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Dec 14 2009

Flourtown Fire Company Fire Prevention

FirePrevention_AtSchoolFlourtown Fire Company is dedicated to promoting fire safety education to the Springfield Township community. Fire Safety is everyone’s concern, the following programs are conducted by members of Flourtown Fire Company:

This year’s fire prevention messsage is
“Stay Fire Smart – Don’t Get Burned”

It is not enough to have a home fire escape plan in order to escape a burning home safely. You must ensure that everyone in your home knows the plan, and and has practiced the plan.

According to a recent NFPA poll, the majority of American homes have a fire escape plan, but most have not practiced it.

PRACTICE OF YOUR FIRE ESCAPE PLAN IS THE KEY!!!

Fire Prevention Night

This event is scheduled each October during Fire Safety Week, and includes tours of the firehouse, Engine 6, Squad 6, Ladder 6 and Utility 6. Our antique truck is also on display. Demonstrations about kitchen safety, firefighting and rescue equipment, and the importance of smoke detectors and home escape plans are also discussed. Fire prevention literature is displayed for adults and educational coloring books are available for children. Smoke detectors are also available to families in need. This successful event has raised community awareness of the importance of fire safety and we invite you to check back here for the date of this year’s event.

Fire Prevention Night 2008 (06-Oct-08) – Images

Annual Visits to Local Schools and Day Care Centers

During Fire Safety Week each October, firefighters visit local schools and day care centers where children can see firsthand firefighters arriving at their school on fire trucks! Through presentations and demonstrations of equipment and videos, children learn about fire safety and become comfortable with seeing firefighters dressed in their full protective gear.

Fire Safety Night at the Firehouse

As a reminder of the importance of practicing fire safety every day, fire safety night is scheduled at the firehouse during the spring. Visitors can tour the firehouse and trucks, view demonstrations of firefighting equipment and fire safety videos, and discuss home escape plans.

FIRE FACTS
In an emergency dial 9-1-1

Fire Deaths:

  • Home fires cause a fatality roughly every 170 minutes.
  • Smoking materials such as cigarettes, cigars and pipes are the leading cause of fire deaths. The majority of residential fires associated with smoking materials start as a result of careless or improper disposal.

Smoke Alarms:

  • Having an operationing smoke alarms in your home reduces your chance of dying in a fire nearly in half.
  • In three of every ten reported fires in homes equipped with smoke alarms, the devices did not work most often because of missing, dead or disconnected batteries.

Home Escape Planning:

  • According to the National Fire Protection Association survey, only 66% of Americans have a home fire escape plan. Thirty-four percent have never practiced it.

Heating:

  • During the months of December, January and February, heating equipment is the leading cause of home fires.
  • Have heating equipment inspected and cleaned annually.
  • Turn off portable heaters when not in use.
  • Maintain appropriate clearance (check warning labels) between space heaters and anything that can burn.

Candles:

  • Over the last decade, candle fires have almost tripled. Remember that a candle is an open flame. It can easily ignite anything combustible nearby.
  • Approximately 16,000 home fires started by candle are reported to fire departments annually and approximately 130 people die annually from fires started as a result of candles.

Cooking:

  • More fires start in the kitchen than any other place in the home.
  • Cooking fires are the #1 cause of home fires and home fire injuries.
  • Unattended cooking is the leading cause of home cooking fires.

Electrical:

  • Electrical fires and shocks kill hundreds of people and injure thousands each year. Ensure wiring, switches, receptacles and outlets are properly installed and extension cords are used properly.
  • Remember downed wires should always be deemed live and please keep your distance from them.

Written by Tim Ernst · Categorized: Fire Prevention · Tagged: Calendar, escape plans, fire, firefighter, NFPA, Open House, prevention, safety, school, visits

Dec 13 2009

Flourtown Fire Company Participates in Wissahickon Fire Company Firefighter Camp Graduation

Officers from the Flourtown Fire Company and Wyndmoor Hose Company were invited to attend the Wissahickon Fire Company Firefighter Camp Graduation. Both Flourtown and Wyndmoor had future junior firefighters participate in the camp. Congratulations Guys!

Sta 7 FF Camp 2009 (Small)

From left: Wyndmoor Chief Fran DePaul, Wyndmoor Captain Pete Bistline, Wyndmoor Camper Patrick Dolan, Flourtown Camper Dave Brierly, Flourtown Camper Greg Fasold, Flourtown Lieutenant Chris Manning, Flourtown Assistant Chief Chris Buckley.

Written by Tim Ernst · Categorized: Training · Tagged: firefighter, junior, Training, Wissahickon, Wyndmoor

Dec 14 2008

Flourtown Fire Company receives Fireman’s Fund Insurance Heritage Grant for $20,000

FFICCheck_GroupPhoto_Dec08Flourtown Fire Company’s Chief George Wilmot III, President Tim Ernst along with the rest of the Flourtown crew accept a $20,000 grant check from local employees of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Nadine Eissler (Fort Washington) and Erin McCartney McKee (Flourtown). The grant from the insurer’s Fireman’s Fund Heritage program will be used to purchase new Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for the fire company’s new truck, Squad 6. Since 2004 FFIC has awarded millions of dollars in grants and donations to fire departments and burn prevention programs across the country. This year Flourtown was one of 17 employee-nominated fire departments to receive grants totaling $300,000.

Flourtown Fire Company would like to thank Erin McCartney McKee for her work in successfully nominating us.

December 2008

Written by Tim Ernst · Categorized: Grants · Tagged: $20, 000, 2008, December, FF, Fireman's Fund, Flourtown, grant, Heritage, McKee, SCBA

Aug 14 2008

Mass Casualty Training – Springfield Township (May 2006)

In May 2006, Flourtown Fire Company joined companies and first-responder organizations from throughout Montgomery County in a Mass Casualty Training Exercise at the Springfield Township High and Middle Schools.

Some images from the day-long training, black and white photos by Regina Rahill:

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Images of the Mass Casualty Training (May 2006) Springfield High School

Written by Tim Ernst · Categorized: Training, Videos/Images · Tagged: black and white, County, County-wide, High, mass-casualty, Middle, Montgomery, Regina Rahill, SCBA, school, Springfield, township, Training

Jan 06 2008

Flourtown Fire Company hosts Confined Space/Building Collapse Training for Area Fire Companies

By Tim Ernst, President & Firefighter Flourtown Fire Company

January 6, 2008

ConfinedSpace_01_2008The scenario was modeled after building collapses that take place all over the world everyday. It used technology developed after 9/11 and Oklahoma City that allow rescuers the time needed to make progress in this type of emergency and learn what needs to be done. The training scenario involved two victims trapped in a three story building where the second floor partially collapsed onto the first and the third floor completely “pancaking” onto the second. In the end it would take over 50 firefighters, over five hours with hundreds of feet of air hoses, ropes, and many air packs to rescue both victims and it all took place in a 20-foot trailer in the parking lot of Flourtown Fire Company on Sunday.

Personal Protection Equipment Specialists, Inc. from Lincoln University, PA provided the confined space/building collapse trailer to Flourtown, Wyndmoor, Oreland, Wissahickon, Fort Washington, Green Lane fire companies and Springfield Ambulance. The drill began with each firefighter getting their blood pressure and pulse checked by Springfield Ambulance personnel to set a base line. Then after the teams of two or four firefighters donned self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and entered the darkened maze of tilting floors, shifting building debris, wires, and obstacles, where they removed the debris and brought in shoring equipment to inch their way to the victims – their vitals were checked again upon exiting the trailer. According to Chief George Wilmot, III of Flourtown, “We organized the fire companies and ambulance squads as we would in a real emergency and we learned a lot today. It was nice to work together with all the other companies and work side-by-side with their personnel and equipment. The lessons learned today in training will help us acquire the equipment and training needed to further strengthen our response.”

After 22 teams of firefighters had entered the simulator and five hours of crawling on hands and knees through the pitch black maze the two victims were reached, their “injuries” assessed and they were packaged up and removed from the collapse zone. “It really opened our eyes to how many firefighters it takes in such a situation, we had over 100 firefighters here today and for each one that went in, it took 8 to 12 outside supporting them,” said Robin Liberty a firefighter with Flourtown Fire Company. Wilmot concluded, “By assessing the vitals of each firefighter and recording the amount of time they could stay in the hazardous environment on a regular SCBA bottle we learned a great deal about our capabilities. Each company promised to share their photos and videos from today and critique their performance. Everyone I’ve talked to enjoyed the training today, it was a long day, but well worth it.”

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Images of the Confined Space Training

Written by Tim Ernst · Categorized: Training, Videos/Images · Tagged: #1, 20-foot, 2008, 9/11, air packs, collapse, Company, confined, Ernst, Fire Company, firefighters, Fort Washington, George, Green Lane, Hose, Inc., January, Lincoln, obstacles, Oreland, Personal Protection Equipment Specialists, space, Springfield Ambulance, trailer, victims, volunteer, Wilmot, Wissahickon, Wyndmoor

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