefighter Skills Update: Helping Your Students Succeed (MICRB #264) (PDI-248),
• Site Operations (RES-099),
• Technical Rescue: Rope Rescue Operations (RES-103),
• Technical Rescue: Trench Rescue Operations (RES-105),
• Technical Rescue: Rope Rescue Technician (RES-215),
• Technical Rescue: Trench Rescue Technician (RES-216),
• Technical Rescue: Confined Space Rescue Technician (RES-217),
• Technical Rescue: Swiftwater Rescue Technician (RES-218),
• Technical Rescue: Heavy Vehicle Rescue Technician (RES-219),
• Technical Rescue: Surface Water Rescue Technician (RES-220),
• Technical Rescue: Structural Collapse Rescue Technician (RES-221),

Other programs that may be determined by the Institute to be hazardous or strenuous.