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The
Volunteer Hose Co (Lackawanna County Department of public Safety
designation "27 RESCUE") in Throop PA has been around since
1928. Since the company's inception the fire services has
undergone dramatic changes from equipment to personal protection
to utilizing specialty services and companies to execute certain
tasks.
In order to keep up with the demands that volunteer fire
protection now requires firefighters spend their off weekends
training. When these firefighters give up their time and
energy to train the end result is YOUR IMPROVED fire protection.
The residents of the Borough of Throop are awarded the latest in
emergency services protection of their lives and property.
The costs to the residents of Throop: FREE.
This week the firefighters of the 27 RESCUE were joined by
firefighters from Blakely, Browndale (Wayne County), Dalton,
Taylor and the Irmo Fire Department of Charleston South
Carolina. The students assembled at the firehouse
located at 401 Dunmore Street where they received several hours
of lecture related to the safe and effective operations when
operating as a truck company. When the lecture portion of
the program was completed the class moved to the Northeast PA
Emergency Services Training Center in Newton Ransom PA.
There firefighters were able to execute the skills they were
lectured on. Some of the skills included forcible
entry, search for life and/or fire in addition to the most
important firefighter Rapid Intervention Teams.
The program was hosted by the Volunteer Hose Company and is one
of the many training opportunities offered by the
locally-operated Task Force 1 of Wayne County Pennsylvania.
The instructors for this private training company are assembled
from a unique group of both career and volunteer firefighter
with decades of experience. The instructors teach how they
safe execute the job on a daily, sometimes hourly basis.
Their knowledge combined with the desire to learn creates on of
the most opportune environments anyone could ask for.
The class participants will be at it again soon, training that
is, as they prepare for National Firefighter Certification in
Firefighting and Rescue Practices.
Anyone interested in volunteering in 90% sheer boredom and 10%
pure terror is invited to contact the Volunteer Hose Co No 3 at
570-489-5761.
Don't forget to check our site often for updates on how the 27
RESCUE is training for YOUR SAFETY. |
