Basic Occupational Fire Fighting Training
Practical workplace fire fighting training for employees who need stronger hands-on skills in extinguisher use, hose handling and coordinated fire response.
Awareness is useful. Response teams need practical confidence.
Essential Fire Fighting Training helps employees understand fire safety and initial response. Basic Occupational Fire Fighting Training goes further by developing hands-on response skills for employees expected to support workplace fire emergencies.
For employees expected to act, not only observe.
BOFF prepares selected personnel to respond more confidently during early stage workplace fire incidents.
Use fire equipment correctly.
Participants practise handling extinguishers and basic fire response equipment.
Respond as a team.
Fire response requires coordination, role clarity and safe movement.
Build workplace fire readiness.
The training supports better preparedness for fire related workplace emergencies.
What participants will practise
Participants will practise essential fire response actions that support safer and more coordinated workplace emergency response.
Initial fire response
Practise safe approach, basic fire size-up and first response actions for early stage fire incidents.
Fire extinguisher use
Handle fire extinguishers correctly and apply safe extinguishing techniques.
Hose handling
Build basic familiarity with hose handling, movement and team support.
Team coordination
Understand how fire response members should communicate, move and support one another.
Safe response behaviour
Practise safer judgement, withdrawal awareness and basic scene safety during fire response.
Programme information at a glance
A practical fire fighting programme for selected employees who support workplace fire response and emergency readiness.
Build stronger hands-on fire response capability.
This programme is suitable for organisations that need employees to go beyond awareness and develop practical response confidence.
Choosing the right Fire Fighting training level
Different employees need different levels of fire response training. This guide helps you decide whether your team needs awareness level training or practical response level training.
Essential Fire Fighting Training
Best for general employees who need basic fire safety awareness, fire prevention knowledge and initial extinguisher practice.
Basic Occupational Fire Fighting Training
Best for selected employees who are expected to support workplace fire response with extinguishers, hose handling and team coordination.
Explore the full Fire Fighting training pathway
For higher risk workplaces or teams with different response needs, view the full Fire Fighting training page to compare available programmes.
Common questions about Basic Occupational Fire Fighting Training
Quick answers to help you decide whether this programme is suitable for your workplace fire response team.
Is BOFF different from Essential Fire Fighting Training?
Yes. Essential Fire Fighting Training is more suitable for general awareness and initial response. BOFF is more practical and is designed for selected employees who need stronger hands-on fire response skills.
Who should attend this programme?
It is suitable for Emergency Response Team members, fire team members, safety personnel, supervisors and selected employees involved in workplace fire response.
Does the training include practical fire fighting?
Yes. Participants will go through practical activities such as extinguisher use, hose handling and team based fire response practice.
Is this programme HRD Corp claimable?
Yes, this programme is HRD Corp claimable, subject to employer eligibility and approval by HRD Corp.
Common questions about Basic Occupational Fire Fighting Training
Quick answers to help you decide whether this programme is suitable for your workplace fire response team.
Is BOFF different from Essential Fire Fighting Training?
Yes. Essential Fire Fighting Training is more suitable for general awareness and initial response. BOFF is more practical and is designed for selected employees who need stronger hands-on fire response skills.
Who should attend this programme?
It is suitable for Emergency Response Team members, fire team members, safety personnel, supervisors and selected employees involved in workplace fire response.
Does the training include practical fire fighting?
Yes. Participants will go through practical activities such as extinguisher use, hose handling and team based fire response practice.
Is this programme HRD Corp claimable?
Yes, this programme is HRD Corp claimable, subject to employer eligibility and approval by HRD Corp.
Need Basic Occupational Fire Fighting Training for your team?
Share your training needs with us. Our team can advise the right arrangement based on your workplace risk, team size and fire response responsibilities.
We can help you compare Essential Fire Fighting and Basic Occupational Fire Fighting based on who needs to be trained.