Many Thanks to all of the members of The Concord Department of Fire and Life Safety for their assistance with the first "Concord High School Fire Academy Graduate Boot Camp". The program was held at Concord Fire Department Station 3 Training grounds on Monday August 2-3, 2010.
The Boot Camp was attended by 3 recent Concord High School graduates - Joshua Elliott, Charles Marsh, and Ariella Eury McMullen. The program was intended to give these students the opportunity to practice and sharpen their Firefighting Skills, interact and get to know the instructors, and to better get to know the organization of the Department, and to find out more about the Reserve Program.
Topics covered included: PPE, Ladders, Ropes, Equipment Raises, Ventilation, Aerial Ladder Operations, Operating and Search in tight spaces - the Maze, Hose Advancement, and Sprinklers. A tour of the Telecommunications Center, Recruit Class, and the entire Headquarters station was also provided as part of the Graduate Boot Camp. Chief Holloway and Chief Cline spoke with the students and provided them with Concord Fire and Life Safety Caps and Patches.
Topics covered included: PPE, Ladders, Ropes, Equipment Raises, Ventilation, Aerial Ladder Operations, Operating and Search in tight spaces - the Maze, Hose Advancement, and Sprinklers. A tour of the Telecommunications Center, Recruit Class, and the entire Headquarters station was also provided as part of the Graduate Boot Camp. Chief Holloway and Chief Cline spoke with the students and provided them with Concord Fire and Life Safety Caps and Patches.
With the summer heat, Concord Fire Department provided Air Conditioning and lots of bottled water with the Mobile Emergency Command Center on site. Breaks were provided for Rehab. Also, on day one, lunch was provided and participants ate with the members of Engine 3 and Rescue 3 in their quarters.
On the second day of the program, the students were visited by Mr. David Barbour a consultant with the NC Department of Public Instruction - CTE Division, Mr. Darryl Nobles - CTE Director for Cumberland County, and Mr. Fred Curley - Fire Science instructor from EE Smith HS in Cumberland County. Chief Holloway met with the visitors and much information about the Fire Science Program statewide was shared. Reserve Engine 3 was on site for the visitors to see and at the lunch break, a tour of the CHS Fire Academy classroom was provided for the visitors. Chief Holloway provided each of the visitors with a Concord Fire Department patch.
News 14 and a reporter from the Independent Tribune stopped by on Tuesday as well.
News 14 ran the news video on Wednesday and possibly Thursday.
The Independent Tribune Story
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