Basic Fire Fighting

Our 2-hour training course is designed to ensure that participants have the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate the use of portable fire extinguishers, fire hose reels and fire blankets.

WorkSafe Connect has been delivering Basic Fire Fighting program for over 15 years and is one of Queensland’s leading suppliers of the Demonstrate First Fighting training.

The program is made up of the following nationally accredited unit of competency:

• CPPFES2005 – Demonstrate first attack Firefighting equipment

Course Overview

Key areas covered by this course include:

• Decision-making skills to select correct first attack firefighting equipment for different types of fires
• Applying recommended manufacturers’ techniques for operating equipment and fire fighting
• Using firefighting equipment
• Basic methods of locating a fire
• Correct use of fire extinguishers and hose reels on different classes of fire and implications of incorrect use
• How fire can be spread by conduction, convection, radiation and direct burning
• How water pressure influences the discharge distance for hose reels
• Theory of fire, including the triangle of combustion
• Types and operation of fire protection equipment classified as first attack equipment