| 31 | ==== Skills ==== |
| 32 | Portuguese Firefighters & Red Cross use a common standard for human resources skills defined by the Ministry of Health, which is certified by attending the requisite hours of training & passing both written & practical exams. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Skills are re-credentialled every 6 months: |
| 35 | * checking minimum time of active duty (275 hrs) |
| 36 | * a managerial performance rating: pass/fail |
| 37 | & 12 months: |
| 38 | * checking minimum time of training (70 hrs) |
| 39 | * a managerial performance rating: 1 (unfit) to 5 (well fitted for the work) |
| 40 | * need at least 4 points for 5 years to be promoted in rank |
| 41 | * attended refresher training course |
| 42 | * Drivers have other standards (psycho-technical assessment every year) |
| 43 | |
| 44 | Skills: |
| 45 | * Firefighter/EMT (150 hr course) |
| 46 | * Firefighter/EMS (500 hr course inc some medical training and advanced life support) |
| 47 | |
| 48 | {{{ |
| 49 | <apocsantos> portuese standards for emergency personel are all clearly defined by law, and eveyone has diferente ID numbers for each specific trainning and an identification card |
| 50 | <apocsantos> for example my EMT Card Uniq Identifyer is 36031 |
| 51 | <apocsantos> there is no-one in portugal not firefighter or from any other organization with the same EMT Trainning Certification Number |
| 52 | <apocsantos> all the "credential system" is based on uniq identifyers that can be "cross-check" bettween databases |
| 53 | <apocsantos> for example if i respond to a car accident while off dutty the portuguese authority's (police) ask me for the EMT Training ID and Firefighter ID |
| 54 | <apocsantos> they can radio in the ID's an have my credentials validated |
| 55 | }}} |
| 56 | === Assets === |
| 57 | Standardised Vehicle Types: |
| 58 | |
| 59 | |
| 60 | Locations, classified by Response Times to Incident Location: |
| 61 | * Airport Crash |
| 62 | * North of Terminal |
| 63 | * within 5km radius: airport staff 1st in line |
| 64 | * 5-20km radius: Vila do Conde (15 mins ETA. Morreira da maia have 10 min ETA, but they don't have the same resources) |
| 65 | * South of Terminal |
| 66 | * within 10km radius: airport staff 1st in line |
| 67 | * 10+km radius: Oporto professional firefighters |
| 68 | |