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Advanced Exterior Industrial Fire Team Member

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Certificate Awarded

Certificate of Achievement

Prerequisites

Marine Institute approved medical clearance;
Marine Institute approved Fit Test;
Marine Institute Incipient Industrial Fire Team Member Course or approved equivalent

Course Description

This course is an advanced industrial fire team course and a continuation from the Incipient Industrial Fire Team Member course. This course is designed to enable the student to understand the role of a member of an industrial fire team for exterior firefighting and to demonstrate the practical aspects of exterior fire suppression. This course reflects the requirements outlined in the NFPA 1081, 2018 edition, Standard for Facility Fire Brigade Member Professional Qualifications. This standard, in part, identifies the minimum job performance requirements for advanced exterior industrial fire team member.

Course Outline

  • To enable students to better understand the behavior of fire and why it behaves in a particular manner.
  • To enable students to better identify the advantages and limitations of personal protective equipment.
  • To help the students to develop appropriate fire attack strategies for exterior firefighting.
  • To provide students with the knowledge of BLEVES.
  • To provide students with the knowledge of firefighting foam.
  • To enable the students to focus on the team approach in emergency situations.
  • To provide students with a better understanding of an incident management system during an emergency situation.
  • To provide students with a better understanding of the standard operating procedures during an emergency situation.
  • To provide students with the ability to safely perform advanced exterior firefighting.

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Minimum class sizes are required to deliver courses, should these minimums not be achieved classes could be postponed or rescheduled.

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