Practice Makes Perfect!

By: Master Firefighter Joe Hayunga

In the photo below, Captain Tom Potter is leading a company drill at Fire Station 13. The topic of the drill is slope evacuation, a rescue technique used to access a victim at the bottom of a steep slope. Each crew member got to practice tying anchors, building a hauling system, building a belay system and attending to the victim during the haul up the slope.

Every single day Montgomery County Firefighters, when not responding to calls for help, spend a part of their work day training hard so we are ready to assist those who need our help no matter what the situation.

Click on the photo below to see seven more photos from the training on our MCFRS Flickr site!