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.

Hose Testing- June 8th and June 22nd

It's that time of year again...hose testing time! On Monday, June 8th and 22nd we will be testing all of the hose on all of the trucks, excluding engine 3. That hose was tested at the Fire Attack School at the beginning of May. That leaves us with only three trucks to go through. With a good turnout, we will be able to get all the testing done in one night. This would leave the 22nd open for a different training. All help would be appreciated. Also keep in mind for the pump operators, this would be a good time to get some pump time in and for some of the newer members, you could get some of your hose requirements out of the way. Hope to see you all there.

Farm Machinery, June 1st

Training for June 1st will be farm machinery. This will be an introduction to types of farm equipment & machinery that we may be exposed to in an emergency situation. This will be a "what it is" and "how it works" class, with some do's & don'ts. We will be traveling to the Bartlett farm on Peacock Hill Rd. to see some examples first hand.

Our leading expertise and instructor will be Lt. Bartlett.

Hydrand Testing

Training for Monday the 11th will be our annual Hydrant testing.



We will need as much help as possible (especially driver operators),
the better the turnout the sooner we can get it all done and out of the way. It's very important they are ready to go for the next year. This is also a great opportunity for driver operators and up and coming operators to get some pump time in. We will be putting as many trucks on the road as possible heading in different directions. Hope to see you there.



The instructor will be D.C. Levasseur

Foam Systems & Use

Training for Monday, April 27th at 1900 will be foam systems & operations.Your instructors will be Lt. Doyle & Lt. Mitchell. We will be having a short class room time followed by hands on training. This will be a good refresher for some of us and a good introduction for those of you that have never trained with foam before.

Forestry training on April 13th

Fire season is here

Its time to prepare for the season.

We will be doing a short class room time,
followed by some hands on training along with getting our equipment ready to go.Please read chapter 20 of your J&B book prior to class.

Your instructors will be

Capt. Tim Joy

Lt. Ryan Mitchell

Training schedule thru June

The tentative training schedule thru June will be as follows


April

• 13th Forestry



• 27th Foam systems

May

• 11th Hydrant testing

June

• 1st Farm machinery



• 8th Hose Testing



• 22nd Hose testing



• 29th Hose operations w/live fire

What are you interested in ?

I'm currenly working with the other officers on putting together the next few months of trainings and would like you're input.

• What would you like to see for trainings?

• What do you think the department needs?

• Do you have any new ideas?

Please post any and all suggestions under the comments for this post.

Thank you for your input.

Cumberland County Fire Attack School

If you are interested in any of the offerings this year, and are interested in the department paying the class fee, you will need to email Capt. St.Pierre your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th class choices by Monday, April 6th at 1800 for consideration. The Captains and the Chief will review all the choices, and will make decisions based on course relevancy, amount of department member interest, (if there is a large interest, we would entertain the idea of holding it in-house), and budget. The classes are the weekend of May 2nd. The school flier with course descrriptions, is at the station in the day duty office, or available on the net at http://www.ccfas.net/

Any questions, please email Capt. St.Pierre.

Training for April 6, 2009

Training for Monday, April 6, 2009 is Forcible Entry. Your esteemed instructor will be Lt. Dan Bryant. We will be using the forcible entry training doors from Maine Fire Training. This should be very interesting to see how they work...Class starts at 1900.

Please read chapter 11 out of your J&B book prior to class.

We will have the training doors on Thursday, April 2nd thru Monday, April 6th.

Training for March 30, 2009

Training for March 30, 2009 will be Fire Alarm Systems. Your featured instructor will be our very own FF Craig Elkanich. More information to come...

Mandatory Trainings

It's that time of year again when we need to brush up on our mandatory skills. (Bloodborne pathogens, traffic control, hazmat awareness, sexual harassment and extinguishers) Instructor will be Chief Sacco. These trainings will be held on:

• Monday, March 23rd @ 1900


• Wednesday, March 25th @ 1900


• Friday, March 27th @ 0900


• Saturday, March 28th @ 0900

You must make one (1) of the four trainings. Any questions, please contact Chief Sacco.