Platoons Complete April SCBA Proficiency Training

75' Hose Drag

All 3 Platoons of the Cherry Hill Fire Department will complete their annual SCBA proficiencies this week. This course was modified this year to include part of the IPAT training the members went through.

Apartment pack Carry

First station was a 75' hose drag to the hose carry station with a 50' 2 1/2" hose bundle.


Apartment Pack up the stairs



The hose carry included a complete circle back to where the hose was picked up and included a walk up a set of stairs into the burn building and down and out.

Buddy Breather exchange



A cool down was added after putting the hose pack down with a walk to the buddy breather station. There you had to complete a buddy breather change.



Completing the buddy breather change



This station would give you a chance to regulate your breathing for the next station which was a dummy drag of 20' and then back.

Ladder Raise

After the dummy drag you proceded to a ladder raise of a 16' ladder and then set it.



Kaiser Machine



Then next station was a Kaiser machine to drive the block from one end to the other.  Then there was a maze crawl in a conex box following a hose line with a reduced profile maneuver.

This course was not completed until you ran out of air. Everyone received their benchment for the amount of times they circled the course.


Maze Crawl



A-group performs 2 & 1 training

OV making the 2nd floor to vent

 On sunday April 7 A-group completed their 2 and 1 training at the class A burn building. Companies were presented with a 2 story simulated apartment unit with fire on the first floor extending to the second floor apartment by auto exposure.


Engine Company getting ready to make entry



Ladder Company setting ladders

 Ladder company made entry and completed the primary search and found 2 victims on the first floor area. Engine company encountered heavy fire first floor division D.

Venting as engine company makes 2nd floor fire

Ladder company to the roof to trench cut

Ladder completed 2nd floor primary and reported all clear. Second handline made the second floor and found the fire had extended to an apartment on that floor and got into the cockloft. Ladder company repositioned to the roof to trench cut while engine pulled the ceilings to find which way the fire was traveling.

2nd Engine company making entry

Crews reported all fire out and secondary searches were negative. Both battalions completed the same training.