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Members from United,
Springville, Forest Lake, Elk Lake, Little Meadows, and Montrose EMS finished
with a two part training on November, 1st 2005 as part of the next step towards creating at
least 4 Decon engine companies in the county. Crews completed a 24 hour Hazardous
Material Operations Class and then jumped into the 8 County Terrorism Task
Force 8 hour Mass Decon Class. Crews that participated are on
the tract defined by our Regional Terrorism Task Force to become
firefighters and officers to respond on the Decon engine companies.
Renee Coy Photo
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Renee Coy Photo
To participate as a Decon firefighter each member must have essentials
of firefighting or be firefighter I certified (EMS responders for Decon
ambulance need EMT cert in place of essentials), complete 24 hour Hazardous
Material Operations Class, 4 hour Terrorism
Awareness, 16 hour Incident Command class, and 8 hour Mass Decon Awareness. To Be an officer on the
engine you will need in addition to the above requirements 8 hour
Terrorism Operations. Many of the Members that participated in these two
trainings are well on the way to fulfilling the requirements. As of
this time County EMA has received at least 3 applications for companies
interested in supplying an engine. Each county in the 8
county region is required to have 4 Decon engine companies. |
