In the past week the members have attended several drills that served as both a refresher as well as reviewing some new updated information. On Thursday evening February 20th South Salem fire department was the site of a Communications 101 drill coordinated by Ex Chief Jason Blauvelt who is the current Battalion 13 coordinator. The drill was run by Westchester County Department of Emergrncy Services ... (Full Story)
On Monday, February 10, 2020 the Department's weekly drill took a novel approach to help firefighters work on their communications skills.
Firefighters were split into two crews, given identical sets of Lego pieces and placed in separate rooms along with a portable radio typically used for fireground communications. Two officers were in the role of Command, located in a third room and also equipped ... (Full Story & Photos)
Vehicle extrication and patient removal at auto accidents were the topics at the Department's weekly drill on Monday, February 3, 2020.
Working as a team, firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools to train on different techniques to remove a patient from a vehicle when the vehicle's doors are compromised. Using a hydraulic spreader (the "Jaws of Life") to force apart structural elements of the vehicle ... (Full Story & Photos)
Each year, many people suffer short- and long-term pain from a contact burn: when your skin comes in contact with a hot object. One national reporting system indicates roughly 70,000 people went to a hospital emergency department because of contact burns in 2018, and of this number almost one third were children under the age of 5. In many cases, the burns are preventable if simple steps, some ... (Full Story & Photos)
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