The fire-brigade training is the specific knowledge basis of each Feuerwehrmannes.

The course contents are federally uniform fixed in the fire-brigade regulations and for Freiwillige fire-brigades and occupation fire-brigades contentwise directly.

While the basic training is usually accomplished in the fire-brigade, further training and special training are accomplished in summary in schools, since also the infrastructure is to be manufactured here more simply and more economically. So pupils can work and practice also with devices, which are missing in the own resistance. The large training is on the one hand constructing (troop leader, group leader,"Â…), on the other hand arranged according to special tasks (machinist, respirator carrier,"Â…).

The youth fire-brigade advances children and young people to the ranges of topics.

High requirements

The increase of the tasks of fire-brigade by the progressive mechanization, a ever more largely becoming traffic volume to country, in air and on the water, the amassment of danger potentials in productions and large camps as well as the natural catastrophes require suitable devices and modern vehicles for rapid and goal-prominent employment accomplishment. At the same time higher demands are made against the crews and high-level personnel, since the employment work becomes more dangerous with fires and the number rises at various technical employments as well as danger property in corroding.

Training places and - point

Fire-brigade training takes place for the preservation of the knowledge and for the development of the specific knowledge regarding devices and proceedings in regular meetings at the location as well as location-spreading. On area level generally the two first career training courses troop man and troop leader are accomplished as well as more special topics such as respirator carriers and machinist.

At the fire-brigade schools primarily the higher career training courses group leaders, platoon leaders, leaders training courses specialized by federations as well as are equipmentwaited offered such as TH-VU, to TH-building, GABC. In addition, with smaller capacities the actual circle training courses are provable.

The training takes place in the form of location training, training courses as well as seminars.

Training in Austria

Since it concerns with the majority Freiwillige fire-brigades, the training in these fire-brigades is here described. Also at the operating fire-brigades the training is handled in such a way. Only at the six occupation fire-brigades, it takes place in the context of the normal service.

The basic training takes place in the context of the training 2000 in the individual fire-brigade. In this are fixed for the individual subjects not only a certain number of hours, but above all certain knowledge conditions at the end of the training. After at the earliest one year the fire-brigade member can normally visit one in the district held troop leader training. The former members of a fire-brigade youth have a shorter waiting period, since they already completed a majority of the training in the context of the youth work. A set of other courses such as respiratory protection training or machinist training is usually held in the districts. Also the first assistance training is usually accomplished by the other relief organizations, like the red cross or the worker Samariter federation.

Only after these training it is to be visited possible one of the responsible national fire-brigade schools. This is however only necessary with a function over the commander of group. However possible these training are to be visited also without the exercised function.

Independently of these training steps in the particulars or several fire-brigades exercises are together accomplished. The organization of these is incumbent on however the individual commanders of fire-brigade or a responsible training-assigned within the fire-brigade. Also like strictly the exercise attendance of the individual fire-brigade members, is alone thing of the command is handled. Only in individual subjects, like respiratory protection or body protection a certain minimum number exercises is necessary.

Also in superordinate units, like the disaster emergency service or special units, like blowing up or groups of radiation protection constantly exercises are accomplished, which are accomplished depending upon leadership level on group, district or regional level.

In addition become additional exercises with other back-ups, which are usually accomplished either under the line of one of the back-ups, the fire-brigade or however under line of the district captain. Such exercises are accomplished often also as staff exercises, whereby then little crew is necessary and only leading an employment under the most diverse scenarios be practiced can.

Hot exercises

See fire house and/or fire simulation plant

See also

• Portal: Fire-brigade, topic list fire-brigade

Related links

• fire-brigade school
• fire-brigade school Linz

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