Thursday, January 25, 2007
First Responder Hazmat Training
Today we had our hazardous materials refresher training class. Here, John and Lowell are looking up a hazardous material in the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG). Our Battalion Chief taught the class at our station. Two more engine companies joined us for the training.
After the classroom portion of the training, our Chief had us set up a decontamination station with two of our engines. We parked them a few feet apart, put a ladder between them and then hung a hoseline down from the middle of the ladder. On the sides of the engines are outlets that we put nozzles on to discharge water to the center of the engines. If we had to decon people at an incident, we could have them stand in the center and then they would be showered with all three nozzles.
Fit Testing
Every year we get fit tested for our self contained breathing apparatus face masks. We also get fitted for our respirators. We do this so we can be assured that the seal is safe on our face and does not let the toxic smoke in. I told John to smile when I took this picture of him ... can't you tell by his eyes that he is smiling!
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Brown Eyed Girl at Q & Q 1-13-07
We had the best time the other night at "Q &Q". Lowell and his family and friends played Hawaiian music and danced. It was Great! Lots of people and lots of fun! "Brown Eyed Girl" is a great song that is truly enjoyed by everyone as you will see in the video.
It was made with Windows Movie Maker so it can be viewed with Windows Media Player
Mahalo and Enjoy!!
The Crane Incident 1-16-07
This was a call that our Crew went on at The Port. We have huge ships coming in all the time with all kinds of cargo from all over the world. Among other things, this ship was unloading yachts from the top deck when this accident occured.
This slide show movie was made with Windows Movie Maker so you need to view it with Windows Media Player.
Mahalo!
Enjoy!
Sunday, January 07, 2007
CPR Refresher Training
Well, yes, can you believe it ... I am finally back to work, still healing a bit from my fall on Thanksgiving Day but work as usual. Here we are as a crew during our CPR refresher training on my first day back. As it happened, I worked the next day and we did have a full arrest! There is always some sort of training going on to keep us on our toes. Never know what kind of call we will be responding to when the bell goes off!
