| Over the past week Cutchogue's Bravest traveled to the Suffolk County Fire Academy Yaphank on two different nights for live fire training.
On Thursday May 30th the firefighters participated in the "Taxpayer" drill.
This drill simulates a commercial building fire and is held in a specially designed building that replicates a small strip mall. The drill prepares firefighters to fight fires in commercial buildings and stores in our area such as King Kullen and hardware stores.
On Tuesday night, June 5th, CFD traveled back to the Fire Academy Yaphank once again for more training.
On this night the firefighters participated in the "Class A" drill.
This drill simulates a dwelling fire a two story home. The Drill is held in a specially designed building that replicates a typical residential home similar to those found within the Cutchogue Fire District.
On each night Firefighters participated in 3 different evolutions under live fire conditions that tested their skills under the watchful eyes of Suffolk County Fire Academy instructors. Many of these scenarios are designed to replicate real life situations that firefighters have occurred throughout our nation.
On both nights over 30 CFD firefighters participated in each of the trainings sessions.
The Cutchogue Fire Department like many other fire departments in Suffolk County, routinely travel to the Fire academy several times over the course of the year in order to participate in different training evolutions.
The Officers and Members of the Cutchogue Fire Department would like to thank the instructors and entire academy for giving us the skills and knowledge to help us protect our community.
The Firefighters of Suffolk County are both fortunate and grateful to have this training available.
Please help support the Fire Academy as they face potential budget cuts that may affect our firefighters training.
Link: http://www.cutchoguefiredept.org/apps/public/news/newsView.cfm?News_ID=440
To learn more about the Suffolk County Fire Academy visit their website: http://www.scfa-li.org/ |
