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is an integral part of the Fire Patrol. With
the ever-changing technology, improved business
machines, computers and manufacturing equipment
as well as the high value contents of numerous
museums, stores and residences in the City
of New York, it is important that members
be knowledgeable about modern salvage techniques.
Saturdays
and Sundays are the regularly scheduled
training days. Company officers conduct
drills on the various types of cover throws,
the use of dewatering pumps, forcible entry,
self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA),
safe emergency vehicle operation and general
safety both in the firehouse and on the
fire ground. Fire Patrol officers are encouraged
to take the opportunity, when in the field,
to conduct impromptu trainings. A barn,
which once housed the horses of Fire Patrol
#1 in the late 1800’s, is in the process
of being turned into a training facility.
Members of all three Fire Patrol companies
will be able to use the facility in order
to better simulate fire or water emergency
scenarios. Small rooms with furniture will
allow the members to practice cover throw
techniques. The practice of changing sprinkler
heads and restoring sprinkler systems will
be accomplished using a small system to
be installed in the barn. In addition, a
non-toxic smoke machine will enable the
officers and men to practice negotiating
and evacuating a smoke filled environment
using their SCBA.
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