Thanks for typing all that up, dieseldave, appreciated.
Ok, I see what you mean there.
It´s gotta cost the provider more to provide Fire training, unless it´s just a sitintheclassroomboredoutofyourskull style of instruction. I would hope to see even a short practical part.
New guys who don´t care what the modules are, just want the intital CPC are looking at cost, not content, I reckon.
Personally, I think that intitial CPC should include First Aid and Fire stuff as mandatory with 7 hours of each per 5 years.
Every course I ever did in the green gang started with at least one full day of first aid. And, if it had any electrics it included fire control.
In this 35 I´ve just done we had 2 modules, twice each.
One was to do with how to handle disabilities, and the other was about the Equality Act 2010. This sort of stuff is more to do with living a normal life, not driving.
Now, a good fire? Or blood and guts on the floor?That´s a different thing 
Sign me up.