Friday, June 6, 2025

Fire department in training get called to fire

 

The importance of training is highlighted in this incident. Here is the recent story:

For training tonight, (local fire department) crew was learning about Breathing Apparatus, and how we respond to structure fires.

The training quickly became real when we were called to a going structure fire at (aluminium company name omitted).

Quick thinking from Breathing Apparatus Operators contained the fire to the "area of origin", preventing further damage to the premises. We were quickly supported by (three local fire departments).

Crews were able to make the scene safe, and hand it back to (aluminium company) staff.

New Media article:

Five (fire) trucks carrying approximately 20 volunteer firefighters responded to an (ems) call at 9:14pm to attend a structure fire at an aluminium production factory located on (name omitted).

When arriving on scene, volunteers found the fire located within a paint hopper and conducted a direct attack utilising breathing apparatus, thermal imaging cameras and atmospheric monitoring.

The firefighters contained the fire, ensuring it remained within the hopper, aiming to make the scene safe for work to continue in adjoining parts of the premises.

The fire has resulted in $100,000 damage to the factory.

The police and local ambulance service personnel were also on scene.

We are thankful no one was injured in this incident. We thought it was a unique story where one article talked about how the fire department personnel were undergoing training. During the training their department got called to a fire and used their training.

There is no doubt that their training went to good use.

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