Content
Course content
This course covers the following topics:
- The core function of an ARFF service.
- Criteria for making critical decisions and subsequent actions.
- Sources of information for incidents involving an aircraft engine fire.
- Communication best practices.
- Operational objectives and tactical priorities when responding to an aircraft engine fire.
- Effective size-up.
- Requesting appropriate assistance.
- Vehicle positioning.
- The Incident Control Point (ICP).
- Safety factors.
- The role of the Incident Safety Officer (ISO).
- What is an Incident Action Plan (IAP)?
- Developing and communicating your action plan to your team.
- Elements of an effective action plan.
- Engine fire initial deployment – ARFF vehicle positioning.
- Factors influencing response priorities and actions.
- Example of a tactical plan.
- Initial attack – using monitors.
- Initial attack – hand line operations.
- Example of an incident command structure.
- Staging areas.
- Incident sectorization.
- Incident tabards.
- Activities that occur as the incident is de-escalated.
- Suggested scenarios that can be used for practical assessments.











