2017 Fire Department Annual Report

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2017 Annual Report • Fire Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota 24 | Page We focus a lot on Incident Command System (ICS) and scene size up training. These are two vital parts of the fire service because not only does the scene size up paint a picture for other responding firefighters but it lets everyone know what to expect and plan on their way to a call. The ICS portion not only controls a fire scene but it keeps everyone safe and accounted for so that we all go home at the end of the day. We then start getting into some more of the hands on training and specialized training that tends to be the more fun stuff like ladders, forcible entry, ropes and knots, ventilation, fire attack, foam operations and search and rescue. At this point we are nearly half way through most of the training. We also continue with water supply, firefighter survival and rehab, salvage and overhaul, fire suppression and emergency medical care. Our second half of firefighter I and II training has a lot to do with more specialized training such as hazardous materials training, pre incident planning, terrorism awareness and assisting special rescue teams. Throw in some more emergency medical care with that and then get into fire prevention and education so that they know how to correctly teach and pass along all this knowledge to others. Normally we end with fire detection and protection systems and fire cause and determination. A few catch up days to finish any one of these items that we may need to work more on to sharpen our skills and then we can move on to state testing and certifications. Each candidate is required to pass all state certifications for firefighter I and II. Each candidate is required to pass all state certifications for EMT. Both of these tests are made up of a written exam along with multiple skills stations and neither of the tests are easy ones to accomplish.