Emergency Response Team Member

Content

DAY 1

• Course Registration and Introduction
• Combustion, Classification of Fire, Spread of fire, Fire extinguishers and Fire extinction methods
• The elements of team work
• Different types and uses
• PPE – Checks, Use and Maintenance
• Practical uses of various portable fire fighting equipment
• Hose Handling
• Water Protection
• Introduction to Master Streaming
• Cleaning Equipment Used
• Questions and Answers

DAY 2

• Introduction to Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
• Breathing Apparatus Pre-Use and Daily Inspections
• Correct Methods for Donning and Doffing SCBA
• Breathing Apparatus control procedures
• Search and rescue techniques
• Casualty Handling and Rescue Equipment (stretchers)
• Practical use of BA for Search and Rescue
• Theory of Foam and Foam Making Equipment.
• Practical use of foam on spill and tank fires
• Cleaning Equipment Used
• Questions and Answers

DAY 3

• Confined Space Rescue equipment and techniques.
• Confined space rescues exercises requiring the use of stretchers and various rescue equipment, involving toxic gas release and the recovery of casualty.
• Internal Fire fighting techniques
• Practical exercise involving: Internal fire fighting, use of BA, BA control board, search/rescue
• A series of small practical exercises run as one incident involving internal and external live fires.
• Using appropriate fire fighting equipment fixed installations, BA, rescue equipment and
• Communications
• Cleaning Equipment Used
• Question and Answers