Tennessee Fire Chaplains Academy
Tennessee Fire and Codes Academy
2161 Unionville-Deason Road
Bell Buckle, TN 37020
July 28-August 2, 2025
ICISF: Strategic Response to Crisis
Bell Buckle, TN
July 28-29, 2025
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (both days)
Cost :($220/$335)
This advanced course builds confidence that crisis interventionists will make the right choices of interventions for the populations they are assisting under specific circumstances. This course requires previous training and experience. ICISF’s “Group Crisis Intervention” and “Assisting Individuals in Crisis” (formerly Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support) should be viewed as prerequisite. This is an advanced course and will provide Level 300 credit for TFFC Senior Level Chaplain Certification. ($220/$335)
Pre-Incident Education and Skills
for Helping Families
Bell Buckle, TN
July 30-31, 2025
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (both days)
Cost :($220/$335)
This course covers additional ways of providing Pre-Incident Education toward developing wellness. The course goes on to provide ways of meeting the needs of families following times of disaster crisis. This is an advanced class and will provide Level 200 and 300 credit for TFFC Senior Level Chaplain Certification. ($220/$335)
Essentials of Fire Chaplaincy
*Prerequisites: NIMS 100, 200, 700 & 800
Bell Buckle, TN
August 1-2, 2025
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (both days)
Cost: $270/$385
This course provides the nationally recognized Federation of Fire Chaplains foundation for Fire/Rescue/EMS chaplain service and teaches an established and credentialed system of protocols in order to provide chaplaincy to emergency workers and the public. The Essentials of Fire Chaplaincy is sixteen hours of training in Fire Chaplaincy which includes: Foundations of Chaplaincy, Personhood of the Chaplain, Ministry to Firefighters, Ministry to Those in Crisis, Chaplain Conduct, Chaplain Response, Stress Management, On-Scene Operations, Firefighter Injury and Death, and more.
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Local Point of Contact
Chaplain Paul Trumpore
(865) 805-2890
PNTrumpore@aol.com
908 Kimberlin Heights Road
Knoxville, TN 37920-8926