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# London Fire Brigade Pathways

## London Fire Brigade Pathways <a href="#london-fire-brigade-pathways" id="london-fire-brigade-pathways"></a>

You will begin as a **Student Firefighter** which is our rank for those in training, whilst being this rank you will be limited on what trainings you can do, what skills you can perform and even things like driving. I'll begin by breaking the basics down!

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> * You will not be able to attend any training except for our **Firefighter Development Programme (Basic Training)**
> * You will not be able to perform any specialist rescue techniques
> * You will not be able to drive any of our appliances if there is an **Emergency Fire Appliance Driving (EFAD)** Qualified trained Firefighter, the only time you'll be allowed to drive an appliance is when it is just you or other Student Firefighter's online.

Once you decide to complete your Firefighter Development Programme training you'll be able to take a few different pathways.

> * **Leading Firefighter In Development (LFD)**: Our Leading Firefighter In Development programme consists of a few things such as; leading those below you, becoming a role model and being there as a helping hand. Obviously it comes with it's negatives, you'll be expected to consistently uphold the brigade's standards, general command duties and host trainings. If you'd like to become a command member for LFB I highly suggest starting here.

In the situation of you not wanting to become a command member you also have the option for divisions under our **Operational Resilience & Control** tree!

> * **Fire Control (London West)**: Our London West operators play a crucial role in day to day operations, you assist the Firefighters with getting to the calls, help the locals with the calls you may receive and more. You are the backbone of everything we do here in LFB, if you would like to take this route then you also have the option of becoming one of our London West Supervisors. You would assist in the day to day operations of London West and lead those within the division.

> * **Specialist Operations Group (SOG)**: Our Specialist Operations Group perform rescues that normal Firefighters can't. Many of our specialist roles fall under SOG these vary from things like, Technical Rescue, Water Rescue (Level 2), Large Boats and even HazMat! SOG Will only be deployed to specialist incidents such as, structure collapse, serious Road Traffic Collisions, out at sea emergencies and difficult rescues. If you'd like to progress within SOG You can contact ORC Leadership and express your interest in a position like USAR Advisor, this role plays a vital part within SOG. You would be the Incident Commander for SOG, make all decisions on SOG's movements and actions on scenes and more. More on this can be found by opening a Silver Ticket FAO ORC Leadership.

Last but not least we have Fire Investigations, this is the only investigative department within LFB!

> * **Fire Investigations (FI)**: Our Fire Investigations Team is one of those that truly doesn't get enough attention, with this role there is a lot you can do. You will begin as a standard investigator, with this you can attend all fire scenes and investigate as normal. You will also have the option of progressing onto Senior Investigator & becoming a dog handler within Fire Investigations, having a dog whilst on these investigations will assist you a lot with evidence finding.

For any further questions, please open a **Bronze Command Ticket** and ask your question there.


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