02/21/08
Wagontown Places new Air Packs in service
By: Asst. Ziegler

On February 13th 2008 Jay Abel from the Firestore.com delivered fifteen new MSA Firehawk 30 minute 2007 compliant SCBA.  The SCBA were the first items delivered to us, from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant.  The new packs are CBRN (Chemical,Biological,Radiological and Nuclear) compliant.  Each air pack is equipped with  50' of Kevlar bail out line which is a self contained emergency escape system a firefighter can use to rappel to safety from a window should they become trapped or conditions deteriorate to point they need to escape.  Each air pack can also double as a harness that  can be used to raise or lower a firefighter if they become injured or trapped.

After the initial training on the systems was complete they were placed in service on the February 21st. The grant also provided 19 new sets of gear, 23 helmets and new boots for our active crew.