On Saturday February 29, 2020, the city of Douglas Fire Department (DFD) hosted the Georgia Spartan Firefighter Course 20-1 at the DFD Training Facility. This class is one day/24 hours and consists of teaching firefighter skills (including fire attack, firefighter survival and search techniques) at a fast pace while the students are physically and mentally stressed. At the end of the course, the candidates had several scenarios to navigate using skills taught earlier in the day.
The candidates and the Spartan Cadre of instructors were from several fire departments located throughout Georgia. Douglas Fire, Forest Park Fire, Americus Fire, Tifton Fire, Waycross Fire, Cairo Fire, East Point Fire, College Park Fire, Columbia County Fire, Houston County Fire, and Brunswick Fire were represented at the Spartan course in Douglas.
The next Spartan Class is scheduled to be held in the fall of 2020.