“B” Shift had a great opportunity to use a tractor today for stabilization, patient removal and patient packaging. Thank you Chris for the use of your tractor! Also had fun cutting up 2 cars! Always learning and always training!
Category: Trainings
Aerial Operations Course On Truck 46
Today, HACC Instructor Sam Clark taught an Aerial Operations Refresher course utilizing the new Truck 46. The purpose of this day-long course was to cover the finer points of the unit’s operation such as work envelope, scrub zone, jacking operations, etc. Final equipment mounting and training is taking place and the unit is expected to …
Mild Winter Weather Equates To A Perfect Day For Training
C Shift crews took advantage of an extremely mild late winter day to conduct its regularly scheduled shift training. The new Truck 46 was utilized for aerial master stream operations refresher on Wilson Ave. The 2015 Sutphen SPH 100 is slated to enter service in the very near future.
46/49 Crews Train On Forcible Entry Simulator
United Hook and Ladder (Adams County FS 33) was gracious enough to loan use of their foricble entry simulator to the HFD/PTDFRS. This afternoon, C Shift crews (along with FF Wysocki from B Shift) made use of the simulator for their regularly scheduled tour of duty training. The forcible entry simulator allowed crews to refresh …
Penn Township WWTP Facility Tour
PTDFRS/HFD C Shift gathered today for shift training at the Penn Township Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) on Wilson Avenue in Penn Township. Facility manager Bill Mahone showed crews all areas of the operations as well as pointing out target hazards.
Apio Facility Tour!
Today members went on a facility tour in our local. Crews visited Apio, Inc. on Industrial Drive where we were requested to walk through their new addition which will more the triple their facility. During the tour we also went over their new refrigeration unit which contains 10,000 pounds of Anhydrous Ammonia along with all …
Dec 26
A Room With A View
Members drilling at station today gave us the opportunity to give Fire Police Lieutenant Moore a view of Hanover Borough 100′ in the air! Photo courtesy of Harrison Jones (Evening Sun).
B Shift Training
Hanover Fire Department’s B Shift had an in house training session this morning with both the fire chief and deputy fire chief on International Fire Codes inspections we will soon be implementing in the Borough of Hanover.
Elevator Rescue Operations Class Kicks Off In Hanover/Penn
Last evening, the first class of a 16-hour Elevator Rescue Operations class kicked off at Wirt Park Fire Station. This class is split into two evenings as well as a Sunday and covers all facets of elevator rescue operations. While elevator rescues don’t occur everyday in Hanover and Penn Township, they do happen with some …
First Day Of Training In the Books On New Truck 46
The first day of factory training on the new Truck 46 is in the books. C Shift trained with the factory representative from Sutphen on all aspects of the ladder truck such as: driver controls, fluids, maintenance, driving, pumping, and aerial operations. Aerial operations were conducted off of Wilson Avenue in Penn Township with all …
Shift Calendar – 2020
