Fire Fighter Qualifications, Safety & personal protective equipment

Training for Tuesday, November 17th at 1900 will be Fire Fighter Qualifications, Safety & personal protective equipment. This class will be geared towards our probationary personnel but will be good for all our members. We will need help with the practical part of the class so if any one is interested helping please let us know.

Your instructor will be Lt. Mitchell

Please read Chapter 2 of your J&B Book prior to class

Climbing to the Top

Training for Monday, Nov. 9th will be ladders. Ladders are a big part of the fire service; they are our lifeline when we are above the ground floor, give us roof access to vent heat and toxic gases out of a building, help remove victims from the second floor, and so on. Obviously I don't have to tell you we need to know the ins-and-outs of ladders well. We will have a short classroom portion and then get to hands-on work with some ladder drills. This will be a great opportunity for those that are not yet interior firefighters to learn related fireground operations that can be utilized while you are finishing your interior training. It is important that ALL fire personnel become comfortable and competent in ladder operations, so please make every attempt to join us. Please review chapter 12 of your J&B book prior to class. Your instructors will be Lt. Doyle and Capt. St.Pierre.

Roof ladder article

http://firechief.com/tactics/firefighting_matter_physics/index.html

Upcoming trainings

Here are the trainings that will finish up the year, as we get closer to the dates I will post a more detailed description of that training. All trainings are open to fire and rescue.

• 11/09/09 Ladders. J&B Chapter 12. Instructors: Lt. Doyle & Capt. St.Pierre.


• 11/17/09 PPE, Firefighter Qualifications & Safety. J&B Chapter 2. Instructing: Chief Sacco & Lt. Mitchell. This is a Tuesday night for Rookies but is open to all.


• 11/23/09 Tools, Salvage & Overhaul. J&B Chapters 8 & 18. Instructing: TBD.


• 11/30/09 Fire behavior. J&B Chapter 4. Instructor: TBD.


• 12/01/09 IMS (Incident Management System). J&B Chapter 4. Instructing: Chief Sacco & Lt. Mitchell. This is a Tuesday night for Rookies but is open to all.


• 12/07/09 Hoses & Hose line deployment. J&B Chapter 16. Instructor: TBD.


• 12/14/09 Medical Equipment and location. Instructor: TBD.


• 12/28/09 FUN NIGHT!! All I can say is Wii.

Fitness in the Emergency Responder

Training for Monday, November 2nd will be Health & Wellness in the emergency service. This training will include classroom presentation along with a practical session. This should be a very informative night for fitness reminders as well as some new concepts to incorporate into our everyday lives. This training is open to Fire and EMS; we hope to have a large turnout, so please join us!

Guest instructor is Paramedic Mike Carroll, EMS coordinator for the city of South Portland; also of Code 3 Conditioning, a company dedicated to the fitness of Emergency Responders.

Chim-Chimney

Training for Monday, October 26th, will be on chimney fires and CO calls.

Well its that time of year already, the cold is setting in and people are firing up the wood stoves and terning up their thermostats. So, with that in mind its time to brush up on some of our cold weather skills, specifically chimney fires and co calls. We also will be going over our co meters.

Your instructor will be Chief Sacco

For more info check these links out

Chimney firers http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-products/tools/articles/432037-Tactical-Approaches-for-Chimney-Fires/

Carbon monoxide http//www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/carbonmonoxide-factsheet.pdf

THE CHALLENGE

Training for Monday, October 12th will be Individual Consumption Rate Challenges. What is this? Glad you asked...and no, it does not contain large amounts of hotdogs.

Individual consumption rates are regarding, in simple terms, how much air we use and how fast we use it in a working and non-working capacity.

In full turn out gear with SCBA, we will be putting you, as an individual, through a series of tasks that will raise your breathing rate to simulate working conditions at a structure fire. You will continue doing the tasks until you have completely depleted your air supply. This is timed to determine your air consumption in different working conditions and exertions. The information gained will be very helpful in knowing personal and department working capacities and limitations at actual incidents. To work as a team, its important to know our own and each others limits and maximums regarding how long our air is going to last.

For more information on air management see link below and read chapter 17 (pg 537) in your Jones and Bartlett book. You may also refer to NFPA 1404.

http://www.euro-firefighter.com/chapter_eight.htm

Ladder Maintenance

Training for this Monday Oct. 5 at 7pm will be ladder maintenance. We will be pulling all the ladders of the trucks washing them and making sure they are in good working order. the ladders will be getting their annual testing done this next week, so we want to pre-check and service them all. We will need a good turn out for this so hope to see you all there.

FYI http://firechief.com/inservice/basic_ground_ladder/

Mutual aid with Poland Fire and Rescue

On Monday September 28th at 7pm A crew from Poland Fire and Rescue will be joining us to learn our Squad 1, so in the event they are covering our town and need to roll Squad 1 they will be familiar with it and its equipment.

In return, on Wednesday September 30th we will go to Poland's station and get familiarized with Poland's rescue 1, which is a very large and impressive heavy rescue. If you can make it, I would highly recommend checking this very equipped truck out.

Extrication Training on Wednesday

Training for Wednesday September 23rd will be A join training with fire and rescue. The topic will be patient packaging and disentanglement. This will be a great opportunity to hone our skills as a department, build on our communication skills and work together better as a complete team.

Training will start at 7pm at the station

Instructors

Lt. peter Bryant

Capt. Jeremie St.Pierre

Barbecue

Monday night we will be forgoing the truck checks & in place of it having a little barbecue instead. We will still be doing the radio checks with the monthly meeting to follow. Should be a great time hope to see you all there.

P.S. The Chief is cooking.

General Work Detail

This Monday, Sept. 14th, we will be inventorying the trucks, getting things ready for fire prevention and getting the new barbecue pits ready for use along with some other miscellaneous projects. All help would be appreciated.

Col. Muster did it with the 1-3/4" line in the parking lot....

Training for Monday, August 31st:

Back, by popular demand, the (none traditional) fireman's muster. Like last fall we have put together some new and old drills to build teamwork, confidence, basic skills and camaraderie. This should be fast-paced, challenging and fun for all. We will be doing hand line, pumping and other ground operations as well as laughing uncontrollably. So bring your competitive edge and see you Monday night 7 pm.

Instructor will be Capt. St.Pierre

FYI: The first firemans muster was held July 4, 1849 in Bath Maine

ISO Water Shuttle Drills

Training for Monday, August 24th will be water shuttle operations for our ISO rating. We will be meeting at the station for a quick meeting on job assignments & plan of operations. We will be using Bowie's pit and the transfer station for our water supply and drop off. This is a very high paced operation & will need lots of manpower and driver operators; all help will be appreciated. Instructors for this operation will be DC. Levasseur & Chief Sacco.

Class B Fires

Downeast Energy will be holding a Class B course, complete with certificate, for us over the next couple of weeks. This is a 3-part class. The dates are August 3rd, 10th, and 15th. The first two dates are classroom times at our normal training time, 7pm, with the 3rd date being a Saturday, with hands-on, live fire training starting at 8am. For those who have not had any experience with Class B fire, this will be an eye-opening experience. For others who have dealt with Class B fire, this should be a great refresher. Our respected instructor will be Downeast Energy's Don Houd.

Extrication Training

We will be having extrication training this Sunday, August 2nd, 2009, at 7pm, at Central Station. This will be an informal training to allow for hands-on tool time, practice of known and new techniques. This will also be for Angela Schwartz, photographer, to get some firefighter action shots. Your esteemed instructors will be Capt. Joy and Capt. St.Pierre. Any questions, please contact either Captain. Hope to see everyone there.