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Back to Basics Drill MARCH 08 - Over the last tour A Shift Station 403 has been running their firefighters through a basic skills drill. During the drill you get to focus on communication, following a tag/search line, and several other basic firefighter skills. We stole this idea from a magazine so we can't take all the credit. Basically, we ran a tag/searchline through a playground and had two firefighters follow it. The ... (Full Story & Photos)

A-Shift Rescue Training MARCH 08 - FS33 A-Shift (Schumacher, Evans, Gorres, Bowers, Shipko, Young) rescue training. We began with a car on all four wheels. Flipped the car onto its roof, then performed a complete side-wall-removal, and then an oyster maneuver to gain more room to remove potential victims in the event of a severely crushed roof with entanglement into the seats. The oyster maneuver is performed by cutting the A and ... (Full Story & Photos)

Local 2702 offers a community newsletter! MARCH 03 - Effective March 2010 Local 2702 will be providing a monthly newsletter to the community. You can see this newsletter by clicking on the tab labeled "Community Newsletter" in the menu to the left. It is our hope to bridge the gap between the citizens of the City of Fairfax and the firefighters and paramedics who serve them. The letter is designed to educate the citizens about how the City of Fairfax ... (Full Story)

B-Shift Foam Engine 403 Car Fire MARCH 02 - Foam Engine 403-B (Alexander) deploys a line to a Jeep Wagoneer with fire in the engine compartment. The driver of the vehicle was driving North on Ox Road when he began seeing smoke. He pulled in behind the GIANT at Braddock and Ox Rd and called 911. The fire was held to the engine compartment. No civilian or firefighter injuries.... (Full Story & Photos)

City Units Go to Work in Vienna MARCH 01 - Just after noon E402 and TL430 were alerted for an alarm bells call in Box 219 on the north side of Vienna. While enroute they were notified this would be a working fire and the box was filled for a residential building fire. This brought city units T403(Dunstan) as the 2nd truck, RE433(Schumacher) as the squad, and BC443(Ahrens) as the 2nd Chief. E402 marked on scene with fire showing from side ... (Full Story & Photos)

Two Members Attend Ice Rescue Technician TtT FEBRUARY 22 - On February 18th Lieutenant Dunstan and Technician Mackay headed to Hancock, New Hampshire to attend an Ice Rescue Technician Train-the-Trainer course. The class was four days long and most of it was spent in an ice rescue suit. The class was attended by public safety personnel from five different states. The class was hosted by Lifesaving Resource, Inc in which several of our other members had ... (Full Story & Photos)

RE433 Arrives First in Box 2300 FEBRUARY 16 - On February 16th, RE433 (Jeckell), FE403 (Alexander), T403 (Trottman) were dispatched to West Ananndale for an appliance fire at a church pre-school. RE433 was first to arrive on scene and found heavy black smoke pushing from the Delta side as well as fire from side Charlie. The crew from RE433 deployed an 1 3/4 handline through a set of double doors on side Delta and made a stong push to the fire. ... (Full Story & Photos)

Chief Owen's Retirement Party FEBRUARY 13 - On February 1st, 2010 the City of Fairfax lost a very important asset not only to the Fire Department but to the entire City and Region. Chief Owen's accomplished so many things during his tenure with the City. He took the necessary steps for salary equalization, increasing safety levels through staffing, and he was instrumental in improving overall department morale. Chief Owen's will be missed ... (Full Story & Photos)

C-Shift goes to work at 2-alarm apartment fire FEBRUARY 10 - On the evening of 2/8/10 T403, BC443, and E403 were dispatched to a garden apartment fire, with reports of fire on a third story balcony. RE433 was added on the second alarm. E421 and R421 arrived onscene of a 4 story garden apartment building, confirming fire on a balcony side C extending to the roof and they would be stretching a line to the upper level. Shortly after placing the line in service, ... (Full Story & Photos)

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Rescue Engine 433 With One Trapped JANUARY 29 - Just after dinner, Rescue Engine 433 (Vita) and Medic 433 (Evans) were alerted to an accident with injury at Chain Bridge Rd. and Eaton Pl. RE433 arrived on scene to find a two car MVA with 1 patient trapped from a T-Bone collision. RE433 quickly stabilized, and extricated the trapped person by removing the drivers door. M433 provided patient care to both parties involved. BC443 (Munday) was added ... (Full Story & Photos)

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