Emergency Response Team Member (Fire) Refresher

Course Content

The course focuses on:

• Fire classifications and properties.
• Fire extinguishers.
• SCBA donning and checks.
• Safe practices.
• Team roles, communicating as a team and working as a team.
• Emergency response.
• Selection and implementation of strategies to deal with fire.
• Wearing SCBA for safe use and survivability.
• Shut down and re commission of a SCBA set.
• Practical activities.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Commission SCBA sets.
• Handle hoses.
• Demonstrate fire control in a pressurised gas fire situation, and in a range of pressurised fuel fires of different sizes.
• Wear and operate SCBA in range of fire situations/scenarios including rescue.

Course structure

The course is a combination of theoretical and practical sessions. Students are assessed continuously during the course.

Course prerequisites

• Completion of the Emergency Response Team Member (Fire) course.
• Participants are required to sign a declaration that they are in good health (have no medical, physical or psychological conditions that would affect their ability to succeed in this training) OR provide a current (less than six months old) medical certificate.We must receive this document no later than 48 hours before course commencement. If not received within this timeframe you may be declined entry to the course. This decision will be taken on a case by case basis.

Assessment process

Theory assessment followed by practical assessment which takes place when the student is ready/has shown that they can perform all tasks required. The assessment will involve team activity.

Revalidation/Refresher

BREATHING APPARATUS TRAINING

AS/NZS 1715:2009 Section 2.4: “The frequency of retraining will depend on the complexity of the program and degree of the hazard, but as a minimum shall be considered at least annually”.

BA sign off available, that can be done yearly instead of doing the BA Refresher every year.

Items to bring

• Photo ID.
• Comfortable clothing suitable for wearing under Fire Fighting attire.
• Socks.
• Covered in footwear.
• Water bottle.
• Change of clothes and towel for available shower.

Health

A MEDICAL is MANDATORY prior to course commencement.

“Research shows that you are more susceptible to heat distress disorders if you consume alcohol within 24 hours of training with live fire. We recommend you do not consume alcohol 24 hours before training nor over the days of training”