Training April 12th @ 2:00 PM SLT / PST
*****Training Opportunity*****
The Alvensleben Fire Dept. will be hosting a training Saturday April 12th at 2:00 PM SL time. We will be conducting interior attack evolutions as well as search techniques. We will also work on aerial / tower operations. During this we will also be supplying water via tanker shuttle only - no hydrants or direct drafting by the attack engine.
Rezzing will be open during the training so YES you can bring your department's apparatus. We request that you only bring along a tanker for this training.
Alvensleben Fire Dept. uses the HD system and apparatus. Our sim is not set up for any other system so this will be an HD-only training.
For further information please contact Alvensleben Fire Chief Carla Laville or Assistant Chief Cale Solo.
That was the notice that went out in the SLIAFF group earlier this week The joint training was this afternoon.
The drill was centered around a few different operation: aerial & tower operations, interior attack, and water shuttle for rural firefighting. Although Alvensleben and Foresta are covered by hydrants today we bypassed them and established a fill / draft sight in the Foresta harbor. The idea was to feed an engine and a tower as well as two interior attack teams via tanker shuttle only.
The training was held at Alvensleben Station 2 on the Foresta sim. Multiple departments attended:
Interior attack crews worked on fire suppression techniques as well as ventilation.
Something new was tried here today too. We used HD fire equipment but added the "moke bombs" from the TPF system. It added a level of realism that worked out fantastic. The building smoked up much nicer and it was considerably harder to work in.
As you can see in this photo the smoke was ALOT more impressive than the standard HD fire.
Prepping for the drill:
Alvensleben Station 2 Tower 383 works as a giant "water curtain" for the interior attack teams. West Metro Fire Rescue provided the first in engine for the teams:
The first tanker from the fill site arrives just in time...
The interior teams start their attack and ventilation takes place on the roof to release some of the superheated gasses
Meanwhile the water shuttle starts to lok like a parade. We had a really impressive turn out from many different departments:
Tanker 382 dumping into the portable pond:
The tanker crews did an excellent job despite several issues. Lag being one of the. Yes, we did run out of water a few times but everyone pulled together efficiently and quickly to work around the problems
Taking a quick break in between interior evolutions. West Metro's engine lost the pump during the first round but all on scene worked around the trouble easily. We actually had several "real life" troubles crop up and it was very interesting to see how all these different departments pulled together to work as a team
All in all it was a very good training. It was nice to see such inter-departmental cooperation. Everyone worked very well together without complaint. Considering the varied backgrounds of the different responders (not to mention international members that do things totally different than us Americans) it went VERY well. I was impressed. I have never seen this level of cooperation in Second Life before and I look forward to seeing it again.
Attendees:
The Alvensleben Fire Dept. will be hosting a training Saturday April 12th at 2:00 PM SL time. We will be conducting interior attack evolutions as well as search techniques. We will also work on aerial / tower operations. During this we will also be supplying water via tanker shuttle only - no hydrants or direct drafting by the attack engine.
Rezzing will be open during the training so YES you can bring your department's apparatus. We request that you only bring along a tanker for this training.
Alvensleben Fire Dept. uses the HD system and apparatus. Our sim is not set up for any other system so this will be an HD-only training.
For further information please contact Alvensleben Fire Chief Carla Laville or Assistant Chief Cale Solo.
That was the notice that went out in the SLIAFF group earlier this week The joint training was this afternoon.
The drill was centered around a few different operation: aerial & tower operations, interior attack, and water shuttle for rural firefighting. Although Alvensleben and Foresta are covered by hydrants today we bypassed them and established a fill / draft sight in the Foresta harbor. The idea was to feed an engine and a tower as well as two interior attack teams via tanker shuttle only.
The training was held at Alvensleben Station 2 on the Foresta sim. Multiple departments attended:
- Alvensleben Volunteer Fire Dept.
- Antilaghi Regional Airport Fire & Rescue
- Hilton Heights Fire / Rescue
- West Metro Fire-Rescue
- F.I.R.S.T. (Facility for International Emergency Services Training)
Interior attack crews worked on fire suppression techniques as well as ventilation.
As you can see in this photo the smoke was ALOT more impressive than the standard HD fire.
Prepping for the drill:
Alvensleben Station 2 Tower 383 works as a giant "water curtain" for the interior attack teams. West Metro Fire Rescue provided the first in engine for the teams:
The first tanker from the fill site arrives just in time...
The interior teams start their attack and ventilation takes place on the roof to release some of the superheated gasses
Meanwhile the water shuttle starts to lok like a parade. We had a really impressive turn out from many different departments:
Tanker 382 dumping into the portable pond:
The tanker crews did an excellent job despite several issues. Lag being one of the. Yes, we did run out of water a few times but everyone pulled together efficiently and quickly to work around the problems
Taking a quick break in between interior evolutions. West Metro's engine lost the pump during the first round but all on scene worked around the trouble easily. We actually had several "real life" troubles crop up and it was very interesting to see how all these different departments pulled together to work as a team
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| Mike Shu of F.I.R.ST. acts as RIT while we prepare for round two |
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| One not-so-serious injury...medics on scene treated quickly and efficiently |
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| I apologize..I missed the department name she was with but she ws our standby Paramedic and was helping with SCBA refills |
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| The tankers gear up for round two even as one of the attending departments gets called away for a fire in their home sim |
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| Chief Engineer Helly Solvange (Alvensleben VFD) acts as safety officer from high atop Tower 383 |
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| Tanker 383 responding just as we ran out of water |
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| Members of the West Metro Fire Dept. ventilate for the interior teams |
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| Interior Command signals a pull out as West Metro also gets called out for a fire on their home sim |
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| Starting to wrap up after West Metro had to pull out Due to limited manpower we shut down the balance of the drill at this point |
All in all it was a very good training. It was nice to see such inter-departmental cooperation. Everyone worked very well together without complaint. Considering the varied backgrounds of the different responders (not to mention international members that do things totally different than us Americans) it went VERY well. I was impressed. I have never seen this level of cooperation in Second Life before and I look forward to seeing it again.
Attendees:
- Captain Matt O'Riley
- L.Krause
- Firefighter Brent (last name unknown)
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- Chief James L. Quinn
- Mikey Shu
- Asst. Chief Cale Solo
- Chief Engineer Helly Solvange
- Chief Carla Laville
- Lieutenant Martin Mendle
- (and several others that I admit I missed the names)
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