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October 26th vote
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Randy Elliott for City Council
WITH you for an even better Martensville
MFD Holds
Training Session
The Martensville Fire Department held a training
session Saturday, October 1st at their training grounds, just
outside of Martensville. Throughout the day, the volunteer
firefighters focused on ground operations, which consisted
of size up, fire attack, search and rescue, rapid intervention,
door control, flow paths and vent enter searches. Members also
trained in the flashover chamber, which helps firefighters learn
to identify changing conditions inside of a building by reading
smoke, different phases of fire, identifying rollover and how
they can reduce the chances of flashover using different nozzle
techniques. A flashover is the sudden involvement of a room
or an area in flames from floor to ceiling caused by thermal
radiation feedback, which is the energy of the fire being
radiated back to the contents of the room from the walls, floor
and ceiling. This will cause all contents within a room to reach
their auto ignition temperature, causing them to suddenly, and
simultaneously ignite. Flashover typically occurs at 500 °C
(932 °F) or 590 °C (1,100 °F) for ordinary combustibles.
During the training session, Tracy Wilson-Gerwing,
City of Martensville EMO Coordinator was onsite training
with the firefighter accountability system. “I believe it was a
very successful training day and I want to thank everyone that
came out and gave up their Saturday,” MFD Fire Chief Kurtis
Dyck stated.
The Martensville Fire Department will be hosting their
annual Open House on October 12th from 5pm- 7pm at the fire
hall for Fire Prevention Week. The Open House will feature
a BBQ, informational displays and a demonstration featuring
the MFD cutting a car apart using the Jaws of Life. “It is an
opportunity for us to get our message across to everyone, but it
is also for them to come and see what we do,” Dyck added. Be
sure to stop by the MFD Open House to learn more about the
brave men and women that keep our community safe.
RIGHT: MFD hold training session on
Saturday at their training grounds.
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