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Repelling Demonstration
Posted
On: Mar 23, 2012 (16:57:07)
Friday, March 23, 2012
On January 27th the city of Newton re-dedicated fire station number 7 after a yearlong and 3 plus million dollar renovation. Station 7 was opened in 1954 and had served the city for 56 years before this long overdue renovation took place. With this project came some of the much needed customary upgrades as well as some very important additions and today the Newton fire department finally was able to display one of the most significant improvements.
With the Honorable Mayor Warren, CFO Maureen Lemieux, Alderman Deb Crossley and many other city officials in attendance, Firefighters from Engine 7 and Ladder Two demonstrated the new repelling tower. They simulated repelling down a building to make a rescue from a lower window as well as rescuing a potential worker who was injured in a below grade situation.
Lt Jay Bourgeois Engine 7 and Lt Mike Caddell training division who has completed the rope rescue classes and are members of the Massachusetts Urban Search and Rescue Team lead the demonstration. With this new tower, it is the intent to have all members of the department trained and equipped to handle the many rope rescue operations that we may encounter in the city of Newton.
This tower not only allows us to train on rope rescue, it also allows us to do many different evolutions we may encounter in a high rise fire. Inside the tower which acts as the stairwell to the multiple floors of the station, is a dry standpipe which you find in many high rise buildings and parking garages. We can fill it with water, attach and advance hoses as we would in a high rise and practice our high rise operations.
With 4 more stations slated to be renovated and or replaced, it is our hope that we can continue to add components that will allow us to master the many different disciplines of firefighting, EMS, and technical rescue.
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