| 39 | | === Skills === |
| 40 | | 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. |
| 41 | | |
| 42 | | Skills are re-credentialled every 6 months: |
| 43 | | * checking minimum time of active duty (275 hrs) |
| 44 | | * a managerial performance rating: pass/fail |
| 45 | | & 12 months: |
| 46 | | * checking minimum time of training (70 hrs) |
| 47 | | * a managerial performance rating: 1 (unfit) to 5 (well fitted for the work) |
| 48 | | * need at least 4 points for 5 years to be promoted in rank |
| 49 | | * attended refresher training course |
| 50 | | * Drivers have other standards (psycho-technical assessment every year) |
| 51 | | |
| 52 | | Skills: |
| 53 | | * Firefighter/EMT (150 hr course) |
| 54 | | * Firefighter/EMS (500 hr course inc some medical training and advanced life support) |
| 55 | | |
| 56 | | {{{ |
| 57 | | <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 |
| 58 | | <apocsantos> for example my EMT Card Uniq Identifyer is 36031 |
| 59 | | <apocsantos> there is no-one in portugal not firefighter or from any other organization with the same EMT Trainning Certification Number |
| 60 | | <apocsantos> all the "credential system" is based on uniq identifyers that can be "cross-check" bettween databases |
| 61 | | <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 |
| 62 | | <apocsantos> they can radio in the ID's an have my credentials validated |
| 63 | | }}} |
| 64 | | === Assets === |
| 65 | | Standardised Vehicle Types: |
| 66 | | |
| 67 | | |
| 68 | | Locations, classified by Response Times to Incident Location: |
| 69 | | * Airport Crash |
| 70 | | * North of Terminal |
| 71 | | * within 5km radius: airport staff 1st in line |
| 72 | | * 5-20km radius: Vila do Conde (15 mins ETA. Morreira da maia have 10 min ETA, but they don't have the same resources) |
| 73 | | * South of Terminal |
| 74 | | * within 10km radius: airport staff 1st in line |
| 75 | | * 10+km radius: Oporto professional firefighters |
| 76 | | |
| 77 | | == Activation == |
| 78 | | We want a way of notifying the relevant human resources that they are required (which is a link between the required skills & the available skills). |
| 79 | | * ideally single button to send out the mobilisation notification |
| 80 | | * major emergencies require this to be done by a senior person |
| 81 | | |
| 82 | | Taking shifts into account: |
| 83 | | * Bombeiros.pt don't need this (always on-call) |
| 84 | | * American Red Cross have 12 hour alternating shift patterns |
