Flanders Fire Department Invites Their Community Out To See What They Do

On Sunday September 28th the Flanders volunteer fire department held its annual open house. The event kicked off at 11AM sharp with members of the department giving away free stuff to the community as well as showing off all the Apparatus to the kids and members of the community . Shortly after the chief and members opened up the Southampton FD Smoke House to the public to go through while they worked on setting up the demonstration areas .

The department had multiple demonstrations including a hands on fire extinguisher live burn for the kids. After that members of the heavy rescue team went on to demonstrate how they gain entry to a vehicle when a person is trapped . They Briefly simulated a brush fire . The day then wrapped up with the Big event being a camper fire. members used flare sticks as well as some accelerant and proceeded to light the camper on fire to simulate both what happens when a cigarette falls while a person falls asleep smoking as well as how the department would fight a fire in a mobile home park . The community as well as the fire fighters had a great time .

Additional Photos of this event can be found here : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.601793953262451.1073741886.373660266075822&type=1