Volunteer Firefighter Initial Training
Gain essential skills for volunteer firefighters, including understanding fire behaviour, conducting scene size-ups, using hoses and nozzles, wearing PPE and SCBA, performing search and rescue, and communicating with the crew. This training equips you to operate safely, make informed decisions, and protect your community confidently on every callout. With hands-on practice in responding to small-structure and garage fires, you'll master risk assessment, perimeter control, victim handling, and water supply techniques for effective incident management.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Volunteer Firefighter Initial Training provides vital hands-on skills for confident responses to small-structure and garage fires. You'll cover scene size-up, risk assessment, safe perimeter control, fire behaviour, building construction, PPE and SCBA mastery, primary search, victim removal, plus practical hose, nozzle, and water supply methods to ensure safer, more effective actions at 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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