The officers & members of Holiday Park VFD congratulate Junior Firefighter Camdyn Svidron on completing Essentials of Firefighting, Modules 1 thru 3 along with his Hazardous Materials Awareness plus First Aid & CPR since joining the department less than five…
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…
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 week, Holiday Park VFD sent four firefighters to the Fire Department Training Network (FDTN) near Indianapolis. They spent several days in an intense Truck Company Operations class, which included numerous live fire evolutions to provide a realistic training…
The officers & members of the Holiday Park VFD are proud to offer our congratulations to JRFF Chase Nesbitt on him passing the national examination for Emergency Medical Responder (EMR). Chase will next focus on his HPVFD QRS qualifications to…
This past week, our firefighters have been going through training for our new Scott SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus) packs. Every firefighting member must complete the training to maintain their status lead by Lt Sam Gates, Jr. The air packs…
Tuesday evening thanks to the cooperation of Plum Borough Council & Borough Administration, Holiday Park VFD was able to host a multi fire department drill using the old borough building (slated for demo) to conduct numerous hands-on training. Firefighters from…
Congratulations to the 18 students in our Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) class conducted by CCAC Public Safety Institute and hosted at Holiday Park Volunteer Fire Department; who all passed their course final exam today. They also brushed up on their…
Our CCAC Public Safety Institute EMR Students are in the home stretch with a hand-full of classes left before their final exam. Wednesday night, Jeff Wess from Allegheny Health Network – Prehospital Care Services (Forbes Hospital) was our guest speaker…
This weekend, three members of the fire department joined other EMS, Fire, & Police personnel from several states taking part in NAEMT’s Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) course. This course combines strategy, planning, skills, and realistic scenarios exercises to teach…