Allocating Firefighters to their Teams

Course Aim

The aim of the course is to enhance Kilkenny Fire Rescue Service ability to respond effectively to incidents where CABA skills are required.

Course Objective

Refresh Compressed Air Breathing Apparatus (CABA) skills and update CABA procedures.

 

The course consisted of three wears with intermittent core CABA lectures:

Lecture I, 'Care & Maintenance of CABA sets'

• Wear I, In the fire house 'Search Procedures' no heat, no smoke, no fire

Lecture II, 'Search Procedures'

• Wear II, In the fire house 'Hose Management' + 'BA control Procedures' with fire, heat and smoke

Lecture III, 'CABA entry control procedures', the role of the BA entry control officer (BAECO)

• Wear III, In the fire house 'Hose Management' + 'BA control Procedures' with fire, heat and smoke

 

CABA Refresher, March 2006 -Photos

BAECO - Entry Control Point from the deck	Team Alpha 1 - "Getting under air"
BAECO - Giving instructions	Team Alpha 3 - Hose management
Team Bravo - Awaiting instructions and deployment	BAECO - The loneliness of command
Frankie Brennan - Freshford Fire Brigade	Phil Doyle - Manning the BAECO Entry Control Point

Kilkenny fire rescue service would like to express theirs thanks to all participating firefighters and station staff for the efforts and positive attitude during this course. The course director was ACFO John Collins, course instructors were ACFO Billy Hickey of Waterford County Fire Service; ACFO Alan O'Neill of Carlow Fire Rescue Service and fulltime firefighter Kieran Howley of Kilkenny Fire Rescue Service.

Photo(s) by KJ Hennessy, Kilkenny Fire Rescue Service

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