Members List: Webmaster: Jesse Shutt President: Robin Urich Vice President: Jessica Maiden Secretary: Jesse Shutt Treasurer: David Faust Trustees: LeeAnn Bechtel Katina Heim Lonny Lenker Chief 216: Raymond Urich, Jr. (FFI) Chief 216-1: Robert Stoneroad (FFI) Chief 216-2: David Faust Captain 216: Jason Faust Lt. 216: Troy Hoffman (FFI) Photographer: William Bailey Firefighters: LeeAnn Bechtel Victoria Bunger Keith Casey Michelle Casey Paul Enders, III (FFI) Kevin Eshleman Matthew Faust Bruce Harman Kevin Johnston, Jr. Holly Landvater (First Responder) Lyle Lenker Lonny Lenker (FFI) Adam Maiden Jason Schoffstall Raymond Schreiber Andrew Snyder Gary Stoneroad Kevin Urich Robin Urich Firefighter/EMT's: Jessica Enders (FFI) David Faust Jesse Shutt (FFI) Donald Shutt, Jr. Junior Firefighters: Aren Faust Kenny Lesher, Jr. Fire Police Captain: Jean Bower Fire Police 1st Lt.: Robin Urich Fire Police 2nd Lt.: Michelle Casey Fire Police: Robert Browning Lavonne Browning Martha Gruver Katina Heim Jessica Johnston Holly Landvater Jessica Maiden Michelle Myers Jason Schoffstall Social Members: Jeff Bunger Carol Bunger Reba Gruver Tandee Hoffman Paul Lebo Tracy Ritter Barbara Snyder Helen Zinn
On Sunday, November 1st, 2009, students made another trip to Station 216 for the final day of the Basic Vehicle Rescue Series, at the Technican Level. After breakfast was provided, a short discussion was held in the social hall and then students got geared up and headed down to the lower lot for the hands on portion of the day. First the various instructors went over the different power tools, hydraulic tools and other tools carried on Rescue 37, Engine 20, and Squad 216. The class then split into four groups and practiced removing doors, posts, roofs, access through the truck, trenching the roof, floor flips and dash lifts, along with all the other skills obtained in the previous two classes on cars that were on all four wheels. The class then broke for lunch. After lunch, students went back down to the lower lot to repeat the same skills from the morning, but with vehicles placed on their sides and roof's. After this was done, all the equipment was put back on the proper apparatus, and then lead instructor Eric Rickenbach talked about the final scenario that had been set up at Second Assistant Chief David Faust's farm. With Chief 216 setting off the house siren, students loaded up in Squad 216, Engine 20 and Rescue 37 and headed over to the farm. Once at the farm, studnets were presented with a 4 vehicle accident, with one vehicle on it's roof, one vehicle on it's side, and two vehicles on all four wheels, with one still running. Students went to work using all the skills they learned in the series to extricate the 5 patients from the 4 vehicles. The officers and members of the Fisherville Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 hopes that everyone that took the series took a lot of useful information with them. A special thanks to Millersburg Fire Company for brining Engine 20 and Rescue Fire Company of Susquehanna Township, for brining Rescue 37 on Sunday.
Lieutenant 216 Troy Hoffman uses a hydraulic spreader to open a door
Lieutenant 216 Troy Hoffman and Firefighter Victoria Bunger use a spreader to do a door roll
Firefighter Victoria Bunger uses an air chisel on a truck lid
A demonstration of a floor flip
Firefighter LeeAnn Bechtel, Firefighter Victoria Bunger and Firefighter/EMT Donald Shutt, Jr., work on setting up a strut on a vehicle on it's side
Firefighter/EMT Jesse Shutt talks to the inside rescuers during the final scenario
Students work on extricating the patient from the car on it's roof
Students work to roof a vehicle
Students remove the roof from a vehicle
Students work to extricate the driver of the van
TECHNICAN LEVEL OF BASIC VEHICLE RESCUE
On Saturday, October 31st, 2009, students again made the trip to Station 216 for the last level of the Basic Vehicle Rescue Course which is Technican. Today consisted of lectures on the various different power tools that can be utilized on vehicles. After the lecture was over, students went outside for an air bag (rescue air bag) demonstration using air bags from the Millersburg Fire Company.
Eric goes over the air bag system
Using the air bag system along with box cribs
OPERATIONS LEVEL CONTINUES
On Sunday, October 18th, 2009, students came back to the fire company grounds to complete the second day of the Operations Level of the Basic Vehicle Rescue Series. The morning started out with a review of the different knots that can be used during vehicle rescue. Class then moved down into the fire station and Eric went over the various hand tools that are usually carried on a rescue. The class then broke into 3 groups and moved outside to work on the vehicles. Students went over the various ways to remove the doors on a vehicle using hand tools only. The instructors then set off a driver's side airbag in a vehicle as a demonstration. The class then broke for lunch. After lunch was over class resumed with students working on removing the roof from the vehicle using hack saws. Students then went over some different extrication techniques from the vehicles, including the verticle extrication. The instructors then set off the passenger's side airbag in a vehicle as another demonstration. After class was done outside, it moved back into the social hall and the final test was taken. Special thanks to Halifax Fire Department, and Rescue Fire Company of Susquehanna Township for brinning their rescues up to the class. Students will return in 2 weeks to take the technican level of the vehicle rescue series. Please scroll down for a video of airbags deloying in a vehicle.
Instructor Chad goes oves knots
Instructor Eric talks about airbags
Instructor Brad talks to Firefighter LeeAnn Bechtel about using the high lift jack on the driver's side door
Firefighter/EMT Donald Shutt, Jr., works with a socket set to remove the hinge bolts
Students from Elizabethville and Londonderry use a flat head axe and a hooligan bar to cut the windshiled
Firefighter LeeAnn Becthel uses a hack saw to saw through the "C" Post on the vehicle
Students work on a verticle extrication
NEXT LEVEL OF BASIC VEHICLE RESCUE
On Saturday, October 17th, 2009 all the students that took the Basic Vehicle Rescue Awareness Level Class came back to Company 216 to take the Operations Level of the Vehicle Rescue Series. Today was all lecture regarding the use of hand tools to gain access into vehicle. Tomorrow students will go outside and put these learned skill to use.
VEHICLE RESCUE SERIES CONTINUES
On Sunday, October 4th, 2009 students came back to the fire hall to complete the second day of the Awareness Level of the course. Eric was back with additional instructors Chad, John and Irwin. The morning started orr with a lecture on stabilization. The students then moved outside to the lower lot to do hands on work on how to do proper stabilization on four different types of possible accidents the students might come upon. This included a pick-up truck on all four wheels, a car on it's side, a car on it's roof and a car on the hood of another car. The group then took a break for lunch and before going back out for the afternoon session, our beloved instructor Eric Rickenbach was given a John Deere Birthday Card and Birthday cake to celebrate his birthday which is this Wednesday. The students then went back outside to finish up the skill stations and Eric showed different compoents of various vehicles that the students may encounter. A test finished up the day for the students. A special thanks to the Reliance Hose Company No. 1 of Elizabethville for bringing there rescue down to the class to be used. The Operations Level of the course will be held in 2 weeks.
Lt. 216 Troy Hoffman works on setting up a rescue strut on a vehicle on it's roof
The use of cribbing, rescue struts and come alongs are shown in the stabilization of the car on the hood of another car
Students from Elizabethville and Millersburg work on setting up rescue struts and a picket system for the car on it's side
Looking down towards the lower lot
Eric shows and talks about a seatbelt pretensioner
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC!!!!
VHEICLE RESCUE SERIES STARTS
On Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 we started the Basic Vehicle Rescue Series at the fire house with the Awareness Level Class. Members from the company, along with members from Elizabethville, Halifax, Millersburg, Rescue of Susquehanna Township and Londonderry Township Fire Companies sat through a full day of classroom lecturing from Eric Rickenbach who is the main instructor for this whole series. Tomorrow the students will go through practical work outside with various donated vehicles. The series will continue with the Operation Level portion on October 17th and 18th, and the Technican Level portion on October 31st, November 1st. This course is designed to teach the students to perform recsue operations on basic passenger vehicles.
Instructor Eric Rickenbach talked to the class
PIPELINE TRAINING
On Wednesday, August 26th, 2009, members headed down to the Holiday Inn East in Swatara Township to attend a pipeline awarness class. This is a annual class that is put on by various pipelines for local emergency responders and contractos to educate them on the dangers of pipelines and what precautions to take when digging around them and how to respond to pipeline emergencies.
SQUAD OVERVIEW TRAINING
On Monday, August 10th, 2009, members met at the fire station to go over Squad 216, the equipment on the Squad and where it is located at.
DUMP SITE AND FIVE INCH TRAINING
On Sunday, June 7th, 2009, members took the Engine and Tanker up to the Enders-Fisherville Elementary School to do dump site and five inch training. Members took turns operating the pump on both the Engine and Tanker, using the deck gun on the Engine, and repacking the five inch.
Tanker 216 pumps to Engine 216 while Firefighter Victoria Bunger and Firefighter LeeAnn Bechtel work the deck gun on top of the Engine
Captain Jason Faust shows Junior Firefighter Aren Faust how to operate the dump valve on Tanker 216
Members start to repack the five inch hose onto the Engine. Shown in the picture are from left to right: Firefighter Jason Schoffstall, Firefighter LeeAnn Bechtel, Firefighter Raymond Scheriber, and Firefighter Keith Casey
Members still repacking fire inch hose onto the Engine. Lt. Troy Hoffman is shown handing the hose up to Chief 216-2 David Faust and Firefighter Matthew Faust
Members shown after training is over. Shown in the picture from left to right is:
On the Tailboard: Lt. Troy Hoffman
Back Row: Chief 216 Raymond Urich, Jr., Firefighter LeeAnn Bechtel, Chief 216-2 David Faust, Firefighter Matthew Faust, Junior Firefighter Kenneth Lesher, Jr., Firefighter Keith Casey, Firefighter/Fire Police Jason Schoffstall, Firefighter Raymond Scheriber, Firefighter Lyle Lenker, and Firefighter Lonny Lenker
Front Row: Firefighter/Fire Police Holly Landvater, and Firefighter Victoria Bunger
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