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The training was conducted by members of the Cheyenne Mountain AFS Fire Department, who set up and oversaw the training simulations for the recruits.
The flashover training is designed to give the recruits an up close and personal view of the phenomenon. The training the recruits received was their first exposure to fire in a training environment.
“It gives us the ability to sit in an extremely safe environment yet still experience the effects of heat and watch a fire grow from the very beginning stages until the room is almost fully engulfed,” said Capt. Brad Starling, Colorado Springs Fire Department training division.
This is accomplished by having the recruits don their personal protective gear and huddle inside a room-sized metal box that then has a fire built in it.
An instructor monitoring the fire then causes a controlled flashover to happen just a few feet above their heads. They are able to see it happen just as it would in an uncontrolled situation.
In addition to the flashover training, the recruits were also able to use the three-story fire trainer which allows for multiple types of fire and rescue scenarios such as search and rescue, ladder operations and sprinkler operations.
This training is made possible by the continued mutual support between the Cheyenne Mountain AFS Fire Department and the Colorado Springs Fire Department.
“We have developed a strong working relationship with the Colorado Springs Fire Department,” said Justin Ochsendorf, Cheyenne Mountain AFS Fire Department assistant training chief. “We respond and train together on emergency medical services scenarios, auto extrication and structural firefighting tactics.”
This shared mutual support and training is important to the Cheyenne Mountain Front Range area as it allows better communication between departments, decreases the risk of damage and injury during residential or wildfires.
“Not only do we have a good relationship with the mountain (Cheyenne Mountain AFS) it’s a very important relationship,” Starling said. “Cheyenne Mountain is able to provide training opportunities we don’t have and vice versa, this training being part of that.”
| Date Taken: | 06.14.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 06.14.2017 18:27 |
| Story ID: | 237919 |
| Location: | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, US |
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