Holiday Par VFD hosted the Public Safety Institute of CCAC’s Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) Course at our station from May to July of this year. 12 students graduated the course and move onto the next phase in their certification process,…
Firefighter Aly Bryner, recently completed her required “Essentials of Firefighting” courses to become a certified “Interior Firefighter” as part of the PA State Fire Academy standards. The courses took several months, involved four modules, and cumulated with a live fire…
Last night; crews from 236-Engine, 236-Truck, & 236-QRS spent time with the Allegheny County Boyce Park Ski Patrol reviewing emergency procedures. Holiday Park VFD Fire Police Officer/EMT Pete Troxell, who is also a member of the Ski Patrol, led the…
Our crews spent the evening going over Rope Rescue training with our Ladder-Truck and Rescue as good refresher going into the winter months. Rescue Engineer Fred Gerstacker ran the crew threw several evolutions and scenarios involing differnt technqinues. Holiday Park…
Our crews from 236-Engine & 236-Squad along with a crew from Logans Ferry VFD spent today in the Flashover Simulator at the Allegheny Fire Academy. The simulation has firefighters in a secure structure that creates fire rolling over their heads,…