(I) Breathing Apparatus and Resuscitation
Written and/or oral Types in use with their limitation circumstances in which sets are to be used – conditions when resuscitation is necessary standard test. Practical demonstration Practical demonstration in harnessing a breathing set ort using a resuscitation apparatus.
(ii) Chemical Extinguishers
Written and/or oral -- Types of extinguishers in use and fires on which each one can be used; advantages and disadvantages and general methods of maintenance; standard tests. Practical demonstration -- Method of operation; recharging after use.
(iii) Escape Ladders, Extension Ladders and Hook Ladders, with Drills
Written and/or oral -- Types in use with their limitation care and maintenance; duties of each member of crew in performance of standard drills; standard tests; Practical demonstration -- Slipping and pitching; handling of hook ladders with pompier belt and ascending and descending on ladder.
(iv) First Aid Written and/or oral -- Method of approach and subsequent treatment in cases of shock, wounds, burns, bleeding, fractures and respiration failures *Practical demonstration -- Methods of bandaging at different parts of body and artificial respiration.
(v) Foam and Foam Equipment Written and/or oral -- Types of foam making appliances in use with their limitations; circumstances, when these can be used; care and maintenance; standard tests. Practical demonstration -- Practical demonstration on how to use each equipment.
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| (vi) Hose and Hose Drills | |
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| Written and/or oral -- | Types of delivery and suction hose in use its construction with care and maintenance; method of testing, cleaning, drying, repairing and stowing; duties of each member of crew in performance of standard three-men and four-men drills; standard tests. |
| Practical demonstration -- | Lifting, laying, making-up, adding, replacing or removing of hose as also carrying lines on upper floors on ladder. |
| (vii) Hydrants and Hose Fittings Written and/or oral -- | Types of hydrants in use with sizes and construction of outlets; hose fittings, like couplings, breeching, collecting heads, branches with different types of nozzles, strainers, standpipes, hose wrappers, hose bandages, hose ramps, branch holders and their uses; standard test of hydrants. |
| Practical demonstration -- (viii) Knots and lines Written and/or oral -- | Operation of hydrants and different hose fittings. Types of lines in use, method of testing and different uses to which different knots can be put to standard test. |
| Practical demonstration -- (ix) Pumps and Pump Drills Written and/or oral -- | Practical tying up of various knots. Types of pumps with priming systems in use; advantages and disadvantages; duties of each member of crew in case of standard pump drill. |
| Practical demonstration -- (x) Practical fireman ship Written and/or oral -- | Operation of pumps and standard pump drill. Methods of entry into and searching a building, locating a fire and precautions to e observed when working in smoke laden building. |
| (xi) Rescue Drills Practical demonstration -- | Picking up, lowering and carrying down insensible persons; rescue by fireman's lift and line rescue. |
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| (xii) Small Gear | |
| Written and/or oral -- Uses of special small gear, like door openers, persuaders, bracking-in-tools, cutting plants; rescue gear; jacks and pulleys; axes and preventers, etc. | |
| (xiii) Squad Drill | |
| Practical demonstration - Conducting practical squad drill with formation of squad, marching in step, turning with right and left inclination methods of March-past and presentation of parades. | |
| (xiv) Topography | |
| Written and/or oral -- Knowledge of the layout of the town/city with names of prominent localities, main roads, connecting such localities, names of different bazaars and important lanes; general spread of the fire hazards in the area served by the Fire Station concerned. | |
| (xv) Watch room procedure | |
| Written and/or oral -- Functions of watchroom; methods of keeping records of incoming and outgoing messages; mobilizing procedure; method of dealing with fire and emergency calls; standard messages. | |
| (xvi) Water problems | |
| Written and/or oral -- Types of water supplies, essential requirements for making their use for fighting pressures in water mains, capacities of pumps for tapping water mains. | |
| (xvii) Water relay | |
| Written and/or oral -- Meaning of collector and series pumping; normal relay distance; method of detecting disturbances in relay hose-lines. | |
(c) Draft Rules for Promotion
(i) All promotions to different ranks in the Fire services up to the rank of Divisional Officer, shall be made out of the candidates who are eligible in all respects having successfully passed the appropriate examination for such promotion and not otherwise.
(ii) For being termed as “successful” at any exa mination, the candidate shall have to score 50 per cent marks and above of the total marks.
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(iii) Seniority amongst the passes shall be considered along with seniority in service and those who pass in previous years shall be termed as seniors to those who pass in subsequent years for promotion. Candidates to be sponsored for training at the Regional/State Training Centres or National Fire Service College, should be drafted according to seniority, as far as possible, from amongst those eligible for respecti ve courses.
(iv) Only in exceptional and very rare cases shall the appointing authority have the discretion of waiving the condition of passing a promotion examination in case of an otherwise eligible candidate, if circumstances then prevailing warrant such consideration. In such a case, the appointing authority may preferably arrange selection for appointment by interviewing candidates by a Board of not less than three officers.
(v) For promotion to the ranks of Leading Firemen, the eligible candidates must pass a departmental written and oral and practical examination of the standard as laid down in the syllabus above. This examination should be conducted by a Board of officers having as Asstt. Divisional Officers or a Senior Station Officer with not less than 5 years’ service as Chairman and two Station Officers or Sub Officers with not less than years’ service as members.
*handling of and transport of injured persons shall be added.
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