Course Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to conduct fire team operations, including fighting and containing fires.
This unit applies to those working in site-based roles in the coal mining, metalliferous mining, drilling, extractive, and civil infrastructure environments.
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Prepare for fire team operations
- Receive, document, clarify and confirm notification of fire operations from appropriate authority
- Access, interpret and apply fire team operations documentation and procedures
- Obtain, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
- Identify hazards and environmental issues, assess risks, and implement control measures in line with workplace procedures
- Identify and confirm each team member’s role and responsibilities
- Implement appropriate communication methods to be used during fire fighting or containment in line with workplace procedures
- Locate, select and wear personal protective equipment required for work activities
- Identify and select required firefighting appliances and confirm their applications
2. Fight or contain fire
- Move or travel to fire site according to workplace procedures
- Identify and assess type, nature, source and intensity of fire, and communicate details to appropriate authorities
- Identify, select, wear and/or apply appliances and equipment appropriate to fire circumstances
- Monitor conditions in fire area, and modify firefighting techniques or applications to reduce impact of identified and/or potential hazards
- Avoid unnecessary risks to self and other team members
- Apply isolation and evacuation procedures
3. Complete fire team operations
- Water, rake down, and/or apply chemicals to fire area to minimise fire recurrence
- Isolate, barricade, rope off, secure, and monitor fire area
- Clean and inspect appliances and equipment and store in designated location
- Report, record and process appliances and equipment for maintenance and/or repair
- Participate in debriefs
- Complete and file documentation, and distribute according to workplace requirements
4. Audit firefighting installations
- Inspect and check each fire board, depot, substation and station’s firefighting installations and appliances
- Identify, clarify and confirm location and range of appliances on premises