CFBT International

Shan Raffel has served as a career firefighter in Brisbane since 1983. In 1994, 2 of his colleagues were killed in the line of duty. The Coroner’s report was unable to identify the 2 extreme fire events that cause severe burns, dislocating them from the hose line and rendering them unconscious. In 1996, two other colleagues were seriously injured after being caught in an extreme fire event. His research led to an extensive study at leading training institution in Sweden and the UK. Since developing the 1st nationally recognized CFBT program in Australia, he has assisted numerous fire services around the world to develop training facilities, instructors, and teaching materials. His “Churchill Fellowship” on “Planning Preparation & Response to Emergencies in Tunnels” included 10 weeks with leading fire services, training centres and tunnel operators in the USA (FDNY), Canada, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Switzerland.
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