Fire Fighting Team Member
Equip the delegate with the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills to perform the role of Emergency Response Team Member safely and effectively.
Delegate Pre-requisites
A valid BOSIET/TBOSIET or FOET/TFOET Certificate.
Curriculum
17 lesson/2 day
- Knowledge of Offshore Fire/Emergency response arrangements
- Preparing to enter the incident area
- Gaining access to the incident area
- Using best working practices and procedures
- Locating missing personnel and casualty handling
- On scene first aid procedures
- Selecting and using the correct portable firefighting equipment including foam wheeled unit
- Extinguishing live fires (fuel in-depth/troughs/pressure fires)
- Conducting and controlling BA operations
- Maintaining communications
- Effective execution of emergency response tasks.
- Correct donning and use of breathing apparatus (BA) (all delegates to practice donning and using BA).
- Effective Search and rescue (SAR) principles and techniques –locating, extracting and handling missing personnel and casualties following a helicopter incident on the helideck.
- Appropriate response to non-firefighting operations during incident.
- Effective use of firefighting fixed, portable and mobile systems, including fixed fire monitors, dry chemical and Co2 fire extinguishment and control media
- Correct casualty handling techniques.
- Hose-running techniques and associated hazards Note: All practical exercises require delegates to be fully equipped with firefighting Personal Protective Equipment.
