The time is now to send in your proposal for new classes this fall. Please read the following instructions and click the form below. New Course Proposal Instructions Please read the instructions below, complete the Fall 2018 New Course Planning Form and include all referenced items on this checklist to be considered for the 2018 fall semester.   All materials must be received by June 14, 2018.   If you need additional time to determine availability, you may revise your proposal to add dates until July 2, 2018. The course title is clearly identified. The course objectives are clearly defined. The target audience and sub-codes to be addressed are indicated. A detailed course abstract is included. A description of audio-visual materials is provided. A resume and/or statement of qualifications is attached. References and/or statement of experience is attached. Contact information including name, phone number and email address. An all – inclusive fee per day is included. Please see the note below *. If you are travelling from out of state please make a note of the portion of the fee that is intended cover your travel expenses. Three dates per class submittal. * The fee should be based on five (5) full hours of instruction time, and does not include breaks or set-up time. Please note, in order to be sure that you have enough course material, you may need to prepare for 6 or more hours of teaching.  As a minimum standard, all class days, unless otherwise discussed, will begin at 8:00 a.m. and conclude no earlier than 3:00 p.m. Please note that this time period includes a set up period (30 minutes), morning break (15 minutes), lunch break (60 minutes) and mid-afternoon break (15 minutes). Some locations/courses may begin earlier and thus end earlier at NJ DFS discretion. If your course is NOT 5 full hours, please clearly indicate the total length. Please take into consideration that your fee should be competitively bid. Our staff may or may not contact you to negotiate a lower fee if your proposal is rejected for budgetary reasons. For instructors traveling from out of state: Please include a breakdown of your fee showing an approximate amount for travel expenses and your instructor fee per class as separate amounts. Classes are scheduled Monday through Saturday.   Please list three (3) dates per class proposal that we can use to schedule your class(es) if they are chosen. Do not supply any date that is not okay for us to use. The dates for the fall semester are Sept 24 – Dec 15, 2018. Due to holidays, please DO NOT include the following dates: October 6, 8, November 6, 12, 22, 23, or 24. We schedule throughout the state of New Jersey and are NOT able to take requests for specific locations. For academy location information please refer to the driving directions section of our course brochure, located at the end of the brochure. Please leave dates that are submitted, available for our scheduling until August 31 so we can schedule you if your class is chosen by the Division of Fire Safety.  If a date becomes unavailable, please contact our office immediately to let us know. Our preferred submission method is to use Dropbox.com to send formal proposals. If you have not already received an email inviting you to share a Dropbox folder, please email me, jsteele@kean.edu  and request one. Follow the instructions from Dropbox after you receive the email invitation to share a folder with me. Please send me a separate email notifying me of any submission you upload to Dropbox. Small attachments (5 pages or less) may be emailed to me at jsteele@kean.edu. Large files are sometimes rejected by our network server, so please let me know if you don’t get a reply to your submittal and we’ll find another way to send your proposal. As a last resort, proposals may also be mailed to: Kean University Fire Safety Training Program Attn: Jolene Steele 1000 Morris Ave, L-145 Union, NJ 07083 Fall 2018 New Course Planning Form    

Code Update students, please not, parking permits are only needed if you register for a class at Kean University. No parking permits are needed at any other location.

For technical support for myNewJersey please read our blog on myNewJersey and watch all videos related to your issue prior to calling. We are available for support from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, but please be aware we have limited office staff so your call may not be answered/returned immediately. Our number for technical support is 908-737-3060. Please leave a clear message with your name, fire service id, phone number and brief description of your problem. If you also leave your email, we may be able to send you an email with directions that will solve your problem. For all other questions, please download and read the course brochure! If you leave a message that is not related to a technical support issue,  you will find that you can answer your own question faster than we can just by reading the brochure! Thank you in advance for your patience.

To register for the Fire Inspector retest, please follow these steps:   Please download and read the information in the current course brochure regarding the Fire Instructor Exam. The Spring 2018 brochure will be available on March 7, 2018. You can access the brochure here: http://www.keanfiresafety.com/course-brochure-2/   Read the registration instructions here: http://www.keanfiresafety.com/fire-inspector-written-exam-registration-instructions/ (Please note the instructions reference a previously published brochure. The page number in the current brochure may be different.)   If you previously created a myNewJersey account, you can login here: https://my.state.nj.us/openam/UI/Login   There are no limitations on how many times a person can take the inspector’s exam as long as it is passed within three years of the start date of the course.   Registration will be available online March 20 for Spring 2018 for the following three retest dates: Saturday, April 7                               9 am – 12 pm     Burlington Thursday, May 10                             7 pm – 10 pm     Morris Saturday, June 9                                9 am – 12 pm     Middlesex    

Registration for the 2018 New Jersey Weekend at the National Fire Academy will begin mid March 2018. Please check our website beginning in March for registration materials. Thank you.

For information regarding the courses, such as start time, how to withdraw, and dress code, please see the Registration Instructions section of the Fall 2017 Course Brochure, pages 2-3.

Fire Inspector Written Exam Registration Instructions

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Internet Explorer is not compatible with myNewJersey – use Mozilla or Google Chrome as your browser. Please follow the registration procedure as demonstrated in the video below to avoid locking yourself out. How to register for NJ Division of Fire Safety courses