Fire and Rescue Service Academy Bocholt (FRB)
The Fire and Rescue Service Academy Bocholt is the training centre for many fire brigades and aid organisations in the Münsterland, Ruhr and Lower Rhine regions. The team of lecturers at the fire brigade academy and the state-recognised vocational school for rescue services guarantees highly qualified basic, advanced and further training in fire protection and rescue services.
Customers receive a wide range of training in basic firefighting and rescue service training, as well as in leadership and management training.
Through its certification as a training centre, the academy promotes internationally recognised and structured training for rescue service personnel.
We offer:
- Career training for the intermediate fire service in accordance with the ordinance on training and examination for career group 1.2 of the fire service in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Training as a squad leader as a block training course
- Training as a fire protection helper
- Training to become a paramedic
- Training as an emergency paramedic
- Training to become a practical instructor
- Further training in rescue services
Fire protection training
Career training for career group 1.2-FEU of the fire brigade technical service
The Fire and Rescue Academy Bocholt offers career training for the career group 1.2-FEU of the fire service according to VAP1.2-Feu (formerly intermediate service). The training extends over 18 months and is divided into the following sections:
Training section 1
Basic training, breathing apparatus wearer, engineer training, equipment maintenance course, motorised chain saw operator course in accordance with GUV and NBC operations.
The training is practical. In order to achieve this goal, realistic training with heat experience, flash-over training and tactical training is carried out in the respiratory protection training.
Training block 2
In this training block, the training to become a paramedic takes place.
Training block 3
Here the knowledge acquired in the fire brigade training is deepened. In addition, the courses for turntable ladder operators and fall protection are carried out in this part.
Training sections 4 and 5
This is where all the knowledge gained is put into practice. Participants complete a "watch internship" on a service group of the fire brigade. They are deployed in operational service.
Training section 6
In this final and decisive section, participants are prepared for the career examination in order to successfully pass the career examination.
During the entire training, great emphasis is placed on practical training so that after the career examination, the graduates will be proficient in the everyday watchkeeping and operations of a fire and rescue station.
Training as a squad leader as a block training
The academy offers the squad leader course as a 60-hour training.
An e-learning module is used in the legal basics. A complete Saturday and the following week - from Monday to Friday - cover the required training content. The course also includes the recommended training in a real fire training facility. Learn more.
Training as a fire protection assistant and other training courses
On request.
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Rescue service
Paramedic (Rettungssanitäterin / Rettungssanitäter)
Course requirements
- Completion of the 17th year of life
- Secondary school leaving certificate or equivalent school education or completed vocational training
- Presentation of a medical certificate of physical, mental and personal aptitude for the intended activity in the rescue service, which must not be older than three months.
- a declaration that the participant is not the subject of a public prosecutor's investigation or criminal proceedings and that no such proceedings have been conducted in the last five years
- a first-aid training course not more than one year old
Supplementary course for emergency paramedic (EP 1)
Course requirements
- Proof of successfully completed training as an emergency medical technician (paramedic)
- more than 5 years of work in the rescue service (cut-off date for issue of the paramedic certificate)
Full training as an emergency paramedic
The prerequisite for access to training in accordance with the Emergency Paramedic Act is,
- health suitability to exercise the profession, and
- in the case of training
- at a state school (§ 5 paragraph 2 sentence 1)
- the intermediate school leaving certificate or another equivalent completed school education, or
- a successfully completed vocational training of at least two years' duration following a lower secondary school leaving certificate or equivalent school education,
- in the context of a model project at a higher education institution (§ 7), proof of the higher education entrance qualification.
- at a state school (§ 5 paragraph 2 sentence 1)
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