By Joseph Slacian
jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com
About two dozen Wabash firefighters received training in stabilizing vehicles and extricating victims at accident scenes.
Representatives of 5 Alarm Fire & Safety Equipment, Delafield, Wis., worked with the local firefighters throughout the day Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Wabash County Fairgrounds.
Firefighter Mitch Meyer arranged the training.
“We had a classroom session on stabilization and airbags and vehicle construction,” he said. “Now we’re going to cut up (accident scenes). There are different scenarios.”
There were four accident scenes for the firefighters to practice with.
“We train about three times per year per shift behind the fire station,” Meyer said. “This is something new. I don’t know that we ever did something like this.”
He said that local firefighters also receive training at 5 Alarm’s Wisconsin location, where they receive experience with about any type of vehicle that they can come across during a regular shift.
Rick’s Auto delivered the vehicles used in demonstration, while Brainard Excavating placed them in the various scenarios.
Following the firefighters’ training, Meyer said, Rick’s Auto’s workers will use the same vehicles for their own training.