FY18 Q2 Report FINAL

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FIRE/RESCUE 5

TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS

Why do we train?

Morrisville Fire/Rescue Depart- ment trains to save lives.

Below: Pumper 3 trained on drafting capabilities on November 1. Drafting is a technique used for fires where there are either no working hydrants or the hydrants provided can not match the required flow for the situation. This truck carries a 2100 gallon drop tank and can pump up to 1500 gallons per minute.

Training allows our team to be at their very best when presented with any type of situation and to help save lives.

Above: Firefighter Cook is sus- pended with a patient while prac- ticing an aerial rescue on Ladder 1 while Captain Todd Lewis, Cap- tain Robert Stanley, Engineer Ben Oswald, and Engineer Chris Salt- er observe for safety and support. This training simulates rescuing someone from an area where ter- rain makes it difficult or impossi- ble to carry a person out by foot.

Above: Firefighter David Tews and Engineer Forrest Wills are shown above suppressing a gas fire with foam at the Wake County Training Facility.

SPECIAL FORCES TRIBUTE

Morrisville Fire/Rescue units, along with units from Cary Fire/Rescue, Apex Fire/Rescue, Holly Springs Fire/Rescue and Cary Area EMS, staged on various bridges along NC 540 to pay tribute and respects to two fallen US Army Special Forces soldiers on Wednesday, October 18.

US Army Staff Sergeants Bryan C. Black and J.W. Johnson were killed in action the week before the tribute in the Republic of Niger in West Africa.

The department participates in tributes like this one when requested (as long as they are not responding to an emergency) to thank those who defend our freedoms and protect our country.