Fire Officers training Project Belgium
Training legislation Royal decree 8th April 2003 Royal decree 22nd February 2011 - Types of education and training - Conditions of access - Financing
Levels and ranks training modules Fire fighter - Fire fighting and assistance - Personal protection - Lifesaving actions - Integrated exercises Corporal - Fire fighting and assistance - Pumps operation of equipment - Operation of pumps driving vehicles (optional) - Rescue techniques (optional)
Levels and ranks training modules Sergeant - Fire fighting and assistance - Organisation and human resources management - Fire prevention (optional) - Hazardous materials (optional) - Commanding operations (optional) Adjudant (warrant officer) - Burning and extinguishing - Hazardous materials - Fire fighting and assistance - Human resources management
Levels and ranks training modules Officer (lieutenant, captain, colonel) - Organisation of rescue services - Fire fighting and assistance - Human resources management - Connections and communications - Instruction (optional) - Materials (optional) - (Particularity on officers training by recruitment)
Levels and ranks training modules Additional training for officers: - Technician Fire prevention Legislation Construction elements building materials fire resistance Building construction Detection and extinguishing means Practical exercise - Crisis situation management Legislation Severe accidents: risk analysis and risk management Emergency planning Telecommunications and procedures in case of large scale emergencies - Head of fire service Management Human resources management Public relations Technical and budget management
Project transformation First step - Basic training fire fighters 90 h => 130 h - More practical training warm training Second step - Design whole new program
Basis = job profiles Job profile descriptions - Determining competences - Determining objectives (knowledge skills attitude) Masterplan - roadmap for operational jobs Staff regulations - career of firefighters => determines the level of education/training for a predefined job
Project transformation
Work group 4 - officers How to become a Fire officer? - Promotion - Recruitment Conditions: master's degree Professionals vs volunteers - Volunteer officers - Volunteer heads of fire service
Officers level Resulted in 4 levels (+1) : - Officer 1 - Officer 2 - Officer 3 - Officer 4 - Zone commander
Officers level OFF1 - By promotion - Operational tasks - Assistant DIR BW (director Fire service) for large scale incidents - Bridge between lower functional levels and higher officer levels. - Minimum bachelor degree - Training to be completed: OP1 - Recommendation: accessible to both professionals and volunteers
Officers level OFF2 - By recruitment - Operational + administrative tasks (office) - DIR BW (director of Fire service) for large scale incidents - Management of complex interventions with multiple departures - Master's degree (academical level A) - Training to be completed : OP1, OP2, MA1 - Recommendation: Only accessible to professionals
Officers level OFF3 - By promotion from level OFF2 - DIR CP OPS (director of Operational Command Post) for large scale incidents - Operational and administrative tasks - Training to be completed : OP3, MA2 - Recommendation: only accessible to professionals
Officers level OFF4 - By promotion from OFF3 - Administration / management - At CC (crisis centre) for large scale incidents - Responsible for a department of the zone - Management of several fire posts under supervision of the zone commander - Director's level (or director of an entire department in a large zone) - Training to be completed: DIR - Recommendation: only accessible to professionals
Management Zone commander - Strategic decisions - Management of personnel / responsable zonal fire brigade - Training to be completed: all - Recommendation: - only professionals - Fire officers - mandate
Specific elements of the training program Further steps to be taken - Creating working groups - Determining the compulsory training, required education and specialities
Blueprint OFF1 Assistent Dir BW OFF2 Dir BW Lt. OFF3 Dir CP-Ops Kpt., Cdt. OFF4 CC Maj., Col. Operational OP1 OP1 + OP2 OP1 + OP2 + OP3 Management MA1 MA1 + MA2 X? Director DIR Bachelor Master
Proposition Opleiding / Formation OFF1 OFF2 OFF3 OFF4 Firefighting and assistance HRM (human resources management) x x x X Instruction Crisis situation management x x Dangerous substances x x x Prevention x x x Materials Safety at work x x Organisation x x x x x PR (public relations) x Postgraduate (training organised in collaboration with university)
Proposition Opleiding / Formation OFF1 OFF2 OFF3 OFF4 Fire fighting and assistance HRM (Human resources management) (MA1, MA2, DIR) x OMA1 OMA2 GRH1 (req) OMA3 GRH2 Instruction Crisis situation management x X (req) Dangerous substances x x X (op) Prevention x x X (op) Materials x X (basic) X (op) Safety at work x X(op) Legislation x X (req)
Proposition Management: Personnel Budget Logistics Prevention Operations Training
To do Determining for each training program: - Content - Duration (# hours / days / weeks / ) - Level - Final attainment targets (Pedagogic)
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