Build your OTEP plan fast.Track training as it happens.Be ready for any audit.

The OTEP starter lays out your three-year WAC curriculum and generates a task book for every member.

  • Attendance and skill sign-offs take a few taps
  • Every record files itself in one place
  • Report by hours, person, reference code, or skill whenever someone asks
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Built for training chiefs, OTEP coordinators, and officers at Washington fire departments and EMS agencies. The guided starter proposes a three-year Ongoing Training and Evaluation Program plan linked to WAC 246-976 references.

Watch the Washington OTEP setup, start to finish, in under five minutes.

Program
Ongoing Training and Evaluation Program
Authority
Washington State Department of Health
Who it applies to
EMS agencies and fire departments recertifying providers by the OTEP method
Cycle
Three-year certification period
Washington OTEP

Built around the Washington rules, not bolted on.

The starter maps the program's structure straight onto Rescue Hub:

  • WAC sections DOH cites Reference codes
  • The three-year plan Periods and requirements
  • Each provider’s evaluations A task book
  • What your MPD or DOH asks for Reports and CSV exports

New to Washington OTEP? Read Washington OTEP, explained. Every rule tied to its source section.

Source material: DOH: OTEP development for EMS services WAC Chapter 246-976

WAC sections cited by DOH for OTEP, and where each shows up in Rescue Hub
Section What it covers In Rescue Hub
WAC 246-976-161 General education and skill maintenance requirements for recertification. Lists the required topics and the skills providers must demonstrate. The requirements in the starter plan, each linked to the subsection it satisfies.
WAC 246-976-163 The OTEP method of recertification. A competency-based route that requires an MPD-approved program. The starter plan, its requirements, and the task books generated from them.
WAC 246-976-162 The CME method of recertification. Continuing medical education hours as the alternative route. Training events, attendance, and hours tied to requirements for members on the CME route.
WAC 246-976-171 Recertification, reversion, reissuance, and reinstatement of certification. Certification records with issue and expiration dates, alongside the training evidence.
WAC 246-976-026 Approval of an OTEP plan by the county medical program director and the department. Reference-code coverage reports and CSV exports you can attach to a plan submission.

Summaries are ours, not legal text. Read the current WAC and confirm requirements with your MPD before relying on them.

The starter

How the Washington OTEP starter works

The Washington starter proposes the plan so you are not starting from a blank page. You review it, change what does not fit, and nothing reaches a member until you assign it.

  1. 1

    Pick a start date, certification level, and authorizations

    Name the program and choose the options that apply to your agency, such as epinephrine auto-injector or naloxone authorizations.

  2. 2

    Review the proposed three-year plan

    Rescue Hub lays out requirements by period, each linked to the WAC 246-976-161 subsection it satisfies, down to 246-976-161(4)(a). Edit, move, add, or remove any of them. Save a draft and come back.

  3. 3

    Assign task books by shift

    Choose who can verify skills, such as captains or lieutenants, and assign to A, B, and C shifts or individual members. Each member receives a task book with a due date at the end of the three-year plan.

  4. 4

    Verify, track, and export

    Evaluators sign off skills, one member at a time or a whole crew from the sign-off matrix. Progress shows by member, shift, requirement, and period. Reports export as CSV.

Rescue Hub training plan table listing requirements by period, such as Patient assessment and Airway management, each with attached WAC 246-976-161 reference codes, a due date, and members complete out of 12
The proposed plan. Each requirement carries the WAC subsection it satisfies.
Rescue Hub task book list for a Washington OTEP training task book at Cedar Valley Fire & Rescue: 12 active members with assigned date, Sep 30 2029 deadline, and a completion bar for each, plus Signoff matrix and Assign to staff buttons
Task book progress for every member, with the three-year deadline.

Want the full workflow, from reference codes to CSV export? See all eight steps on the training plans overview.

What to expect

A useful starting structure. Your agency stays in charge.

Rescue Hub gives you a connected place to plan, assign, verify, and report. It does not decide what your members must know or tell Washington State Department of Health you are compliant. Plainly, here is what the Washington OTEP starter does and does not do.

  • The starter is a starting point.

    It proposes a plan from WAC references. It does not reproduce your county’s approved curriculum, and you should review every requirement before assigning it.

  • Your MPD and DOH approve the plan. Rescue Hub does not.

    Rescue Hub does not approve plans, certify compliance, or recertify anyone. Those decisions stay with your training officer, your MPD, and the state.

  • Assigning task books does not create events or award credit.

    You still schedule the training and record attendance. Task book requirements complete when the mapped skill sign-offs are in.

Straight answers

Washington OTEP tracking, answered

Does the Washington OTEP starter give me an approved OTEP plan?
No. The starter proposes a three-year plan with requirements linked to WAC references so you are not starting from a blank page. Your agency reviews and customizes it, and approval still comes from your MPD and the Department of Health under WAC 246-976-026. Rescue Hub does not approve plans or certify compliance.
How does Rescue Hub track OTEP skill evaluations?
Each member receives an individual task book generated from the plan, organized by training period, category, and task. Members and authorized evaluators record sign-offs, and an officer can sign off the same skill for several members at once. Every sign-off records who verified it and when.
Can it track CME hours as well as OTEP?
Yes. Training events and attendance can be tied to requirements, so hours flow to the requirement for members on the CME route. For task-book-driven OTEP requirements, completion comes from the mapped skill sign-offs. Attendance alone does not establish competency.
Does Rescue Hub cover the OTEP method checklist items DOH asks for?
It covers the record-keeping side: a plan that shows which 246-976-161 topic lands in which period, attendance and completion per provider, evaluations and in-person skill sign-offs, and records retained and exportable for the seven-year requirement. Items like instructor qualifications, instructional sources, and your remediation policy are still written by you for the application.
What can I export for my MPD, county EMS office, or DOH?
Reports cover requirement progress by member, shift, and period, reference-code coverage, and task book skill evidence with evaluator names and dates. Each can be exported as CSV.
Is this feature generally available?
Not yet. Connected training plans are in early access with a small group of departments. Request a walkthrough and we will show you the Washington OTEP starter and talk through whether the pilot fits your agency.
Early access

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Connected training plans are in early access with a small group of departments. Tell us a little about yours and we’ll set up a walkthrough, show you the Washington OTEP starter, and talk through whether the pilot is a fit.

Prefer to talk? Call (844) 737-7482 support@rescuehub.com

Product views on these pages come from a demo organization. Cedar Valley Fire & Rescue and its members are fictional. Early-access features may change before general release.