FF Lisa Desotelle took these shots of last night’s water rescue training, She is one of our firefighter/EMT’s and also has specialized training in water rescue operations. The members were training on swimming up to a victim and getting the victim to shore. The water rescue team was started in 2003 when Chris Connors joined the … Read More →
Tonight our dedicated volunteers (and 1 paid firefighter!!) tested the 4” hose on Engine 4. E4 is designated as our water supply Engine aka our “lay” Engine (its job is to lay hose at fires) as the second due engine. It has fulfilled this role since it was new in 2001. E4 has a “split … Read More →
tonight’s weekly training involved rescue from heights, namely rooftops. Firefighters had two rescue skills stations: 1. of them was rescue of the victim in a stokes basket over Truck 8’s aerial ladder, different techniques were discussed for how to conduct this operation with safety in mind. Skill station #2 involved the use of a 24′ … Read More →
Welcome aboard to FF Peter LaBreck of Portsmouth, NH!!
Peter is our newest Addition to the full-time career staff at YVFD. He is a volunteer with the New Castle, NH fire department and also a part-time firefighter with Newington, NH. His first day was April 2, he is replacing Capt. Scott Apgar who is retiring effective April 10. We have been working very hard getting him up to speed with our apparatus, equipment, and procedures. He seems to be fitting in very well.
We certainly have been throwing a lot of information at him, including learning the town on top of learning the names, faces, and, procedures in place at York Village Fire. He seems to be a fast learner!! Today we were out driving and pumping Squad 2. We did a couple of training evolutions at Hannaford and also visited the town of York water treatment plant where our town’s water comes from. We happened to catch sup’t Neumann there who let us inside. We also stopped at the York Police Dispatch center where dispatcher Godard gave us the grand tour.
The weather is getting nicer out and thus it is a great opportunity to get out after a harsh winter and do some outdoor training. FF Stephen “Reggie” Carr has been cleared to begin driver training on Truck 8. Today we got out and worked on some of “Reggie’s” road mileage, we also began to … Read More →
Today the students from the North Berwick Fire regional firefighter I and II program gathered in York Village to learn about hose, nozzles, fire streams, and firefighting foam. This is another module in the class which runs from November 29 until the first week of June. York Village has two students in the class which … Read More →
Tonight was a fairly warm night for mid January so we decided to get the trucks out and train on various topics outside while the weather cooperates. Truck 8 laddered the building with its aerial and crews ascended to the roof to discuss roof operations and Construction features of flat roofs. Meanwhile, Squad 2 and … Read More →
You may have seen a bit of activity tonight on York St. York Dispatch received numerous calls reporting a fire in the York St. Organug Rd. And Raydon Rd. area. No need to worry it was just us!! Tonight’s Thursday night weekly training was a live fire evolution. New and experienced firefighters got valuable hands … Read More →
This afternoon, FF Tourigny was afforded an opportunity to get out and take another leap forward in his quest to get “signed off” on Engine 4. His training has included laying hose, pumping handlines, and master streams, and drafting. Today he was tested off on drafting, which is the task of obtaining water from a … Read More →
After a couple weeks of training at the building located at 39 Ferncroft, today was the final event. York Village Firefighters burned down the structure after using it all day for training fires. York Village played host to: York Beach, Kittery, South Berwick, and Wells firefighters. Approximately a dozen fires were lit in the building … Read More →