St. Elmo-Irvington Volunteer Fire Dept.
Dedicated to serving our community.
Firemanship is a basics course offered through the Alabama Fire College. Hosted by Theodore-Dawes Volunteer Fire, the class consisted of firefighters from 4 local volunteer fire departments.
This was a 32 hour course consisting of classroom lessons with some hands-on practice as well.
Rope, webbing, and knots training was a fun night of learning.
Four departments learning together.
Tonight was our annual CPR class which included how to use an AED.
These life-saving skills are important for all firefighters to remain current on.
Many thanks to our instructor Mike Green and Mobile County EMS!
Running the pump on a fire apparatus can look very complicated when first learning. Tonight we reviewed basic practices for pumping, auxiliary suction, and water supply options when using the deck gun or ladder nozzle.
The pump panel on Rescue 21.
Using the deck gun on Rescue 21. This is one of our engines that holds 1000 gallons of water. Even 1000 gallons doesn’t last long when using the deck gun.
Practicing filling Ladder 20. The ladder truck only holds 400 gallons of water, so it needs to be connected to a water source when in use.
In addition to knowing how to use a wide variety of equipment, our firefighters must know how to properly maintain each piece of equipment as well.
Checking the fuel and air filter on the K12 saw.
Cleaning the ventilation fan.
Refilling SCBA air bottles.
Maintenance on the brush truck pump.
We’ve spent the past few weeks making sure Ladder 20 is fully equipped with everything it needs to be put in service. Tonight our volunteers added more hoses, a generator, ventilation fan, pike poles, pry bars, flashlights and more!
It was all-hands-on-deck, we had a crew of 14 volunteers working together to get Ladder 20 ready to go.
*Update: Ladder 20 went in service soon after this night and has already responded to several fires.