BOCA FIRE RESCUE NET - City of Boca Raton
BOCA FIRE RESCUE NET - City of Boca Raton
BOCA FIRE RESCUE NET - City of Boca Raton
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<strong>BOCA</strong> <strong>FIRE</strong> <strong>RESCUE</strong><br />
Training & Safety<br />
By: Patrick Kelly<br />
Division Chief<br />
Hello once again.<br />
We recently conducted our first<br />
“Fastest Team SCBA Competition”.<br />
This was incorporated into SCBA training<br />
and was a competition to determine<br />
which three person team could collectively<br />
don their SCBA’s the fastest.<br />
Each member <strong>of</strong> the team was timed<br />
separately, penalty time was added for<br />
deficiencies, and then all three times<br />
were added together for a cumulative<br />
team time. The winners in the Medic<br />
unit category are: Lieutenant Jason<br />
Stout, FF Sherry Griffith and FF Sean<br />
Moss. The winners in the Fire Apparatus<br />
category were: Captain Pat Rea,<br />
FFD Chris King, and FF Mike Sember.<br />
Congratulations to all 6 individuals. We<br />
have procured a plaque and the six<br />
names will be inscribed along with the<br />
year. Each time the competition is held<br />
the new winners will be added below.<br />
We cannot let a month go by without<br />
discussing training records. The good<br />
news is that compliance and accuracy<br />
are significantly increased. Please keep<br />
up the good work in spite <strong>of</strong> your heavy<br />
workload. When conducting a Date<br />
Range Search for your individual records,<br />
you must click the “Continue” tab<br />
on the left side <strong>of</strong> the screen then the<br />
Training List at the bottom <strong>of</strong> the page.<br />
If you wish to print the document click<br />
“Continue” again and then print the<br />
document. Also, personnel are entering<br />
Building Surveys under Fire Prevention<br />
which is incorrect. ANY training that is<br />
coordinated and conducted at the company<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficer level should be recorded<br />
under Company Training. Once again,<br />
thanks for your effort.<br />
On February 11 th , we participated in<br />
Safety Day in the Park, an annual event<br />
held at Patch Reef Park which is aimed<br />
at increasing safety awareness throughout<br />
the city. We conducted Extinguisher<br />
Training at our booth for all<br />
city employees who visited. An enjoyable<br />
and informative time was had by<br />
all. This year several <strong>of</strong> our units were<br />
able to attend and hopefully received<br />
their free lunch. Thanks to Mitch<br />
Greenberg, Warren Cann and Adam<br />
Elliott for their time and effort at the<br />
booth.<br />
Till next time, be safe.<br />
Thinking Green<br />
March and St. Paddy’s Day is the perfect time to be<br />
thinking green. If any <strong>of</strong> you have any great green ideas<br />
for saving the environment, please send them in to the editor.<br />
Anyone and everyone is invited to participate.<br />
Faster Team SCBA Plaque
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