To seek feedback from students and effect continual improvement in all areas of training. Training Department Structure Organisation chart showing how the department is organised and the people who work in the Training Department Training Information Training Department information. This course runs for 15 weeks and is a non-residential course, covering 31 theoretical and 10 practical subjects. The course is competency based with continuous assessment and appraisal to Home Office Standard. After successful completion of this course trainees are then allocated to a specific station, and assessments are continued.
Trainees are then able to attend incidents.
Areas covered include ladder drills, pump operation, practical firefighting and road traffic acccident extrication. A 10 day course designed to teach the essential fire-fighting skills of wearing Breathing Apparatus. Practically based and progressing in difficulty before final assessment on the 10th day. A 1 day course aimed at fire-fighters who may be acting in charge of an appliance for a day. Designed to give those personnel a working knowledge of the practices, procedures and protocols they will require.