Controlled Fire Exercise Held at Lake City Church
posted on May 11, 2011, under Church by communication
Columbia County Fire and Rescue personnel and other emergency service workers visited Lake City Church during Community Service Day.
by Brendan White
Community Service Day at Lake City, Fla., Church on Sunday, April 17, included a controlled exercise by Columbia County Fire Department. The exercise taught children and adults how to survive if they should find themselves trapped in a burning building.
Church members invited friends from throughout the community to participate in this potentially life-saving event. Children learned how to stop, drop, and roll should they ever find themselves in a room filled with smoke. Suddenly, the room was magically filled with smoke so the students could practice what they had learned.
Paramedics and Columbia County Fire and Rescue assisted with the exercise. Trauma One team made a grand entrance with their arrival by helicopter. Officer Jackson from the Sheriff’s Department was also on hand to demonstrate training techniques for a K-9 dog.
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- The Trauma One team arrives safely at Lake City Church.
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- One class is given instruction on the important role played by the Trauma One team in saving lives.
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- This class is informed to stop, drop, and roll should they ever find themselves in a room filled with smoke.
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- Putting into practice what they just learned, kids escape from the smoke-filled room simulation safely.
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- Training a K-9 for the Sheriff’s department can take up to one year. Officer Jackson shows this class some of the training techniques.
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- With K-9 Officer Jackson’s permission, Christine Martins makes a new friend.
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- This young volunteer is securely strapped onto the gurney by two paramedics.
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- A courageous Pathfinder proves that once you’re strapped in, you’re really strapped in!
