Volunteer Firefighter Initial Training
Gain essential skills for volunteer firefighters, including understanding fire behaviour, conducting size-ups, using hoses and nozzles effectively, operating PPE and SCBA, performing search and rescue operations, and improving crew communication. This ensures safe operations, smart decision-making, and confident community protection in emergencies.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This training equips volunteer firefighters with vital hands-on skills for handling small-structure and garage fires confidently. You'll master scene assessment, risk evaluation, safe perimeter management, fire dynamics, building construction knowledge, proper PPE and SCBA handling, effective primary searches, victim rescue techniques, and practical hose, nozzle, and water supply methods for safer responses on every incident.
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Develop skills
- Interior hose attack: advance, position, and cool small-structure fires fast.
- Water supply setup: secure hydrants, draft, and manage suburban supply lines.
- Fire behaviour reading: size up smoke, heat, and wind to guide safe tactics.
- Primary search and rescue: locate, remove, and hand off victims to EMS quickly.
- PPE and SCBA use: don, operate, and monitor gear for safe short-duration entries.
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