Jul
03

Truck Company Operations with Millwood, NY

By Nicholas Martin

Last weekend, Traditions Training headed north to Westchester County, NY for a Truck Company Operations class with the Millwood Fire District.  This 16-hour class included some non-traditional truck company items – such as some basic rope-rescue evolutions.

Some of the topics covered included:

  • The “Two-Team” Truck Company
  • Vent, Enter, Search
  • Aggressive Primary Searches
  • Portable Ladder Tips & Skills
  • Apparatus Positioning
  • Low-Angle Belay Evolution
  • Basic Knots & Stokes Lashing
  • “Ladder Slide” from a roof top.

Instructors for the class included: Doug Mitchell, Nick Martin, Mike Stothers, Scott Kraut, and Joe Brown.

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