Dive Training in Portland,CT

The Guilford Fire Department Dive team went up to the Portland quarry to carry out dive training for the day in early September. Guilford firefighters were joined by two members of the Branford Fire Department in the training evolutions for the day. The divers searched underwater cars and planes to practice the skills needed to efficiently carry out underwater search operations.

Guilford Firefighters train with the new

Van Air system on Rescue One     Firefighters Judd & Considine work with Pneumatic Drill

Firefighter Planas works with the 90lb breaker while Firefighter Mange Operates the pneumatic drill

The Van Air compressor system allows Firefighters to operate large volume air tools at an extended distance from the truck while keeping adequate air flow to the desired tool. It accomplishes this by using the air hose as a reservoir for the system. Currently in the system pictured above we have a 2.5" fire hose which gets split by a wye valve into two smaller diameter lines allowing us to operate two simultaneous tools at adequate pressures.

Dive Training at Dutch Springs, PA

Top Row- Considine, Haverkampf, Winters, Beatty, Johnson, H. Judd

Bottom Row- Shove, Mahoney, T. Judd, Mange

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