On a rainy Thursday afternoon, members went out for some pump training with Engine 4. York Village Fire’s driver training program is very comprehensive, not only is there a road mileage requirement of 100 miles, per piece of apparatus, but then there are objectives that must be met, then tested out on, including: forward lay, reverse lay, supplying attack engine/aerial device, and of course, drafting.
Mikey driving Engine 4 around town to
complete his 100 required miles.
Engine 4 spots the hydrant and positions
to use the front intake.
FF Mikey charges the hydrant
Capt. Paul Balentine thinking he should
have gotten an iPhone instead of that
Droid
FF Nick Hilton provides instructions on
the finer points of Engine 4’s pump
panel
Engine 4 pumping approximately 750 GPM
Engine 4 pumping and K-4’s quick
response vehicle in the foreground.
flowing the deck gun and one discharge
on the side of the Engine
FF. Nick Hilton showing Mikey how Pierce
puts large print on the pump panel for
easy reading
