Instructors McCaughey, Flannery, Gunnus, Kempf, Ellis, DeGarmo lead Firefighters from Salem Lakes Fire, South Shore Fire, Bristol Fire, Somers Fire, Town of Lynn Fire, and Pleasant Prairie Fire as they came together and were given a scenario of an excavation of an intersecting "T-trench" that collapsed and dropped pipe onto the victim.
Students learned the proper technique for stabilizing a trench, using "lifting and cribbing" to lift pipe off victim and rope ops to remove their victim from a trench.
This offering is available for anyone or any Fire/EMS agency that wants to learn it and or set up a team. This offering can be found through workforce development in Gateway Fire's Program offerings.
Contact Dahmsj@gtc.edu for further scheduling information on this course.
Eight members of the SSFD have completed their Public Safety Diver Certifications through ERDI today.
They now join the rest of our Public Safety Divers on our staff. All 14 of our SSFD Divers are also members of the Racine County Dive Team.
Strong Work Brothers!
Great work over the past few days guys. I am glad that I was able to be a part of your training.
Congratulations South Shore Fire Department, and your members.
Congratulations SSFD members. Way to go guys.
Didn’t know SS had divers. Nice equipment.
How was the water at the quarry?
In Photos: South Shore Fire Department's Technical Rescue Team trains for tower rescues
On Monday, July 12, 2019, members of South Shore Fire Department's Technical Rescue Team trained in tower rescues, with firefighter-paramedics taking terms as rescuers and victims in preparation for potentialThank you to the Good Neighbor Group for stopping out today. We enjoyed having you over.
