Members from Holiday Park VFD, Renton Volunteer Fire Department, and Washington Township VFC – Westmoreland participated in a table top command exercise on Saturday. During the 7 hour program seven scenarios were conducted. Holiday Park VFD thanks instructor Mike Krezminski…
๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ — We are happy to announce that our annual ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ is returning in 2025 for its 7th edition from June 23 to June 27, 2025! Registration for the 2025 camp session will open on…
Saturday was a busy day for Holiday Park VFD as our firefighters were taking part in active incidents around the area along with helping cover agencies in Allegheny & Westmoreland Counties. At 5:30pm, our ladder truck’; known as the ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐ฃ…
Holiday Park VFD was happy to host Peoples Natural Gas as they conducted a Natural Gas Emergencies First Responder Awareness class this past Tuesday evening at our fire station. First Responders from various emergency services agencies in our area attended…
With the recent trend of dry weather in our area, thereโs been an uptick in brush and wildland fires. To help combat that, the Holiday Park VFD has in our apparatus fleet:: 236-ATV with a custom skid unit with pump…
Wednesday evening was Night 7 of our program in which our participants took part in the American Heart Association First Aid course as well as Stop The Bleed ACS, a joint US Department of Defense program. First aid skills such…
Night 6 of our program shifted the participants to the EMS side our department with everyone getting trained on CPR for adults, pediatrics, and infants during the class following the American Heart Association guidelines. Participants were joined by a few…
Tuesday evening, the members of the Holiday Park Volunteer Fire Department participated in the second GRIT Fire Training LLC “Drill Nights,” which is part of the their (3 Drill Nights Package) we purchased. Instructors included: – Alex Plutto (D.C. Fire…
This past Wednesday, our program participants learned about ladder company operations along with tools associated with it: saws, power tools, hand tools, and ground ladders. The night did start with a fire prevention lecture on carbon monoxide responses. Next we…
For night 3 of our program, participants were exposed to hose line operations ranging from hand lines & nozzle control, to “hitting the hydrant” to secure a water supply, to using “monitors” to conduct large water streams over distance and…