Training
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Copyright 2009 Mid-County Fire Protection District
Copyright 2009 Mid-County Fire Protection District
We, the members of the Mid-County Fire Protection District, dedicate our efforts to provide for the safety and welfare of the public through preservation of life, property and the environment.
July 2011 - 122 calls
January - July 2011 - 777 calls January - December 2010 - 1108 calls January - December 2009 - 1175 calls
January - July 2011 - 777 calls January - December 2010 - 1108 calls January - December 2009 - 1175 calls
"We train as if our lives depend on it -
because they do!"
Training is an essential component to providing effective services. Properly trained, a fire department can control and contain almost any situation with minimal damage and loss of life. because they do!"
The training provided to a firefighter is as diverse as the type of calls responded to. One moment, firefighters may be battling a structure fire, and the next they are assisting a person who has fallen out of his or her wheelchair. From the moment a firefighter joins the department and continuing until his or her retirement, he or she is immersed in training.
Regular training meetings are held every Monday beginning at 7 p.m. at Station 1. Outlying stations often hold their own training on apparatus housed in their station. Monday night training sessions may include:
- Structural firefighting
- Vehicle extrication
- Wildland firefighting
- High angle rescues
- Confined space rescues
- Trench rescues
- Hazardous materials
- Building collapse
- Emergency medical training
- Animal rescue
- Search and rescue
- Water rescue
Many of our volunteers are Firefighter 1 & 2 state certified. Several have also completed the emergency medical technician class. The nature of firefighting is dangerous and no matter how much or how often we train, the danger will always exist. However, these risks can be minimized through an effective and aggressive training program. The goal of the training program is to create realistic environments, combining classroom and hands-on instruction and evaluation and critique of past performances through post incident analysis.
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