Training course participants must be at least 18 years of age. 

All registrations are pending until approved by AFVi. Once your registration request has been reviewed, you will receive notification of your status via email. 

Once you receive your login credentials, you will have 30 days to complete the course.

Registration fee of $199 includes:

  • 30-day unlimited access
  • Training for your entire department
  • Can be viewed in a group setting or individually assigned e-learning

This on-demand e-learning course introduces firefighters to the essentials of compressed natural gas vehicles: specifically, how to identify them, and the critical components that firefighters must be familiar with, including cylinders, valves, pressure relief devices and tubing.

The course also presents natural gas as a transportation fuel, addressing its properties, characteristics and safety factors.

Firefighters will learn the key principles to be followed when fires and other emergencies unique to compressed natural gas vehicles are encountered.

Course Objectives:

  • Describe the properties, characteristics, and hazards of natural gas.
  • Identify the differences between natural gas, gasoline, and diesel fuels.
  • Identify and locate specific high-pressure CNG fuel system components on vehicles and describe their operation and safety features (fittings, tubing, and lines; cylinders and valves; pressure relief devices, vents lines and caps; fuel system isolation manual valve).
  • Distinguish the differences between the four types of CNG storage cylinders, their construction methods and safety devices.
  • Understand the importance of PRD vent line location and direction.
  • Recognize and locate CNG vehicle placards.
  • Describe steps for proper response to CNG vehicle leaks and fires.

 

Course Outline:

Module 1:      Natural Gas as a Transportation Fuel

Module 2:      CNG Vehicle Essentials for First Responders

Module 3:      CNG Cylinders

Module 4:      Pressure Relief Devices (PRDs)

Module 5:      High-Pressure Fuel Lines and Vent Lines

Module 6:      Manual Valves

Module 7:      Typical Cylinder and Vent Line Locations

Module 8:      Proper CNG Vehicle Response


Online registration requires a credit card and is subject to a 3% processing fee.