The officers & members of the Holiday Park VFD are proud to offer our congratulations to Firefighter Mike Mlynar on earning the national Firefighter 1 ProBoard certification. Mike currently serves as one of the mentors for our Junior Firefighter Program;…
Please join our officers & members in congratulating these young men with their recent success after putting in countless hours of training…. Firefighter Greg Carbon – Firefighter 1 & Firefighter 2 Firefighter Jesse Cook – Firefighter 1 Junior Firefighter/EMR Chase…
Mutual Aid and Joint Training are key elements of having the volunteer fire service be successful. Tuesday evening, 20 of our Firefighters joined firefighters from Washington Township VFC – Westmoreland & Export Volunteer Fire Department in their service area for…
Alex Pluto & the GRIT Fire Training LLC crew taught a hands-on class this past Sunday called “Searching for Life/Searching for Fire” that brought new ways of operating and thinking on the fire ground and within a structure. They brought…
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…
Night 5 of our program focused on Vehicle Rescue techniques utilizing several vehicles courtesy of Clyde’s Auto Service, Repair & Towing followed by Fire Extinguisher training. Participants were exposed for the first time to several key tools of the trade…
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…
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…
For several years now, we have been asked when we are going to have a fire camp for adults similar to the program that we have hosted for teens the past six summers. We are excited and proud to announce…