Month: September 2022

WFD Sept. Training

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During the month of September, members of the Woodbridge Fire Department took part in two vital training drills intended to sharpen their skills and expand their knowledge. On Monday, September 12th Woodbridge firefighters took part in a simulated butane release accident at the Shell Oil refinery located on State St. This annual drill, in partnership with Motiva and Shell Oil, is initiated with a 9-1-1 call stating that a butane release has occurred and an expansive response begins involving numerous fire department personnel, hundreds of feet of large diameter hose, and a strategic placement of apparatus and equipment.
 
During the weeks of September 19th and 26th, WFD personnel traveled to the Middlesex County Fire Academy in Sayreville to perform motor vehicle extrication drills. These trainings are crucial as they afford fire department personnel the opportunity to get hands on experience using extrication tools and provide scenarios in which stabilization of an overturned vehicle is required with crash-test dummy victims needing to be extricated. Vehicles donated to the Middlesex County Fire Academy vary and allow firefighters to see first-hand how different vehicles will pose unique problems when involved in a situation requiring extrication, especially when time is of the essence.