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Posted: 8:46 PM May 16, 2010
Hands-On Fire Fighter Training
About 200 fire fighters got hands-on training at Mingo County's 3rd Annual Fire School.
Reporter: Brooks Jarosz Email Address: brooks.jarosz@wsaz.com |
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WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- It's always comforting to know your local fire fighters are ready and willing to go to work for you at a moments notice.
This past weekend in Mingo County about 200 fire fighters got some hands-on training to learn what to do in the event of not just fires, but things like school bus accidents.
It's a weekend many fire fighters are passionate about for good reason.
"To help people, and to help our community -- that's why we're out here," fire fighter Mike Casey said. "Dedication is in your blood because once you get a taste of it, it doesn't leave."
It's the third year for the fire school with instructors from around the state working to teach first responders the skills they need to save lives.
Fire fighters that have been to the school before say it's all about staying ahead of the game and having the smarts to handle any emergency.
That's why year after year, fire departments throughout the state send members to the Mingo Fire School -- reaffirming their dedication to saving lives, through intense training.
"The challenge is once they learn the skills they have to take the skills back home to their departments and apply those skills to those individual situations that they're going to face on a daily basis," fire school instructor Steve Cavender said.
One class involved a school bus accident where fire fighters were brought to their feet to help stabilize the bus, cut new doorways and rescue the victims.
"We have winding roads here in Mingo County and it seems that school buses routinely are faced with being run off into a ditch or even over a hillside," Mingo County Fire Chiefs Association President Jerry Mounts said. "This class will help these guys be better prepared to respond to that type of emergency."
This type of emergency happens all too often in the United States, with roughly 22,000 school bus accidents per year.
"School buses haul the most precious cargo we have -- our children," Cavender said. "It's very important that these fire fighters and first responders understand school bus rescue and the challenge associated with school bus rescue."
"You can't train too much," Casey said. "Training is learning and the more you train the more you learn."
The Fire School also had classes in hazmat response, confined space rescue and propane operations.
Williamson has the only full-time fire department in Mingo County, with the other 24 stations all volunteer firefighters.
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