John Hayowyk Jr.

Beyond the Basics Fire Training & Consulting LLC.

Beyond the Basics was formed in June of 2016 as a training and consulting company for Fire, Police, & EMS.   Our mission is to pass along our knowledge and experieces to assist in building better Emergency First Responders for generations to come.  We accomplish our mission statement by personalizing the training classes for each an every agancy that we work with. We take the time to research their jurisdiction and take that infomation and apply it to the specific class that we teach.  We work with each Department / Company to see what their specific needs are and what goals they want to accomplish.

Owner /  Instructor

John Hayowyk Jr. has been in the fire service for over 24 years.  He is currently a Battaliion Chief for the 3rd Tour for the City of Passaic FD in NJ. John is also a NJ Certified Level 2 Fire Service Instructor and teaches at a Public Safety Training Academy.  He also heads up the Training Division for the Roxbury Twp. Volunteer Fire Dept.  John is an active Fire Inspector & Arson Investigator and maintains his EMT certification. 

He has been part of an extremely successful grant writing team since 2007.  The team has received over 3 million dollars in grant money. The awarded grants have been from local, state, and federal agencies as well as from private sector businesses.  John has undertaken the task of developing & reviewing policies & procedures for several fire departments.

John most recently has become one of the New Jersey Advocates for the Nation Fallen Firefighters Foundation. 

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