In association with Excalibur Training, based at Bournemouth International Airport, BBSI can offer fire safety training courses that are pratical, relevant and interactive. The courses satisfy CAP 360 JAR Ops legislative requirements and are conducted by experienced ex-Fire Service personnel. A variety of training courses are available to suit specific clients, which include a basic course - Introduction to Fire Training. These courses comprise practical and technical instruction and encourage candidates to consolidate their basic skills and knowledge, so that they can confidently and safely work within an operational team in different environments.
Introduction to Fire Training - Basic Course
Course Structure
Session 1
- duties and qualities of a fire fighter
- fire fighter safety
- chemistry of combustion
- dire fighting medias - water, foam, powder, CO2, halon and fire blankets
- fire extinguishers
- practical use of fire extinguishers - utilising propane gas rig
- fire Service knots and lines
Session 2
- fire service pumps and primers
- hose and branches
- fire service equipment
- hydraulic rescue equipment
- words of command used in the fire service
- fire service knots and lines
Session 3
- CAP360/JAROPS - Practical session using BAC 111 aircraft & smoke generator
- introduction to firefighting
- lessons learnt at operational incidents
- fire Service knots and lines
Session 4
- aircraft construction - Civil & Military
- aircraft firefighting - Civil & Military
- helicopter firefighting - Civil & Military
- fire service knots and lines
Session 5
- building construction
- vehicle construction
- fire prevention
- fire protection
- ladders in the Fire Service
- ladder safety - practical use of ladders
Session 6
- death by Fire
- ventilation
- breathing apparatus in the Fire Service
- search and rescue procedures in smoke
- special service calls
Session 7
- visit to Local Authority Fire Service (with demos)
Session 8
- dangerous goods
- hazardous chemicals
- end of course exercise using 1-11 aircraft, smoke, breathing apparatus and propane gas rig
- end of course debrief
The course comprises practical and technical instruction and encourages candidates to consolidate their basic skills and knowledge, so that they can confidently and safely work within an operational team.
Using questionnaires, slides, footage of real fire incidents and a great deal of firefighting experience, tutors provide training in the following:
- how to reduce and control sources of ignition and limit available fuel for a fire
- the action to take on discovering a fire
- how to raise the alarm
- action to take on hearing the alarm
- procedure for helping members of the public
- arrangements for calling the fire brigade
- evacuation procedures to an assembly point
- location, use and identification, of firefighting equipment
- location and use of escape routes
- fire doors and why they should be kept closed
- the reasons for not using lifts
- general fire safety and good housekeeping
- relevant legal requirements
Fire Extinguisher Training International protocol restricts the production of Halon. The United Kingdom environmental regulations state that 'a person shall not treat, keep or dispose of controlled waste in a manner likely to cause pollution to the environment or harm to human health'. As Halon is classified as 'controlled waste' this has implications for practical fire training in the use of Halon fire extinguishers as used on aircraft by flight deck and cabin-crew. At Excalibur Training we train with simulated BCF Halon Training Extinguishers, which are charged with Water and Nitrogen as recommended by the CAA. Each candidate is made fully aware of the characteristics of Halon as an extinguishing media. A video on the application is also used to confirm instruction.
The fire extinguisher training session is conducted using a fire simulator rig which produces realistic heat and flames but no dirty smoke or oily residue. The fire simulator can be set up in a small area of a car park or yard and gives every student the opportunity of putting out a real fire using a fire extinguisher. The instructor uses this part of the course to teach students exactly how to use each type of extinguisher and the dangers associated with them. One scenario of the fire simulator is a deep-fat fryer with which the instructor teaches the correct method of applying a fire blanket. Trainees are then given the opportunity of practising the technique on the flaming deep-fat fryer. This is especially useful for any workplace where employees are involved in food preparation.
Protective Breathing Equipment Individual operators will develop their own criteria in conjunction with the appropriate regulatory authority, for the use of Protective Breathing Equipment (PBE) in a variety of fire situations. Training includes the wearing and operation of PBE, details of equipment, start up procedures and recognition of depletion and the removal of PBE.
Oil & Gas Industry
Specially adapted for personnel employed in the Oil & Gas Industry, the colloquial, operational and practical content of the programme will, depending on specific requirements, relate to and include the following:
Oil Installation Design & Construction
- installation design & construction
- chemistry of petroleum
- design materials
- systems & instrumentation
Chemistry of Combustion
- applied mathematics
- numeracy
- applied physics & chemistry
- principles of combustion
- movement & measurement of heat
- hazardous and toxic materials
- fire-extinguishing agent
- technical English
- electricity & electrical fire hazards
- chemical fires
- solid material fires
- explosive materials
- inflammable gases
Fire & Rescue Operations
- types of emergency
- search & rescue procedures
- primary & secondary water supplies
- building fires
- fire detection & extinguishing methods
- fire & rescue facilities
- fire prevention
- fire & rescue procedures
- site procedures & disciplines
- site organisation & layout
- fire & crash-rescue equipment
- control & emergency procedures
- breathing apparatus
- fire-fighting skills
- situation exercises
- incident leadership & teambuilding
- radiation & electrical hazards
- hydraulics
- fire & crash-rescue vehicles
Communications
- communications systems
- oil & gas industry terminology
- radio procedures
- abbreviations & symbols
- radiotelephony
- command & control
- methods of instruction
- lesson planning
Fire & Emergency Services
- structure & organisation
- chain of command
- accident investigation
Flight Crew & Cabin Crew Fire Safety Training Individual airline operators are responsible for specifying their own fire-fighting procedures taking into account the scale and scope of their operations and the types of fire-fighting equipment carried on board aircraft. Such procedures will need to be acceptable to the appropriate regulatory authority. It is essential that flight deck and cabin crew-members are fully conversant with the operation of fire-fighting equipment carried on their aircraft.
Further information on training can be found in the following documentation:
- Civil Aviation Publication (CAP) 360 Air Operators Certificates, chapter 6 Emergency and Survival Training Practice and Test Requirements for Flight-Crew and Cabin Attendants
- JAR - OPS1 Cabin Crew Training Requirements JAR - OPS 1 subpart 0
- United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Notice to AOC Holders