Elected Officials Take Part In Live Fire Training

EVANSTON, IL - From the City of Evanston Fire Department: The Evanston Firefighters Local 742 and Skokie Firefighters Local 3033 and their respective Fire Departments will host a program for elected and appointed officials, as well as members of the media, known as FIRE OPS 101. This daylong program includes hands-on firefighting and rescue operations under controlled supervision of the aforementioned Locals and Department’s professional firefighter/paramedics. Participants will learn exactly how challenging it is to keep our communities safe.

This workshop will demonstrate many aspects of fire and emergency medical service operations — from suiting up in the proper protective gear to putting out fires. Each of the four scenarios will give participants the opportunity to do what firefighters and paramedics face on a day-to-day basis. Each participant will learn how to use self contained breathing apparatus, essential to breathing in heavy smoke. Participants will also learn to battle a live fire and be given instruction on how to respond to anticipated events of fire behavior such as flash-over.

FIRE OPS 101 is Saturday, September 30, 2017. Participant registration is at 6:30 a.m. at Skokie Fire Department Training Facility (8157 Central Park Ave., Skokie), followed by hands-on scenarios at the same location between 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Media and photographers who would like to attend but will not participate in scenarios are asked to contact Tim Gobat at tgobat@cityofevanston.org for media credentials by September 29, 2017.

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