Staff Training

The Fire Services Training School and the Ambulance Command Training
School organise a 26-week initial training for new recruits. For recruit
firemen, this covers basic fire-fighting techniques, appliances and
equipment, breathing apparatus, ambulance aid and physical training.
Subjects such as fire protection, legislation, physics and the science of
combustion are also included. Courses for recruit Station Officers also
cover incident command-and-control elements.

Altogether 367 recruits, comprising 39 Station Officers and 328 firemen,
successfully completed initial training during the year. Moreover,
continuation training courses were also arranged for 76 in-service
Probationary Station Officers.

Apart from providing initial basic training for the recruits, the Fire
Services Training School also conducted various training courses for
1 406 staff of other government departments and private organisations on
basic fire-fighting techniques and the use of breathing apparatus.
Arrangements were also made for 4 375 members of the general public to
visit the Training School.

The Ambulance Command Training School had a very tight training
schedule in the year. To cope with the increase in demand for emergency
ambulance services, the school trained 156 recruit ambulancemen from
April. It also ran 18 refresher and re-certification courses for 231
ambulance personnel.

In-service training was provided to 8 739 fire and 394 ambulance
personnel, while 26 officers were selected to attend various overseas
training programmes in the UK, USA, Canada and China. The department
recruited and appointed 38 Station Officers, 10 Ambulance Officers, 22
Senior Firemen and Firewomen (Control), 295 Firemen and 158
Ambulancemen during the year.

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