Training 7/28/2016

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Joe Peterson, Training Officer, reviewed set up of water tender fire truck to holding tank and pumping systems for the E18 fire truck. This process was repeated so each firefighter had a chance to operate and manage pumping water from the holding tank to the pumping system of the E18 fire truck.

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Neil Slaughter, Jennifer Dowden, Joe Peterson, Keck Melby. and Charlie LaBoda (not pictured)
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set up of holding tank

 

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hook up of E18 to holding tank

 

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Filling holding tank from the water tinder truck
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Joe Peterson explaining how the system works

 

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Fire Chief Charlie LaBoda managing the water tender flow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Barton – Communications Director is working with Rowan Watkins from the Cook County IT department in adjusting and calibrating the frequency of all the radios of the Hovland fire trucks and hand held radios. This new system allows county wide communications and also taps in the the state wide system.

 

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Rowan Watkins calibrating the frequency of E18 fire truck

 

 

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John Barton – Communications Director is reviewing updates to the system with Rowan Watkins

Training 7/14/2016

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Al Taenzer, Evacuation Program Director and Joe Peterson, Training Officer held an evacuation training tonight at the Hovland Fire Department building, The members broke into 5 teams and headed to the east of the fire dept and contacted a list of home owners who were instructed on the procedures and evacuation routes had this been a real emergency.

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Member of the Evacuation Program Training tonight

 

Kerry Leeds showed Bob Salo evacuation signs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Charles Faust welcomed Kerry Leads and Ken Ken Bjorklund to his home

 

 

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Roger Opp and Patricia Hvidston

 

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Roger and Margann Nebergall and grand daughter Madison thanks Team 5 for stopping by.

Training 6/23/16

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Kerry Keeds held a S.T.O.P training on North road with the emphasizing a two lane event. The newest member, Bob Tamanaha was introduced to the S.T.O.P. team

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Joe Peterson, Training Officer, reviewed pumping systems for the E18 fire truck with Keck Melby,  Neil Slaughter, Treg Axtell, Charlie LaBoda and Terry Spieker.

 

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