| Gladwyne Firefighters have been training aggressively in water rescue over the last 14 months. Recently, 7 Gladwyne Firefighters completed all 5 Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Water Rescue classes that includes the following classes:
Water Rescue for the First Responder (Awareness Level) - (2 - 2.5 hours)
Water Rescue and Emergency Response- (16 hours)
Emergency Boat Operation & Rescue - (16 hours)
Advanced Line Systems Rescue - (16 hours)
Ice Rescue and Emergency Response - (16 hour)
Many of our firefighters have trained in the individual classes, but these 7 firefighters completed all of the classes:
Chief Blaine Leis
Assistant Chief Mike Schwarz
Assistant Chief John Remillard
Assistant Chief James McLean
Firefighter Brian Brown
Firefighter Andy Culbertson
Firefighter Kevin Gallagher
Congratulations to the above Firefighters!
We are scheduling several more classes and within the next 12 months will have many more firefighters certified in all 5 classes! |
