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Heavy Truck and Bus Rescue Training

Sunday May 6th brought Flourtown and Wyndmoor Fire Companies together to train on Heavy Truck and Bus Rescue. A donated school bus and tractor made the training realistic. The companies worked on stabilization, lifting, and accessing the vehicles from multiple points, using all tools available to them. The ending scenario set up by the presenters of the class, Safety and Survival Training, pulled together all that we learned through out the day and prepared us for the worst. A portion of the money for this class was donated by the Springfield Township High School Student Council.

 

 

 

 

 

Weekend Training Opportunity

On Sunday, February 12th, Wyndmoor Hose Company invited Flourtown Fire Company to participate in a unique multi-company training exercise.

Wyndmoor was able to acquire a structure (house) that was scheduled to be torn down the following day.  This provided the Springfield Township Fire Company’s a unique opportunity to conduct realistic training evolutions that are normally simulated.  These activities are normally simulated, unless there is training prop available, since they often involve making large holes when performed “live”, which would cause damage that would need to be prepared.

However, since the acquired structure was scheduled to be torn down, we were free to breach walls, cut vent holes in the roof, force open interior/exterior doors, pull ceilings, open walls, as well as many other fire fighting skills that we are not normally able to practice.

 

 

Task Force Drill – Train Accident – November 2011

The Colonial Regional Technical Rescue Task Force, of which Flourtown Fire Company is a participating member, held a Department of Homeland Security authorized drill on Sunday, November 20, 2011. Taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather, the companies gathered at Spring Mill Fire Company and were soon dispatched in an order as they would be in a real emergency to a local train crossing and station. The scenario involved a commuter train striking a vehicle, and a mass causality and injured situation. There was also a separate law enforcement element that involved a terrorist bomb scenario, but that was held on a separate car a bit further down the tracks from the fire companies’ drill.

Flourtown personnel, Assistant Chief Chris Buckley, Captain Chris Manning, Leitenant John Redington,and firefighters: Dean Seltzer, Kevin Davis, Tim Ernst, Tyler Buckley, and Sal Santangelo all took part in stabilizing victims and extricating them from the train and the severely-damaged vehicle. Chief George Wilmot and his daughter, Lexi Wilmot were part of the scenario’s observation team and “victim” volunteers. Photos by Bob Wilmot, Jr.