Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare for fire team operations
- Access, interpret and apply fire team operations documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
- Obtain, read, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
- Identify and address potential risks, hazards and environmental issues and implement control measures
- Select and wear personal protective equipment appropriate for work activities
- Identify and confirm the roles and responsibilities for each team member
- Identify and explain types of fire fighting appliances and confirm their applications
- Identify, establish and maintain communication systems with other personnel during the fighting or containment of fires
- Audit each fire board, depot, sub-station and station, identify, clarify and confirm location and range of appliances
- Fight or contain fires
- Receive, document, clarify and confirm notification of fire operations from the appropriate authority
- Move or travel to the fire site in accordance with site procedures
- Identify or receive and confirm on the type, nature, source and intensity of the fire and communicate details to appropriate authorities
- Identify, select, wear and apply appliances and equipment appropriate to the fire circumstances
- Continually monitor conditions in the fire area and modify fire fighting techniques/applications to reduce the impact of identified and/or potential hazards
- Avoid unnecessary risks to self and other team members
- Apply isolation and evacuation procedures
- Finalise the operation
- Avoid fire recurrence by watering, raking down and/or chemical application
- Isolate, barricade, rope-off, secure and monitor fire area
- Clean and inspect appliances and equipment and store in the designated location
- Report, record and process appliances and equipment for maintenance and/or repair
- Participate in debriefs and complete written records/documentation
- Plan and prepare for fire team operations
- Access, interpret and apply fire team operations documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
- Obtain, read, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
- Identify and address potential risks, hazards and environmental issues and implement control measures
- Select and wear personal protective equipment appropriate for work activities
- Identify and confirm the roles and responsibilities for each team member
- Identify and explain types of fire fighting appliances and confirm their applications
- Identify, establish and maintain communication systems with other personnel during the fighting or containment of fires
- Audit each fire board, depot, sub-station and station, identify, clarify and confirm location and range of appliances
- Fight or contain fires
- Receive, document, clarify and confirm notification of fire operations from the appropriate authority
- Move or travel to the fire site in accordance with site procedures
- Identify or receive and confirm on the type, nature, source and intensity of the fire and communicate details to appropriate authorities
- Identify, select, wear and apply appliances and equipment appropriate to the fire circumstances
- Continually monitor conditions in the fire area and modify fire fighting techniques/applications to reduce the impact of identified and/or potential hazards
- Avoid unnecessary risks to self and other team members
- Apply isolation and evacuation procedures
- Finalise the operation
- Avoid fire recurrence by watering, raking down and/or chemical application
- Isolate, barricade, rope-off, secure and monitor fire area
- Clean and inspect appliances and equipment and store in the designated location
- Report, record and process appliances and equipment for maintenance and/or repair
- Participate in debriefs and complete written records/documentation