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Training Nights: 1st & 3rd Monday Nights of the Month at
7:00 p.m.
Fort Blackmore VFD is heavily involved in Training.
While Firefighters must only attend one Drill Night per month, the
Fire Instructor prepares training scenarios/outlines for the first Monday night;
the 3rd Monday night is left for the Rescue Sergeant's training.
Firefighters are encouraged to participate in as many Training Nights as
possible. The Department practices fire suppression, water supply,
appliances, first aid, driver training, engine/tanker/brush truck operation, etc., on the
first and third Monday night of each month, at 7:00 p.m.
Any citizen of our fire district, or elsewhere, is welcome
to learn about what we teach. Our Instructor is certified as an
Instructor II through the Virginia Department of Fire Programs. These
are just some of the lessons that are taught at the Department:
self-contained breathing apparatus, SCBA tank refill, PASS Devices,
communications, fire suppression, ladder us, water relay and water shuttle,
correct use of personal protective equipment, blood-borne pathogens, rescue,
CPR/AED through our in-house instructor, first aid, Emergency Vehicle Driver Training {taught
in-house
via our insurance carrier and now again approved by the Virginia Department of Fire
Programs}, search-and-rescue, assisting the ambulance crews, on-scene
safety, infrared-temperature equipment use, and a host of other topics.
For Training Opportunities through VA Dept of Fire Programs,
click here.
Click Here for Secondary
Training Page Click for
Things FF's are Expected to
Know
Training Topics on this Web: Click for More Information on
Training Topics on Other Webs
"Complacency Kills". Join us for a
Training Night on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each Month, 1900 hrs.
WHAT IS
NARROWBANDING?
Volunteer Fire Departments that are FCC Licensed for VHF bands [ like
Fort Blackmore VFD ] have been using radio channel bandwidths of
25
kHz.
“Narrowbanding” is a new deal from the
Feds that says by January 2013, all Volunteer Fire Departments need to
operate on channel bandwidths of
12.5 kHz
or less. So, we will have
to change our wideband (25 kHz) radios to
narrowband (12.5 kHz).
Any equipment
that can't do that has to be replaced.
Our Department has already
begun purchasing the newer "narrowband" radios and switching out the
older radios.
[Thanks to
International Association of Fire Chiefs]
http://www.iafc.org
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