EAST HOWELLSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
TRAINING
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Up Coming Training
There will be a live hands on multi company drill on Sunday March 14, 2010. The drill will start at the East Howellsville Fire Department at 9 a.m. sharp. All mutual aid departments of the East Howellsville Fire Department are invited to attend. The drill will end around 1 p.m. This drill will consist of water supplies, pumping operations, water shuttles, hose handling and various other topics. All EHFD members should meet at the station at 8 a.m. with full structural fire fighting PPE.
All departments are invited to attend, departments involved include Allenton FD, Northwoods FD, Dublin FD, Tarheel FD, Lumberton FD, RC Fire Marshall's office, and various other agencies. Any additional agencies that would like to attend please call Deputy Chief Terry W. Parker at 910-740-8162 so that we can discuss who and how many personnel will be attending.
TRAINING DOWNLOADS FOR USE BY YOUR DEPARTMENT
The Bill Bryan Training Award
Those of you that knew Mr. Bill knew that he stressed training "The more you train the better you are at your job" I have heard him say this many times. Bill was an instructor and loved to teach fire classes, I decided to make a tribute to Bill by offering the "Bill Bryan Training Award". This award is given to the firefighter with the most certified fire training hours received in a given time. The time period starts January 1st of each year and ends October 15th of each year. The firefighter with the most certified fire training hours within this time will receive the award.
The Winner of the 2008 Bill Bryan Training Award was Tracy McKinley!
Congratulations Tracy!
Winners of this award
2009 Trey Ivey
2008 Tracy McKinley
2007 Rose Herring
2006 Jeanie D. West
2005 Terry W. Parker
THE TRAINING CLASS
IT WAS ONLY ONE CLASS. CHIEF DON'T HAVE A HEART ATTACK. SO, I MISSED THE LADDERS CLASS, DON'T WORRY I'LL GET IT BACK. IT WAS ONLY ONE TRAINING CLASS. SO I MISSED THE HYDRANT SESSION, I CAN STILL HIT THE PLUG. CHIEF, LET ME RIDE THE ENGINE. IT WAS ONLY ONE TRAINING CLASS. SO I CAN'T DRAFT FROM A LAKE. I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED, ABOUT THAT CLASS YOU TOLD ME TO TAKE. IT WAS ONLY ONE TRAINING CLASS. CHIEF IT WAS ONLY SCBA. HOW HARD COULD IT BE TO THROW ON AN AIRPACK AND TURN ON A COUPLE AIRWAYS. IT WAS ONLY ONE TRAINING CLASS. I MUST ASK "HOW HARD CAN IT BE ?" TO FIGHT A BLAZING FIRE OR SAVE A KITTEN FROM A TREE. IT WAS ONLY ONE TRAINING CLASS. I'M SORRY I HAD A DATE. HOW WOULD I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS HORROR AND THIS FATE. IT WAS ONLY ONE TRAINING CLASS. CHIEF, IT IS ALL MY FAULT. I SHOULD HAVE GOT THE WATER FASTER, TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. IT WAS ONLY ONE TRAINING CLASS. I'M SORRY THEY HAD TO WAIT. BY THE TIME I TURNED ON THE AIRPACK IT WAS TO LATE. IT WAS ONLY ONE TRAINING CLASS. WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG? OH THAT LITTLE BOY AND GIRL. WHAT DID I DO WRONG? IT WAS ONLY ONE TRAINING CLASS. BUT CHIEF, IT IS BECAUSE OF ME . THAT THE BABY BOY AND GIRL WON'T LIVE TO BE THREE.
IT WAS ONLY ONE TRAINING CLASS!!!
