In comparison, I understand that not all CFS members are CABA trained yet they are all firefighters. So I would expect at a large structural fire some CFS volunteers should be saying, sorry cannot enter because I am not trained & thus adding a risk to the rest of the crew. That person I hope would be given another job to do outside of the building within their skill set
Everyone is trained in external firefighting of structures in Level 1 (simply put: preventing injury, while pouring wet stuff
).
CABA is optional and generally 8-14 operators per brigade is the SFEC minimum.
As for "im not trained, thus adding risk to the rest of the crew"...Shouldnt be entering a building with out Two teams of Two BA operators with a ECO set up. And with the matter of entering a building...any Black or Blue smoke and blackened windows...seriously consider, whoeva is in there is already dead.....