Today York Village Fire hosted a regional firefighter I & II program for the hands on practical portions of “Water Supply” and “Hose, Nozzles, Streams, and Foam” this is the final 8 hours of a 16 hour portion of the 240 hour certification program. York Village has one firefighter enrolled in the program. Students come … Read More →
York Village Fire had its regular Thursday night training last night. Members were focusing on Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) skills. RIT is specifically rescuing downed firefighters. Crews were working in limited visibility with the RIT SCBA bag (a specially designed SCBA) and the rope assisted search bag (RAST) The rope assisted search bag has knots … Read More →
Tonight we started our training evolution with a roll-up at the former Fazio’s restaurant at 38 Woodbridge Rd. The building is owned by York Hospital and they have allowed us to use the building for non destructive training for several years. The first scenario involved a fire on a rooftop unit. Crews opted to stretch … Read More →
Tonight we had some lousy weather and a nor’easter was dumping rain and wind all over the northeast. We took advantage of the inclement weather by staying inside and getting some of our required annual training done, with a twist. Members got to see the Scott Pak tracker in use. It is a device that … Read More →
To assist with the Traffic Incident Management System (TIMS) training we do each year, two members took some time this week and created a new training prop. Firefighters Josh Allen and Ryan Michel used some scrap plywood and built a scale “city” for the members to use. FF Allen supplied some cars and trucks from … Read More →
Today members descended at 4 US Route 1 right on the Kittery town line for the final evolution in that house. Members have trained there for several Thursday nights on various topics. But today was the final burn. Members got 6 good training fires out of the house before tearing it down and burning the … Read More →
Tonight for our weekly Thursday night training we used an abandoned building at 4 Route 1 near the York/Kittery town line. crews were divided up into companies as to what piece of apparatus they arrived on. Engine 4, Engine 6, Squad 2, Truck 8, Tank 4, and the SMART truck went out for the training. … Read More →
Tonight We drilled on firefighter rescue and R.I.T. skills. R.I.T. stands for Rapid Intervention Team. At every fire where firefighters are committed to fighting the fire from inside the building (interior attack) a R.I.T. team must be standing by outside the building. These firefighters MUST be proficient with advanced firefighting, search and rescue and other … Read More →
Firefighters from York Village trained on forcible entry using the Friction Force Door loaned my the Maine Fire Service Institute. With the forcible entry prop comes other props that allow firefighters to be proficient with using other forcible entry tools allowing us to be more efficient at our job when seconds count. Here in the … Read More →
Tonight for Thursday night training Companies drilled on rural water supply tactics. Crews used tank trucks and porta-tanks set up. Mutual aid tankers from York Beach and Kittery Point assisted our own tanker with keeping the porta tanks full while Engine 4 drafted and attempted to maintain a 750 gallon per minute fire flow. At … Read More →