Briceland Volunteer Fire hosted a S-211 (Portable Pumps and Water Use) course over the past weekend as part of the Southern Humboldt Firefighter Type 1 Academy. On Saturday, participants spent the day in our firehouse classroom reviewing the intricacies of 2 and 4 stroke motors, friction loss in various diameter hoses and the capabilities of different pumps. Sunday we put the lessons to practice in the field.
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Thank you to Redway Fire for bringing Water Tender 5862 with pumps and portable folding tank, Shelter Cove Fire and Salmon Creek Fire for bringing sprinkler kits and more pumps, to Garberville Fire for helping to organize the structure protection group, and to the Humboldt Co Prescribed Burn Association for lending their two “pumpkin” water tanks.
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This was the 3rd weekend in a row that BVFD has hosted well attended trainings that serve the greater fire service community in Southern Humboldt, which are made possible in part from support by The University of California Cooperative Extension and the Humboldt County Prescribed Burn Association with grant funding through CalFire, offered to volunteer firefighters as well as prescribed and cultural burn crew members to improve fire safety in our region.
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See here for the video; S-211
