I course, and we still have our New Member Training Program ongoing. This Department responds to numerous types of calls, and everyone of them is potentially dangerous in one way or another. Therefore, it is essential for all firefighters to keep up with their skills, for their own safety as well as their partners and the residents. The total number of hours spent doing maintenance was 411 hrs. The time also includes the maintenance of the fire stations, which have to be kept clean and neat.
Maintenance is also part of the firefighters training, by doing so they learn about the equipment.
We have many pieces of apparatus, which need to be maintained, and it takes time to look after it all. The total number of hours spent on administrative functions is 1193 hrs. This includes hours spent in doing paper work for Training, Office Work, Monthly Reports, Maintenance Reports, etc. The hours shown are not an accurate picture of the actual time spent. There are many hours that have not been logged.