The Year 10 students, who are set to graduate from the program on 16 November with a bushfire Minimum Skills accreditation, visited the SCC in September to get a sense of how fireground management fits in at a state level.
As part of their tour the Cobram students saw first hand the IT, mapping and communications systems − even the catering arrangements − that make the SCC a world-class facility.
During their visit, the SCC was largely empty but the students were asked to imagine the desks quickly filling up with people when an incident escalates, including mapping specialists and fire behaviour experts working on predictive analysis.
Tyler Hill, 15, said it was interesting to “see how they used the room, and all the different roles and jobs and resources”.
“I didn’t know before how CFA, DSE and SES work as a team to deal with a job. I thought they would be in separate buildings,” she said.
Zoe Ryder, 16, was surprised to see the number of maps that needed to be printed and to hear about the amount (and cost) of high-quality cabling installed under the floor.
“And I definitely hadn’t thought about the food – when it’s busy they cater for 150 people four times a day,” she said.
The students also visited the
See also:
Subscribe to this comment's feed
