CFD Fire Company’s 1, 2, and 3 participated in the Deputy’s Structure Fire Drill this past Saturday and Sunday morning.  This year, Deputy Germaine designed a live-fire training exercise incorporating four main training scenarios.  The scenarios included a first and second floor fire attack, drafting station with Engine 1 and Tanker 1, a master stream station using utilizing Engine 4 and a rehab station with Carver EMS.   Fire crews were divided into four teams spending about 45 minutes at each practical station. At the first and second floor Fire Attack scenario, crews worked as five person Engine Company’s, first preforming a forcible entry scenario into the building, then stretching a 1 ¾” charged hose line and attacking a live fire in the 1st floor burn room.  Crews rehabbed shortly and then proceeded to re-enter the building, ascending the stairwell to the 2nd floor and extinguishing a bedroom fire in our 2nd floor burn room.  A total of eight live burns where conducted each training day. At the Drafting Station, crews utilized Engine 1, setting up a draft site at our static underground water tank behind Station 1.  Crews worked to establish a draft and then feed a 4” supply line to refill Tanker 1.  This exercise was practiced numerous times by each firefighter. At the Master Stream Station, fire crews on Engine 4 set up and filled a 3,000 gallon portable pool from Tanker 1, established a draft, then stretched a 4” supply line into our blitz fire nozzle and top mount deck gun on Engine 4.  The top deck gun master stream can put out up to 1,000 GPM while the blitz fire stream can flow 500 GPM.  The final evolution was a Rehab Station established by Carver EMS.  All CFD personnel transitioning through the Rehab Sector at least once during the exercise.  This is the eighth year we have been able to conduct the live structure fire training at our facility.  Every time a CFD Firefighter can hone their live fire skills working under real fire conditions raises our Firefighter’s confidence when they are working the real thing! This labor-intensive training exercise would not be possible if it was not for such a dedicated CFD Officer core to help Deputy Germaine facilitate all the scripted evolutions throughout the two days.  (Photo’s by Firefighter, Steve Falconer)

At 8:21 am, fire crews were dispatched to a report of smoke from the soffit area of a neighboring house.  Carver C2 arrived within two minutes to find heavy smoke pushing from the attic eaves and requested a structure fire response.  Fire crews from Engine 1 stretched a 1 ¾” line to Side A of the structure making a fire attack into the first floor.  A quick primary search was conducted finding the fire was located in the rear basement.  Crews simultaneously stretched two additional hose lines to the rear of the structure (Side C), making entry into the lower basement.  Heavy fire was encountered throughout the basement with the fire now extending back into the floor above.   Crews were able to knock down the majority of the fire pretty quickly, but the heat and high humidity of the day really started to take a toll on our firefighters.  Two mutual aid fire companies from Plymouth and Wareham were called into the scene to assist CFD firefighters with overhaul, while a Middleboro Engine company covered our fire headquarters.  A Water Supply sector was established off of Crystal Lake (W1-30) by C3, Engine 3 and Tankers 1, 2 and Breaker 27.   Carver EMS established a Rehab Sector, treating numerous firefighters with heat-related issues.  Carver PD assisted our fire crews extensively through accountability and traffic control.  The homeowner was fortunately to be at work at the time of the fire, and is safe!  A big tip of the helmet to all our Firefighters, EMS personnel, and Police Officers for working as a true team in trying to protect the person's home. (Photo's by Retired Fire Cheif, Dana Harriman)