Fire and Rescue Operations
Responds to fires, rescues and hazardous materials incidents from 28 stations, maintains appliances and equipment in a state of readiness, crews every turnout with competent members, and manages every incident under the incident management system with a safety officer where required.
What the team is accountable for
- Respond to and control fire, rescue and hazmat incidents
- Maintain appliances, pumps and breathing apparatus in readiness
- Crew every turnout to the minimum competency standard
- Conduct briefings, debriefs and post incident analysis
- Report incidents, near misses and injuries within 24 hours
How we know it is working
Who works here
David Petrakis
Commands the 28 fire stations and the career platoons, and has been a Level 3 incident controller on nine campaign fires over twenty-four years.
Jordan Whitlock
Leads a career platoon at the busiest station in the region, supervises turnouts and crews and mentors recruit firefighters in their first year.
Where the work is recorded
Incident and Dispatch Log
The official record of every incident and request for assistance, with type, location, resources, incident level, control times, safety officer and debrief status.
Appliance and Equipment Register
Records every appliance, breathing apparatus set, rescue kit, ladder, chainsaw and detector with its checks, tests, services, defects and in service status.
Health and Safety Incident Register
The controlled record of injuries, exposures, near misses, hazards, vehicle incidents and equipment failures across stations, units, incidents and workplaces, with investigation and actions to closure.
Assessment tasks in this department
Complete the start of shift appliance and breathing apparatus check
You are a Recruit Firefighter on Geelong Central Pumper 1.
IntermediateWork a hazardous materials incident as a crew member
You are a Firefighter on the Geelong Central hazmat appliance.
AdvancedLead a crew and control a Level 1 structure fire
You are the Crew Leader and first arriving officer at a dwelling fire.
Documents the scenarios use
- Breathing Apparatus and Hazardous Materials Entry Procedure Procedure
- Appliance and Equipment Test and Inspection Register Standard Register
- Incident Management and Command Policy Policy
- Injury, Near Miss and Hazard Report Form Form
- Incident Scene Safety, Traffic Management and Debrief Procedure Procedure
- Appliance Readiness and Turnout Procedure Procedure
- Health and Safety Policy Policy