This evening 10 members of “A” shift ate dinner together to celebrate the retirement announcement of Firefighter Terry Smith. Terry has been a member of the IAFF Local 2045 for 38 years and 4 months. His last official 24 hour shift will be July 14, 2017. Congratulation Terry from all of us and may you enjoy many years of retirement!
Today’s training for “A” Shift was vehicle rescue. “A” Shift went over vehicle stabilization and extrication using the hydraulic rescue tools.
Members of “A” shift drilled today on pumping operations. Training consisted of drafting, running rural water supply, and hand line operations
Today’s “A” shift training was a construction worker that fell and was saved by his safety belay line. Crews went over three different ways to remove this employee from this situation. Crews used a 4:1, 3:1, and a 3:1 piggy back haul systems to raise the construction worker and then used a figure 8 and rappel rack to lower the victim to the ground where Emergency Medical Services took over patient care!
Rain in the Greater Hanover area today has brought multiple crashes for members of IAFF 2045. First one dispatched was at Moul Avenue and Ridge Avenue. Second accident was an assist to York Station 53 on Moulstown Road with one victim extricated. The third accident was on Eisenhower Drive which involved a mass transit bus. The photo shown above had two vehicles with a travel trailer on the side.
Today members had a luncheon and a fire extinguisher program at the Clearview Terrace Apartments. Lunch today was soup and salad with our firefighters enjoying this meal with the residences. Pictured here is Firefighter Smith enjoying some after lunch discussion with one of the tables. Once lunch was finished the fire extinguisher program was given and the tenant were taken outside to do the hands on portion of the program.
Tuesday and Thursday had “A” shift testing fire hose. Tuesday we tested 7000′ of supply hose that is kept on our five engines and two ladder trucks. Thursday was our day to test hand lines, which are kept on all the apparatus with over 15,000′. Over 100 man-hours were spent ensuring the hose will not fail during fire suppression activities that we respond to over the next year. The hose testing must be completed every year for the benefit of our community. By testing our hose this helps with our Insurance Service Office (ISO) rating in the Hanover and Penn Township communities. By keeping our ISO rating low this helps to keep your fire insurances premiums lower.
Today 14 members of Local 2045 received lunch from the Olive Garden Restaurant located on Wilson Avenue in Penn Township. They are doing a promotion for their new pasta bar and wanted to share with their first responders. Members enjoyed spaghetti and meatballs, chicken Alfredo, sausage, salad, and bread sticks for lunch. Thank you to the owners and employees of our local Olive Garden!
This afternoon members of the First United Methodist Church located in Hanover brought a huge card signed by the children and members of their congregation. Along with the card was a large plate of cookies and brownies for our members to enjoy. Thank you to the congregation from the Firefighters working today on the 15th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks!
Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children.
– President George W. Bush