The structure of firefighter traininig in Croatia

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The structure of firefighter traininig in Croatia

• Conference
• The role of training and further training in the
  efficiency of fire protection and disaster
  management
• Pécel, Hungary 14-15 April 2005

by Damir Kneevic, BSc
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The structure of Fire Service in Croatia

• Fire service perform
• fire brigades
• voluntary fire societies
• fire communites

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Fire brigades

• public fire brigade which is founded for
  territory of town or district may be voluntary
  or professional
• voluntary fire brigade from voluntary fire
  society
• professional fire brigade from economy
• voluntary fire brigade from economy
• intervention fire brigade

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Professional firefighters

• Work conditions
• secondary technical school and fire retraining

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Fire retraining programmes

• 1. vocation Firefighter
• 2. vocation Fire technician

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Execution

• Part 1 is executed in the Fire, Protection
  Rescue Academy in Zagreb or in the Public Fire
  Brigades, according possibilities
• The program is implemented by the verified
  instructors from Public Fire Brigades
• Fire, Protection Rescue Academy is an
  organizational unit of State Administration for
  Protection and Rescue
• Fire practice is implemented in Public Fire
  Brigades which are under jurisdiction of local
  authorities
• Part 2 is executed in the Fire, Protection
  Rescue Academy in Zagreb

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Part 1 - curriculum

• Basic principles of fire sevice in bire brigades
  and fire service organization structure in
  Croatia
• Fire ropes and binding
• Water sources for extinguishment
• Fire hoses, nozzles, couplings and fittings
• Fire pumps
• Air foam equipment
• Extinguishers
• Hydrants
• Respiratory equipment

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Part 1 curriculum, cont.

• 10. Movement in the smoke area
• 11. Personal protection clothing
• 12. Work with fire vechicles (water tender,
  vechicle with powder and foam)
• Work with mechanical ladders
• Rescue equipment
• Work with technical vechicle
• Stages in fire intervention from fire alarm to
  return in fire station

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Part 2 Educational programmes
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Part 2 Educational programmes, cont.
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1. First aid

• Wounds, bones fracture, sprains, put out of
  ankles - imobilizations
• Carbon monoxide toxicity
• Procedure with drowned persons
• Procedure in an accident
• ...

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2. Electrotechnics in fire protection

• Electricity, live and static
• Fire alarm systems
• Explosion protected equipment
• Radio communication systems
• Disconnection of electricity in an intervention
• ...

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3. Fire protection in building construction

• Fire protection elements in the stage of project
  building
• Behaviour of building elements in fire
• Building construction elements
• Spread of fire in building
• Fire transition across the building
• Humans protection in building during fire
• Chimneys
• Ventilation systems
• Fire risk assessment
• Fire protection mangement
• ...

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4. State organization in fire protection

• History development of fire srvice and fire
  protection
• Fire sevice and fire protection formal
  regulations
• ...

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5. Fire technics

• Portable fire extinguishers
• Fire hoses, nozzles, couplings, fittings
• Fire supression equipment, portable fire pumps
• Power generators, electrical equipment
• Alarm and warning equipment
• Technical equipment
• Rescue equipment
• Fire vechicles
• Fixed fire installations in buildings
• ...

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6. Fire pumps

• Type of fire pumps
• Relay water transfer
• Maintenance
• ...

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7. Breathing apparatus

• Breathing physiology
• Classification if harmful and toxic substances
• Types of brathing apparatus equipment
• ...

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8. Combustion and extinguishment processes

• Fire triangle
• Combustible substances
• Oxidation and product of oxidation
• Heat and temperature
• Burning processes according physical conditions
• Extinguishment
• Means for extinguishment
• ...

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9. Applied chemistry with exercises

• Physicas states of matter
• Chemical equilibrium
• Thermodinamics and thermochemistry
• Basics of electrochemistry
• ...

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10. Fire tactics and tactic exercises

• Definition and classification of fires
• Fire spread
• Methods for application extinguishment means
• Water supply on fire scene
• Tactical approach to fire
• Tactical extinguishment in pars of buildngs, in
  wildland areas, in traffic
• ...

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11. Technical aid in fire service

• Rescue of humans from destructed buildings
• Forced entries in buildings
• Rescue from faulty lifts, wrackage objects
• Work with handheld chainsaw
• Work with hidraulic equipment
• ...

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12. Fire exercises

• Work with suction and pressure hoses
• Exercises with three firefighters
• Exercises with six firefighters
• ...

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13. Accidents with dangerous goods

• Definition and classification of dangerous goods
• Dangerous goods properties
• Dangerous goods marking
• Intervention
• Equipment for protection and work with dangerous
  goods
• ...

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14. Fire rescue on water and flooding protection

• Nautical terms
• Fire boats and auxiliary equipment
• ...

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15. Fire prevention in industry

• Ignition sources
• Fire risks in work with flammable gases and
  liquids
• Fire risks in major industries
• ...

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Voluntary firefighters education
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Educational programmes

• State organization in fire protection
• Combustion and extinguishment processes
• Fire prevention
• Fire technics
• Fire exercises
• Fire tactics
• Technical aid in fire service
• Fire protection in building construction
• Electrotechnics in fire protection
• Educational methodologies

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Special activities
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Fire, Protection Rescue Academyfront view
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Lecture room
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Library
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Computer room
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Breathing appartus room
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Breathing apparatus service room
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Fire tactics room
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Fire technics room
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Fire technics room
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Portable extinguishers service rooom
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Garage
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Thank you for your attention