Interested in a simple Skills Scan and Learning Progress Tracker tool for the Operational firefighter standard?
Knowledge
K1: How to engage with Communities to increase community safety and prevention awareness to prevent incidents from occurring and improve their health and wellbeing.
K2: The risks within their community and the methods that can be used to mitigate those risks.
K3: Appropriate methods of resolving fire and rescue emergency incidents using various fire extinguishing media (Water, foam/chemical)
K4: Appropriate methods of resolving fire and rescue emergency incidents using various rescue and extrication techniques
K5: The principles of Fire behaviour, ventilation and hydraulics
K6: The principles of Environmental protection by limiting the impact of an incident using a variety of techniques
K7: How to use personal and respiratory protective equipment in hazardous environments (K6)
K8: How to prepare and maintain operational equipment and resources.
K9: Hazards, risks and control measures across a range of emergencies
K10: The principles of JESIP (Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles)
K11: How to operate communication and technology systems, e.g. mobile data terminals, radios.
K12: How to carry out treatment to casualty, this will include basic life support and casualty handling
K13: The importance of maintaining their physical and mental wellbeing .
K14: Their duty within relevant Legislation
K15: Understand construction materials, basic elements of structure and reactions in an emergency situation.
Skills
S1: Carry out safe working practices in accordance with legal requirements as detailed within the knowledge section.
S2: Operate safely and effectively in emergency situations.
S3: Operate within an appropriate command and control system.
S4: Operate in hazardous environments using Breathing Apparatus.
S5: Safely resolve incidents involving hazardous materials, such as chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive substances. These will be resolved by stopping further harm and then removal of/clearing up the substance.
S6: Safely work at height.
S7: Safely work in, on or around water e.g. to conduct rescues or extract water for firefighting purposes.
S8: Extricate casualties from situations of entrapment.
S9: Interact with and influence community members and business to reduce risks.
S10: Take responsibility for effective performance within their role.
S11: Support the development of their colleagues in their workplace
S12: Use and maintain specialist equipment
S13: Control and extinguish fires safely and effectively
S14: Communicate effectively, through listening, writing, speaking and presenting information
Behaviours
B1: Commitment to integrity and diversity, understanding and adopting a fair and ethical approach and treating others with courtesy and respect
B2: Embrace and promote the values of the organisation.
B3: Confidence and resilience within the role in highly challenging and changing situations, demonstrating reliability, adaptability, responsibility and accountability to the organisation.
B4: Situational awareness by maintaining an active awareness of the working environment to ensure a safe, secure and compliant working culture.
B5: Commitment to excellence, by adopting a conscientious and proactive approach to achieve and maintain excellent standards.
B6: Work collaboratively with others, both internally and externally.
Duty 1
DUTY: Educate the community to improve awareness of fire and rescue safety matters
K1
K2
K10
K14
S1
S9
S10
S14
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
Duty 2
DUTY: Take responsibility for effective personal performance in fire and rescue
K13
S1
S2
S10
S11
B4
B6
Duty 3
DUTY: Establish and maintain effective working relationships with people
K1
K10
S3
S14
B1
B2
B3
B6
Duty 4
DUTY: Save and preserve endangered life. Safely conduct a search to locate life involved in fire and other incidents, using a range of rescue equipment.
K4
K5
K7
K8
K9
K11
K15
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S12
S14
B3
B5
B6
Duty 5
DUTY: Rescue life (human or animal) involved in incidents.
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K14
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S12
S13
B2
B3
B5
B6
Duty 6
DUTY: Provide treatment to casualties
K4
K6
K8
K9
K12
K15
S1
S2
S3
S5
S6
S7
S8
S12
S14
B1
B2
B3
B5
B6
Duty 7
DUTY: Respond and provide resolution to fire and rescue operational incidents.
K2
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K14
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S11
S13
B3
B5
B6
Duty 8
DUTY: Provide support to people directly or indirectly involved in operational incidents
K4
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K14
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S11
S12
S14
B1
B2
B3
B5
B6
Duty 9
DUTY: Carry out roles and responsibilities, within the incident command system, alongside other agencies during fire and operational incidents.
K3
K4
K5
K6
K9
K10
K11
K12
K14
S1
S2
S3
S6
S7
S8
S10
S14
B1
B2
B3
B5
B6
Duty 10
DUTY: Protect the environment from the effects of hazardous materials and support people involved. This could include the use of appropriate PPE and decontamination methods
K2
K4
K6
K7
K9
K10
K12
K14
K15
S1
S2
S4
S5
S9
S12
S13
B3
B5
B6
Duty 11
DUTY: Test and maintain equipment to support the effectiveness of operational response
K8
S1
S3
S12
B3
B5
B6
Duty 12
DUTY: Collect information on risks and resources in your community
K2
K14
S2
S4
S5
S6
S7
S9
S14
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
Duty 13
DUTY: Support the development of colleagues in the fire and rescue
K1
S1
S9
S10
S11
S14
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
Duty 14
DUTY: Contribute to fire safety inspections and outcomes to minimise risks to people property and environment.
