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BOX ALARM JURISDICTION

ON A BOX ALARM, STATION 13 RESPONDS TO A DIVERSE 75 SQUARE MILES OF URBAN, SUBURBAN, RURAL AREA. THE FIRST DUE JURISDICTION IS 8 SQUARE MILES AND THERE ARE 24 MILES OF INTERSTATE AND PRIMARY ROADWAYS IN THE FIRST DUE.

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BOX ALARM RESPONSE AREA

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"Our box alarm response area is extremely diverse and allows for a wide array of training opportunities. There are hundreds of apartment buildings, forty or so mid/high rises and huge developments. Since joining I have learned a lot about building construction and layouts- especially when it comes to O/V training."

- Live-In FF/EMT Ryan

Members training on vertical ventilation on the roof of a vacant commercial strip.

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MULTI-RESIDENTIAL

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There are over 450 multi-family structures in our box response area- most of them right in the first due. Members train consistently on stretching in stairwells, Vent-Enter-Search, and aerial placement to prepare for incidents in these high-hazards.

MID/HIGH RISES

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Station 13 units respond to box alarms in over 45 mid/high rises, allowing for training opportunities not available in most volunteer fire jurisdictions. Members conduct walk-throughs of the first due structures on a yearly basis.

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INTERSTATE

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Covering 24 square miles on interstate and primary roadways, 13 units remain busy when it comes to accidents. On a rainy day, Station 13 can see an average of 5 accidents a day and about 14 accidents with entrapment per year.

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TRAINING AND PLANNING

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"Every member from our newest probationary member to the Fire Chief understand their role in learning our response area and high-hazard properties. Members participate in quarterly training events with mutual aid organizations to ensure all responding units have a good understanding of our arrival assignments and pre-planning. Assets have been developed to encourage further learning such as our Probationary Guidebook and First Acting Man Book, leading to a more successful fire ground and preservation of life and property"

- FF/EMT Irhin

50 members from 6 different departments gathered at a local mid-rise for a walk-through.

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