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Fire
- Fire Suppression
- Rescue
- Support surrounding towns' fire departments
- Education in our schools
Capabilities
- Membership
- We have 60 members with various levels of fire fighting
training. New members take approximately 120 hours of FireFighter I
class. After that members then take FireFighter II. There
are advanced training classes available including: Firefighter III, Safety & Survival, Engine/pumping Operations, Truck (Ladder) operations,
ice rescue, confined space and more.
- Apparatus
- We have five pieces of apparatus: Two engines, two ladders and
one rescue.
- Rescue
- Specialized training is required to rescue people from certain
hazardous situations, such as motor vehicle crashes.
- Support surrounding towns' fire departments
- We provide manpower and apparatus to any surrounding town that
requests our assistance. This can include FAST/RIC team
(firefighter assist/rapid intervention crew), ladder truck or a rescue
truck equipped with Hurst "Jaws of Life", and a cascade
system to fill SCBA air bottles.
- Education in our schools
- During Fire Prevention Week we travel to our schools to
provide fire safety education to our students.
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| Calls for 2009 |
| Fire |
333 |
| EMS |
979 |
| Calls for June 2010 |
| Fire |
24 |
| EMS |
96 |
| Calls year-to-date |
| Fire |
187 |
| EMS |
451 |
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