Initial Breathing Apparatus Wearer's Course
Aim
To provide those individuals who have just been appointed to their emergency teams the opportunity to wear breathing apparatus in hazardous conditions such as toxic atmospheres and dealing with large fires.
Dates
Available on request
Duration
5 days
Location
The academy's own training establishment.
Learning objectives (dependent on the course)
- Identify when to adopt breathing apparatus
- Demonstrate the importance of effective team work
- Understand the physical restraints of breathing apparatus
- Demonstrate skills when working in heat and smoke
Prerequisites
Students should be physically fit and not suffer from any medical conditions (this course can be strenuous). No pre-course notes are required as literature is distributed during the course. All training is conducted in accordance with current Fire Service technical bulletins (1/97). The course would suit individuals who have had no previous experience when dealing with breathing apparatus.
Programme (dependent on the course)
- Physiology of respiration (theory presentation)
- Breathing apparatus set description
- Breathing apparatus cylinders/durations
- Breathing apparatus general checks
- Donning and start-up procedures
- Doffing procedures
- The importance of record keeping
- Technical Bulletin 1/1997 procedures
- Wearer distress (theory presentation)
- Entrapped procedures
- Walk/run/climb exercise (practical exercise)
- Breathing practical exercise in restricted vision
- Control procedures
- Working in heat and smoke
Contact details
Fire Service Training Academy,
Woolsington, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE13 8BZ
Tel: 0191 214 3337 / 3344
Fax: 0191 214 3561
Email: ATP@newcastleinternational.co.uk
Please note that this email address is for training enquiries only. Any other enquiries directed to this address will not receive a response, and should be directed to the relevant address or phone number at www.newcastleairport.com/Contact-Information.
