Firemen also need to know the water pressure that a hydrant holds. Each hydrant is unique. A hydrant’s water pressure varies. For a fireman, knowing the pressure of the hydrant, before attaching the hose, helps ensure that the correct pumping operation will work. A fire company can compensate for a low pressure using pumps on their fire engine.
These are persons who have had experience on the front line as firefighters. It is a common and universally accepted adage that: “experience makes the best teacher”. With that being said just think for a moment how knowledge of a real working fire can contribute to the development of a seasoned and skilled fire investigator. In my short tenure as a firefighter I have been in several fires already. As a result of that, especially during overhaul at fires, I have acquired so much knowledge of cause and effect relationships of fire as it pertains to fire behavior.
Fire safety- staff carry out regular fire drills/smoke alarm checks/fire equipment checks to ensure they are all working correctly. Health & safety checks- a staff member carries out a detailed checklist to ensure that all aspects of H&S are covered i.e. gas safety checks, maintenance requests are completed for any issues. All staff are to sign to state that they have read and understand any risk assessments or risk management plans that are in
“Recognizing that prevention will never be 100 percent successful, it is necessary to plan and design so as to mitigate damages when fire occurs. A. The various strategies to do this constitute what is usually called fire protection. B. Once fire has started, the first opportunity to reduce its impact comes in the design of burnable items, i.e., the choice of materials and products and their environments.
1.3- Inductions provide you with the basic knowledge and skills you would need to start working in a new job role. Appraisals help you to keep your skills and knowledge up to date by highlighting areas that you need to develop and planning how to do this. 1.4- Priority should be given to essential skills and knowledge such as fire safety, manual handling and other skills that are mandatory and all employees should have. Then there are desirable skills that are not essential but you would like some of your staff to have such as resident centred exercise courses, I.T courses and team leader courses. 2.1- See S.W.O.T analysis.
The task will be limited to this area only and team members may be recruited from the same area also. For example, in the fire service, each station will have a particular area they need to cover and that is where they will receive their emergency calls from. Multi-disciplinary. In public services, teams may be split into multi-disciplinary teams, this is where teams will use different skills in order to carry out a task, with heavy procedures. These are usually seen as enjoyable places to work due to the vision of other member’s roles and sharing of best practice.
‘On the job training’ is, as it states, learning the task in a live environment. This usually involves the trainer initially pointing out all safety aspects of the turret process and explaining the various functions of the machine and how it interacts with his/her own machine and then performing a practical demonstration of how the machine works and, under strict supervision at first, letting the trainee’ have a go’. This practical style of training seems to be the most effective when training people who are used to operating machinery. The second method of training, ‘off the job training’ is usually done away from the shop floor environment possibly in a training room or classroom. This generally takes the form of a
The Fire Department will serve as a support group to the police department according to the following plan. COMMUNICATIONS Dispatch, under the direction of the Fire Chief, will advise the companies of any anticipated disturbances along with related procedures as to the "standby" of manpower, designation of task force or company numbers, move up of equipment, etc. RESPONSE CRITERIA The initial response criteria have been established in advance according to the threat level indicated by the police department and dispatch information. The initial response will be a single engine company and the on duty Shift Captain. Whichever stations district the disturbance is located in will respond using a reserve apparatus.
New tools, rules, codes, and means of fighting fires, rescuing victims from vehicle accidents, and performing hazardous materials response are printed all the time. Volunteers need to be vigilant in keeping up to date. They need to know that when the time comes, they’ll be able to perform the tasks required of them by people in need. I had no idea what I was in for when I decided to volunteer. But now, after having gone through the first phase of my training criteria (I am now a certified firefighter in NYS), I’m glad I did.
If the hazard needs to be reported urgently and the site manager is unavailable, then a member of senior management is usually the next person available to deal with the situation appropriately. Copies of certain policies must be given to new employees or volunteers when spending time within the setting. The main policy which staff are inducted on must be ‘what to do in the event of a fire’ as this is one aspect of the Health and Safety policy which is practiced through regular fire drills. They must always be made aware of how to deal with emergencies and how to raise an alarm. This is the responsibility of all staff and the failure to report an incident or