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Article 2 The dates and locations of workshops and examinations will be posted on the IAFF web site, FGS_schedule.htm. For additional information, you may contact the IAFF at (202) 824-1572. Article 3 South Bend Fire Department will be a host site for up to 30 candidates at a fixed fee of $77,000 ("Fee"). As part of this Fee, the IAFF will provide one IAFF Fire Ground Survival Mobile Training Apparatus (see attachment A). The IAFF Fire Ground Survival Mobile Training Apparatus will remain the property of the host site, and the IAFF will provide vendor information for the purchase of additional or replacement props. The IAFF will provide all the required training manuals and resource materials. Each student for the IAFF-Certified FGS Instructor Program will be required to have these teaching aids. As part of this Fee, the IAFF- Certified FGS Instructor will be registered with the IAFF and will receive all updated training materials and continued information regarding the FGS Program. Payment must be received 60 days prior to the start of the workshop. If Payment is not received prior to the start of the workshop candidates will not be authorized to attend. If you do not have a minimum of 30 candidates, you may also consider: • Conducting the workshop with a smaller class size for the $77,000 fixed fee. While such an option will cost you more per candidate, it will give each FGS candidate more individual time with the IAFF FGS certified instructors. Additionally, it will enable you to immediately establish a date. • Contacting your neighboring departments, and, if additional outside participants attend, the fee is $2,567 per candidate from those departments, which can assist in offsetting your $77,000 cost. Depending on circumstances, the IAFF may be able to work with departments if there is a potential for less than 3 0 participants and the $77,000 payment cannot be made up -front. Based on IAFF discretion and if this option is offered to a host fire department, if 30 participants do not register by the beginning of the Course, the host department must cover the slots not filled, which equates to $2,567 per slot. For example, if the Course has 25 participants, the host location must pay for the remaining 5 slots not filled, totaling $12,835. The Fee provides for six IAFF FGS Master Instructors. All registered candidates, as part of the Fee, will receive the FGS manuals, including Instructor Guides, PowerPoint Presentations, FGS Instructional Videos, 3