TRAINING AT THE FIRE STATION

Richmond Firefighters Train Regularly

The Burn down on 10/31/2010 was spectacular

Richmond Fire was fortunate to have 3 old buildings to conduct training on over the summer and fall.  These buildings provided live burn training opportunities for the department over the months we had them.  In the first picture shown above, A/C Doug Halverson conducts a roof operations training session with a number of our firefighters. A/C Halverson is demonstrating how to put a "leg lock" on a ridge line of a roof while chopping a hole for ventilation. A/C Halverson has many years of experience working on Truck 2 of Franklin Park Fire.  In the 2nd picture above, Richmond Fire Lieutenant Matt Kohler explains the purpose of overhauling a room once the fire has been extinguished.  Following his explanation, the crew proceeded to strip the walls down to the studs using a variety of different hand tools.

Truck Operations Class was held on April 22, 2006.  34 students from 10 different departments participated.

Richmond Truck 1481

Richmond Truck 1481 arrived in November of 2005.  It was placed into full service on January 14, 2006 and saw its first run, a 2 alarm fire later that day