Bandon Fire & Rescue

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Bandon's 4 bay fire station at Well Road.

Brief History of Bandon Fire Station

this section is still under construction

Mobilisation

Operating with a total crew of nine men and one woman. Bandon covers over 200 town lands, eighty square miles and answering on average up to 140 emergency calls per year.

Retained Fire Fighters work their normal occupations and are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 365 days a year. They are paid a 'retainer' to be on call and respond to fire calls when required.

On calling the Fire Service the caller is transferred to C.A.M.P. ( Computer Aided Mobilasation Project ) where an operator enters all the details into the computer system i.e. type of call, where the call is, callers name and any other information required.

The computer will recognize the town or town land and will automatically alert the nearest Fire Station or in some cases the nearest two Stations. All this being done while the caller is still on the phone. In the event that the nearest Station is at a call already it will alert the second turnout Station automatically.

The crew pagers are activated and the crew makes there way to the station. On arrival they receive a printout containing all the relevant information. On leaving the station a 'status' message is sent to control to inform them that they are 'mobile to incident' and another 'status' message when they are 'in attendance'. During the incident you can communicate by voice message and status messages need to be sent to the computer when you are 'available at incident', 'mobile and available' and 'at home station'

Training and recruitment

All recruit Fire Fighters must first pass a medical examination and then undergo a 2 week introduction course. This course involves an introduction to all fire fighting equipment, health and safety act, fire fighting, rescue and vehicle extrication. On completing the course and a probation period of 6 months you are then required to pass a 2 week Breathing Apparatus Course.

Each Fire Station follows a set syllabus of training from the Chief Fire Officer. Comprising of ladder drills, hose drills, BA wears, vehicle extrication and casualty care, pre fire planning and many more. This is done 2 nights per month.

Fire Fighters on Pump drills

Using cutting equipment to remove the roof of a car

making a '3rd door' entry into the rear of a van.

Recruit Training

January 2004