Explorers Combat Challenge Course
This consists of 12 Stations that will test your skills and knowledge of basic fire fighting and CPR. A fireman will evaluate you on every event, some events will be timed and some will not. Every person will receive a certificate for competing, and the top 3 will receive prizes. There will points awarded for sportsmanship and points taken away if any bad attitudes come out during these events. If at anytime you feel you have treated unfairly you can challenge it with an advisor. Make sure you ask questions before you start, once you start you cannot stop unless you are done or you quit, in which you earn no points for that station. At the end you have a choice to go back to the station you quit and make it up, but you can only do this for 2 stations, if you miss more than 4 stations you are disqualified will not be able to continue. All evaluators will be fair and will help you as much as they can, but can't answer any questions for you. Be safe at all times, up to 5 points will be given for safety for the first 9 stations or taken away if somebody is not. Note there are some stations that you can make more points than others, so take advantage of them and study hard and lets remember that it is all for fun and excellent training for you, so have fun. Special conditions will have to be handled by the advisors.
Station 1
Turnout gear
2 parts
Possible 20 points- 1 evaluator
1 point per fault - issue up to 5 safety points
Part 1 - 10pts. Must know what each piece of turnout gear is and function
Part 2- 10pts (timed under 2:minutes) put gear on as fast as you can
Station 2
Scba
2 parts
Possible 20points- 1 evaluator
1 point per fault- issue up to 5 safety points
Part 1- 10pts.know how to assemble and put air pack together
Part 2 - 10pts. Put an air pack on as fast as you can (timed under 2:30 minutes)
Station 3
Search and rescue- second evaluator will assist you
Timed event - 2 evaluators
2 men teams- turnout and
SCBA
is needed
20points- perform search and rescue skills, locate victim and carry out victim.
1 point per fault- issue up to 5 safety points
Station 4
Hose lines
1 part not timed
10points - 1 evaluator
Must identify all sizes of hoses from shortest to biggest
Show how to roll a hose properly
Answer questions on hoses and equipment that goes with hoses TFT, quick connects, spanner wrenches.
1 point per fault- issue up to 5 safety points
Station 5
Hydrant- not timed
10points - 1 evaluator
Know how to hit a hydrant and what's in a hydrant bag.
Will hit a hydrant for real
1 point per fault- issue up to 5 safety points
Station 6
Ladders - not timed
10points - 1 evaluator
Must know various types of ladders and location of them- roof, extension, and little giant, folding.
Must extend and retract a ladder
Must show safety at all times
1 point per fault- issue up to 5 safety points
Station 7
Rehab
-not timed
10points - 1 evaluator
Must change a bottle off from an SCBA
Must be able to set a rehab tent up.
Must know what to do at a
rehab area.
Must show safety at all times.
1 point per fault- issue up to 5 safety points
Station 8
Mobile Air Unit (Rescue 2)- not timed
10points - 1 evaluator
Must know what to check for before filling a
bottle.
Must know how to fill an air
bottle properly
Will fill a tank
1 point per fault- issue up to 5 safety points
Station 9
Equipment Identification- not timed
10points - 20 if answers all of
them 1 evaluator
Will choose 10 out of 15 items on a table and identify them and there uses
1 point per fault- issue up to 5 safety points
Station 10
General fire knowledge- not timed
10points - 1 evaluator
Must have knowledge of the following
1- Initial attack - the primary sequence of events that take place when you are the first arriving on a scene of a fire.
2- Fire Prevention- Knowledge of interventions that can help reduce the risk of fires.
3- Overhaul - Clean up stage of a fire, mop up and cleaning up of debris and hot spots.
4- Pre - Planning - having the knowledge of what to do at any scene.
5- Salvage- To recovers and preserves anything that was not damaged by the fire.
6- Backdraft - Too much oxygen gets to the fire and causes an explosion.
7- Flashover- When the gases get to a certain temp. And ignites.
8- Fire Tetrahedron - the components of a fire, heat fuel oxygen and chemical reaction.
9- Rescue- To assists a person in the time of need, to exiting the structure.
10- Basic building construction-Be able to know and identify the different types of construction like false walls and roofs.
1 point per fault
Station 11
CPR- not timed
40points - 1 evaluator
Properly perform CPR on adult- 10pts child- 10pts. And infant-10pts., and fbao-5pts..
Basic first aid - like stopping bleeding ext.-5 pts
This a pass or fail stage