Lynn Hughes

Curriculum Developer of "Live Fire Instructor"

January 10, 2022

Lynn Hughes has had a lifelong education career: teaching grades 7-12 Home Economics at USD #378 Riley County, KS; working as an Education Consultant with Special Populations and Corrections at the Kansas State Department of Education; working for the Oklahoma State Department of Career and Technology Education as the Program Specialist for Health Occupations Education and State Health Occupations Students of America State Advisor; working as a Nationally Certified Therapeutic Massage Therapist; and working as an Instructional Developer (of curriculum) for Fire Protection Publications/International Fire Service Training Association at Oklahoma State University since 2011. Hughes is the proud wife of 36 years to Marc Hughes, parent of three grown children and grandmother to four beautiful granddaughters.

The purpose of "Live Fire Instructor" is to familiarize both instructors and participants with general safety requirements; evolution procedures to follow pre-, during and post-training; essential equipment and PPE needs; training structure types and limitations; pre and post training structure inspecting; fuel requirements; medical monitoring; forms; and instructor role responsibilities. The audience for the manual includes:

• College students
• Fire service personnel
• All others seeking information on procedures for conducting live fire training

The scope of this manual is to provide up-to-date information on live fire training procedures. This manual is written using current job performance requirements outlined in NFPA 1403, Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions.

URL: https://library-dep.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2022-honorees/lynn-hughes

Last Updated: 2 March 2022