Whitesville Volunteer Fire Department

496 Main Street, PO Box 256 Whitesville, New York  14897

ALL Volunteer ALL the time, We Serve to Save

Emergency Escape System Training

Emergency Self Rescue Rule #1:

If you put out the fire, you won't have to jump out the window! ~Andy Freidricks

Training photos from Emergency Escape System Class April 21, 2011

Safety set-up in preparation of the escape.

Chief Erdmann and the Instructor secure the ladder straps.

Asst. Chief Mattison on the belay

This instructor's firefighting career began as a Junior Firefighter with the Whitesville Fire Dept.

Shown here observing the work of his students from the 2nd story of the Wellsville Fire Dept. Training Tower.

Where's your rope Professor?  Are you going to use the rope and come out the window... or are you going to use the stairs?

The sequence of photos below is our Instructor demonstration the technique of

emergency self evacuation from a 2nd story window...

... and SAFELY on the ground.

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