The Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) is the statutory state fire academy for the State of Illinois, operated by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. IFSI provides training for firefighters, emergency medical technicians, hazardous materials responders, and other emergency personnel across the state. As an NCIER Authorized Training Partner, IFSI is licensed to deliver ASIM and SSAVEIM courses under formal written agreement with C3 Pathways, Inc.
Courses Licensed to Illinois IFSI
Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Advanced
Course Code: ASIM-ADV • Level: Advanced
24-hour simulation-based active shooter incident management course integrating law enforcement, fire, EMS, and dispatch response. Includes 11 hands-on scenarios using the ASIM Checklist and NIMSPro 3D simulation.
Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Basic
Course Code: ASIM-BASIC • Level: Beginner
4-hour foundational course on active shooter incident management covering multi-agency coordination of law enforcement, fire, EMS, and dispatch using the ASIM Checklist. IFSI delivers an extended 8-hour version.
School Safety and Violent Event Incident Management (SSAVEIM)
Course Code: SSAVEIM • Level: Intermediate
8-hour school safety course providing a validated framework for school personnel, law enforcement, fire, and EMS to manage violent event response and reunification.
About the Licensing Relationship
All courses listed above were developed and are owned by the National Center for Integrated Emergency Response (NCIER®), the training division of C3 Pathways, Inc. Illinois Fire Service Institute delivers these courses under a formal written licensing agreement. The underlying curriculum, methodology, and quality standards are maintained by NCIER.
Why Train with an Authorized Training Partner?
Training with IFSI connects your agency to the University of Illinois system — one of the nation's leading public research universities — while receiving the same NCIER-developed curriculum, methodology, and quality assurance that define every ASIM and SSAVEIM delivery. IFSI's deep roots in Illinois fire service training and their statewide infrastructure make them an ideal regional delivery partner for agencies in the Midwest.
- Same NCIER-developed curriculum and methodology
- Local delivery reduces travel and scheduling barriers
- Formal quality assurance through NCIER licensing
- Ongoing curriculum updates from NCIER
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