June 29, 2005
Rural Firefighters Gain New Skills
"High-rise drill tests firefighters' skills"
BY PAULA M. FELIPE/Public Safety Reporter Oroville Mercury
"Firefighters from Oroville City, the El Medio Fire Department, Sacramento Metro, and CDF/Butte County Fire Department conducted a realistic, intensive hands-on fire drill at Gold County Casino on Tuesday.
There were 35 firefighters on scene along with six fire companies, five fire engines, a ladder truck, and two Battalion Chief vehicles.
"This is the first time these firefighters have trained on a multi-story high rise building, which involves learning from the building's engineers about the fire control rooms and safety systems, including state-of-the-art elevator, heat and air-conditioning, smoke detector, and automatic sprinkling systems at Gold Country Casino," said Captain Mike Carr, Public Information Officer of CDF/Butte County Fire.
"The Mooretown personnel at Gold Country Casino have been very cooperative.......", complete story at Oroville Mercury
This is an important topic. As a rule rural municipalities seldom train for high rise fire and rescue incidents. Indian casinos are popping up in several rural counties (at least in California) and often there are 2,000 or more gamblers attracted to the casino's daily. These are small "cities" that require emergency services of any city that size. Butte county fire officials are on it!
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BY PAULA M. FELIPE/Public Safety Reporter Oroville Mercury
"Firefighters from Oroville City, the El Medio Fire Department, Sacramento Metro, and CDF/Butte County Fire Department conducted a realistic, intensive hands-on fire drill at Gold County Casino on Tuesday.
There were 35 firefighters on scene along with six fire companies, five fire engines, a ladder truck, and two Battalion Chief vehicles.
"This is the first time these firefighters have trained on a multi-story high rise building, which involves learning from the building's engineers about the fire control rooms and safety systems, including state-of-the-art elevator, heat and air-conditioning, smoke detector, and automatic sprinkling systems at Gold Country Casino," said Captain Mike Carr, Public Information Officer of CDF/Butte County Fire.
"The Mooretown personnel at Gold Country Casino have been very cooperative.......", complete story at Oroville Mercury
This is an important topic. As a rule rural municipalities seldom train for high rise fire and rescue incidents. Indian casinos are popping up in several rural counties (at least in California) and often there are 2,000 or more gamblers attracted to the casino's daily. These are small "cities" that require emergency services of any city that size. Butte county fire officials are on it!
Technorati tag: firefighting
