Your First Weeks at the Hall

Six short lessons. The part of joining that happens on paper.

Somebody handed you a binder. Most of what is in it is procedure you will learn in the hall, from people who have done it. A smaller part is what the department expects of you as a member from your first week, and that part reads the same whether you have been to a call yet or not.

This course is short on purpose. Three films carry the teaching, three panels answer a situation at a time, and every lesson ends with a couple of situations you can answer for yourself. It covers the manual and its sign-off, the safety law you are covered by, how members treat each other, who speaks for the department, the few riding and radio rules that are yours, and what happens after a call. It teaches nothing you would act on at an incident.

Who it's for

New members: who have the binder and have not yet been told what to do with it.

The officer who runs their first weeks: who wants the same ground covered every time.

Whoever keeps the binder current: who has to know which document answers which question.