Firefighting/Emergency responder Flashcards
Location and length of training
- 80 days in kapooka, physical training, weapon handling and shooting, first aid, drill and field craft.
- employment training closely follows the combat engineer training, with part 1 (16 days), part 2 (16 days) and part 4 (14 days), as well as a drivers course,84 days (not including weekends) conducted at RAAF Base Amberley, QLD. This course will provide you with basic firemanship skills and knowledge.
Phases of initial employment training
Moorebank, Sydney, NSW
Phase 1 – 16 days (not including weekends)
Understand RAE, Induction in corps history, organisation, trades and capabilities;
Use Construction tools and equipment which includes OH&S and operation of chainsaws;
Prepare for and conduct Basic Engineering including excavations, concreting, road and drainage repairs, construction of field defences and obstacles; and
Operate and work in a Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear Threat Environment and demonstrate personal decontamination techniques.
Phase 2 – 16 days (not including weekends)
Water Purification system operation and conducting water analysis;
Demolitions use including preparing explosives and landmines;
Prepare for and conduct Search Operations; and
Explosive Hazard Reduction Assistant training in locating and clearing explosive hazards and using hand-held mine detectors.
Phase 4 - 14 days (not including weekends)
Basic Combat Communications;
Grenade and Pyrotechnic use; and
Weapons.
Note 1: Fire Fighter trainees do not undertake Phase 3 of this training as it is specifically for Combat Engineers.
Note 2: Course duration may vary depending on public holidays and other Army requirements.
On completion of this training the following courses are undertaken:
CR/MR2 GS Drivers Course:
Duration: 26 days (not including weekends).
Note: Course duration may vary depending on public holidays and other Army requirements.
The aim of the course is to train non-RACT soldiers in the skills required to operate light and medium rigid GS, military B vehicles, with a ½ tonne trailer, on public thoroughfares and over difficult terrain by day or night.
Applicants do not require a civilian licence to undertake Defence driver training. However, if the applicant is currently under a suspension or has their civilian licence cancelled, the applicant is not eligible to undertake driver training until that suspension or cancellation has expired.
Job description
Provide a deployable emergency response service to the deployed force and Special Forces;
Provide an emergency response service to military airfields;
Control and co-ordinate emergency response operations;
Provide a response role in aircraft crash and rescue, road accident and rescue, vertical (height or depths) or horizontal (confined space) extraction and provide an urban search and rescue capability (building collapse etc);
Respond to hazardous material incident in an operational environment;
Assist in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Decontamination operations; and
Provide first aid and resuscitation to the injured.
Job description
Provide a deployable emergency response service to the deployed force and Special Forces;
Provide an emergency response service to military airfields;
Control and co-ordinate emergency response operations;
Provide a response role in aircraft crash and rescue, road accident and rescue, vertical (height or depths) or horizontal (confined space) extraction and provide an urban search and rescue capability (building collapse etc);
Respond to hazardous material incident in an operational environment;
Assist in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Decontamination operations; and
Provide first aid and resuscitation to the injured.
Why do you want to be a firefighter
solves problems in the community. Whether it is a fire, flood, hazardous material spill, or medical emergency, it feels good to know that citizens can rely on the fire department to help solve their problems. Since I am a problem solver, I would thrive on contributing my problem-solving skills to the team. But I know if I’m having difficulty solving a problem, I would be able to rely on the other crewmembers to come up with a solution. The amount of shared knowledge among firefighters is tremendous.I know being a firefighter will provide many opportunities for learning. There is a tremendous amount of information that a firefighter must learn in order to become competent in his or her job. It would be up to me to set a goal and study hard to achieve that goal. Once I have mastered the roles and responsibilities of a firefighter, I know that I will have many opportunities to test for more challenging roles such as paramedic, engineer, lieutenant or captain.
Sapper
The Army Emergency Responder is a soldier in the Royal Australian Engineers that provides initial emergency response to the combat force in order to minimise loss of life, destruction of material, capability and environment by accident, fire or hazardous material.
As a Corps, soldiers of the Royal Australian Engineers are known as ‘Sappers’ and are responsible for assisting our own forces to move whilst also denying mobility to the enemy. Sappers are trained in a broad range of tasks including bridge-building, clearing minefields, demolitions, field defences, building, road and airfield construction and repair, emergency response and geomatic and multimedia support.
Sapper
The Army Emergency Responder is a soldier in the Royal Australian Engineers that provides initial emergency response to the combat force in order to minimise loss of life, destruction of material, capability and environment by accident, fire or hazardous material.
As a Corps, soldiers of the Royal Australian Engineers are known as ‘Sappers’ and are responsible for assisting our own forces to move whilst also denying mobility to the enemy. Sappers are trained in a broad range of tasks including bridge-building, clearing minefields, demolitions, field defences, building, road and airfield construction and repair, emergency response and geomatic and multimedia support.
RDF Firefighting course
Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF);
Structural Rescue and Firefighting (SRFF);
Wildfire Operations;
Emergency Medical Care (First Aid);
Rescue Operations, Including Motor Vehicle Rescue;
Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA);
Pumps;
Driving and Operation of Specialist ARFF/SRFF/Wildfire vehicles;
Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence (CBRND) operations;
Communications Systems and Equipment;
Automatic Fire Safety Systems; and
Operator Level Maintenance/Testing of Specialist Equipment.
Salary
Salary while undertaking Military (Recruit) Training: $1,379 per fortnight ($35,854 per year).*
Salary while undertaking Initial Employment Training: $1,576 per fortnight ($40,976 per year).*
While under training, you will also receive $388 per fortnight ($10,086 per year pro rata) Trainee Allowance.
Salary (excluding allowances) on completion of Initial Employment Training: $1,1970 per fortnight ($51,220 per year).*
In addition to your salary, you will receive Service Allowance of $517 per fortnight ($13,448 per year) except while undertaking Military (Initial) or Employment training. This allowance compensates a member for the unique requirements that service life may impose on an individual and his or her family.
To assist you in maintaining your uniforms in good order and condition, you will also receive a Uniform Allowance of $16 per fortnight ($419 per year).
Each General Entry job in the Australian Defence Force is classified into a pay grade. This particular job is classified as a Pay Grade 3 occupation.
Bases
The soldier will be employed in 1 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2 Combat Engineer Regiment, 3 Combat Engineer Regiment and 6 Aviation Regiment. Posting locations include Sydney (NSW); Townsville, Oakey (QLD) and Darwin (NT).
Domestic help
floods and fires throughout australia. wagga wagga 2012, paynesville 2012, townsville and southern qld 2012
International help
middleast and sudan ongoing. Since 2008, the ADF has helped out in Indonesia, Samoa, Tonga,
Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Haiti, providing disaster relief after
tsunamis, earthquakes, cyclones and floods. Helped nepal after thearthquake, as I did as well. Approximately 380 personnel were deployed to Iraq as part of an international effort to provide training and other forms of assistance to the Iraqi military.[44][45] Deployments in Afghanistan number 250 personnel in Operation Highroad, a non-combat training mission supporting the Afghan National Army. A frigate is also deployed to the Middle East in maritime security operations in and around the Gulf of Aden as part of the Combined Maritime Forces. Australian personnel also form part of peacekeeping missions in Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Sudan. The ADF has a further 400 personnel based in the Middle East to support operations in the region.[43]
In comparison to a combat role
Combat roles need the support that firefigher/search and rescue, medical teams provide.
Army fitness
Female requirement: 8 Push-ups, 45 Sit-ups (feet held), 7.5 Shuttle run score
For Special Forces Direct Recruiting Scheme (SFDRS) candidates, the PFA standards are:
Operational service
may be deployed to disaster and war zones ADF is the defence of Australia and its interests. in peacetime, elements of the ADF may be
required to deploy to unstable areas where the risk of violence is high. In these cases, personnel may be
required to engage in offensive or defensive action for the protection of themselves and others
