Rossford Explorer Post 790
Recent Activities
On May 24, the explorers went to Bedford Michigan to participate in the annual "Mock Disaster." During this all day event the explorers run calls of all different natures, car fires, structure fires, ems, and car accidents in which the advisors do not help, all they do is drive. This year we were able to use Rossford Squad 792 as a heavy squad, Northwood 807 as a transport unit, Northwood 806 as an engine, Oregon 24 as an engine and Lifestar Ambulance as a transport unit. Thanks to everyone who let us use their equipment, it was a big help. Please click pictures above to see photos.
On April 23, the explorers participated in a couple of different extracation scenarios. Including victims on the hood of the car, and also a person in the car but also a person who was in the accident trying to get at him, so the explorers had to first deal with him and scene safety then proceed on taking care of the patients.
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On March 26, at drill the explorers had a hands on class on ladders, search and ventilation. For ladders they had to get an extension and a roof ladder of the truck. Then set up the extension ladder and climb up to the roof and put the roof ladder up, then climb up that. For search the explorers had to enter a building and proceed to the second story and find the victim using proper search procedures. For ventilation two of our explorers built a roof simulator, so the explorers had to start up the saw and cut the proper hole on the roof. At the end after everyone had gone through every station we had one big incident in which there was a search team, ventilation team, and a rit team to show what they had learned just before. Also thanks to both Northwood and Rossford Fire Departments for their help.
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On February 25, five explorers went to Northwood High School to do a demonstration on firefighting and try to recruit people to join post 790. In the demonstration the explorers made and presented a powerpoint presentation about firefighting and the different types of apparatus. Next they set up tables to make a maze and put paper in their masks so they couldn't see. So they went through that doing a proper search and they had to find the victim and bring them out. The last part of the demonstration was that the explorers and a Northwood firefighter took the teenagers through the engine to show them what it carries and also how it is used.
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Meetings Meetings are held from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Wednesdays, the first Wednesday of the month is an organizational meeting. The remaining Wednesdays contain a variety of firefighting and EMS topics, with classroom and hands on instruction.During the summer meetings are held every Wednesday evening, starting at 6:00 pm. Everyone is welcome. |
