Fighting fires and all other operations performed by Tathra fire brigade require skill and knowledge about equipment, fire behaviour, safety, team work and much more. It is important that these skills and this knowledge is kept current.
The Brigade meets Tuesday at 1800 hrs to conduct regular training for members to keep their skills at operational level. Refer to the Calendar below for more information or talk to the Training Officer
Training events are liable to change and are dependent on weather and other variables.
Month | Day | Activity | Aimed At | Instructors |
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Feb | 6th | General Meeting | All | A. Taylor + A. Shane |
10 - 11th | Village Firefighter Course | VF | L. Hartley | |
13th | Bf Training (Skill Cards) | All | ||
18th | BF Assessment | |||
20th | BF Training (Skill Cards) | All | ||
24 - 25th | Village Firefighter Course | VF | L.Hartley | |
27th | BF Training (Skill Cards) | All | ||
Mar | 2 - 3rd | Rural Fire Driver (RFD) | ||
5th | Structure Fire simulation / Hoses / Mogareeka | All | L. Hartley | |
9th | Village Firefighter Assessment | VF | L. Hartley | |
9 - 10th | Crew Awareness and Safety (CAS) | AF | ||
12th | Pumping / Draughting | AF | L. Hartley | |
17th | Suicide Prevention Workshop | All | ||
19th | Maintenance / Equipment Check | All | Maint. Team | |
26th | ||||
Apr | 2nd | |||
9th | ||||
30th | ||||
May | 7th | |||
14th | ||||
21st | ||||
25-26th | Bush Firefighter | BF | ||
25th | Trim Crosscut Recertification | TFT | ||
28th | ||||
Jun | 4th | |||
11th | ||||
15-16th | Hydraulics Course | AF | ||
18th | ||||
25th | ||||
29-30th | First Aid Application | All | ||
30th | Bush Firefighter Assessment | BF | ||
Jul | 2nd | |||
6th | Protect and Preserve Incident | All | ||
23rd | General Meeting | All | A. Taylor + A. Shane | |
27-28th | Leading People | AF | ||
30th | ||||
Aug | 3rd-4th | Navigation | AF | |
6th | ||||
13th | ||||
17-18th | Live Fire Instructor | VF / AF | ||
20th | ||||
27th | ||||
Sep | 3rd | |||
7-8th | Breathing Apparatus Operator | VF | ||
7-8th | Trim Crosscut (TFT) | |||
10th | ||||
14-15th | First Aid Application | |||
17th | ||||
24th | ||||
Oct | 15th | General Meeting | A. Taylor + A. Shane | |
17, 19, 20 | Crew Leader Wildfire | |||
22nd | ||||
29th | ||||
Nov | 3rd | Bush Firefighter Assessment | ||
5th | ||||
9-10th | Wildfire Course | |||
12th | ||||
16-17th | Off Road Driving | |||
16-17th | Communications Centre Assistant | |||
19th | ||||
26th | ||||
Dec | 3rd | |||
10th | ||||
17th | ||||