Training

It’s Fall! Must Be Time For…

Every fall every length of hose in the Arlington (MA) Fire Department is tested to determine its suitability to continue in service.

- Fire News photo by Owen Carrigan

New England FOOLS Fall Training

New England FOOLS Fall Training, sponsored by Topsham (ME) Fire Department had almost 50 firefighters attending. Evolutions consisted of drills in vertical ventilation; TIC-led residential search; forcible entry underfire; vent-enter-search; tactical thermal imaging; can confidence; forcible entry with rotary saws; and bailouts and ladderbails. The event was held on the grounds of the Sagadahoc County Fire Chief’s Association Training Facility. - Fire News photo by John DeForest

Live Fire Training

Brookline (NH) firefighters along with Mason (NH) and Pepperell (MA) firefighters conducted a live fire training along Route 13. Crews practiced watersupply, fire behavior, line advancement and many othertechniques.