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Bill Williams/Columbia-Greene Media Firefighters enter 69 N. 7th Street during a drill on Sunday morning.
Bill Williams/Columbia-Greene Media Firefighters carry a simulated fallen firefighter out of 69 N. 7th Street during a drill on Sunday morning.
Bill Williams/Columbia-Greene Media About 20 firefighters participated on a FAST team drill at 69 N. 7th Street in Hudson on Sunday morning.
Bill Williams/Columbia-Greene Media Firefighters examine the side of a building at 69 N. 7th Street, to find an alternate way to get into the structure, during a drill on Sunday morning.
Bill Williams/Columbia-Greene Media Around 30 firefighters were given their instructions during a drill on Sunday morning in Hudson.
Bill Williams/Columbia-Greene Media Firefighters enter 69 N. 7th Street during a drill on Sunday morning.
Bill Williams/Columbia-Greene Media Firefighters carry a simulated fallen firefighter out of 69 N. 7th Street during a drill on Sunday morning.
Bill Williams/Columbia-Greene Media About 20 firefighters participated on a FAST team drill at 69 N. 7th Street in Hudson on Sunday morning.
Bill Williams/Columbia-Greene Media Firefighters examine the side of a building at 69 N. 7th Street, to find an alternate way to get into the structure, during a drill on Sunday morning.
Bill Williams/Columbia-Greene Media Around 30 firefighters were given their instructions during a drill on Sunday morning in Hudson.
HUDSON — Firefighters from five Columbia County companies participated in a training exercise Sunday aimed at better preparing them to rescue a fellow firefighter from a burning building.
The participating firefighters were members of a FAST Team.
FAST is an acronym for Firefighters Assist and Search Team. Teams consist of two or more firefighters dedicated solely to the search for and rescue of other firefighters in distress. Firefighter Assist and Search Team personnel cannot have any other operational assignment during an incident.
Firefighters trained Sunday in groups of five or more, Columbia County Fire Coordinator George Keeler said.
The drill, which began at about 9 a.m., in a vacant home at 69 N. 7th Street in Hudson, used both floors of the house plus the attic and the cellar.
Firefighters entered the “burning” building to rescue a fallen firefighter. Parts of the home were filled with smoke for the drill.
In addition to the smoke, team members also encountered other hazards they could face in an actual fire, such as doors locked shut, getting caught in a collapse and debris spread around the inside of the house, Keeler said.
A dummy, which is used to simulate a fallen firefighter, was made from sections of old firehose.
Team members were also trained in various ways to enter and get out of a burning building in case the doors are not available to use. Sunday’s exercise was also a good cross-training for the group.
“Of the five departments represented Sunday, they don’t always have the opportunity to train with members from another department, which they did today,” Keeler said. “This will assist them in working together at a fire scene.”
The exercise on Sunday lasted three hours. It was the third weekend that the team has trained this summer, Keeler said.
Team members are normally equipped with some or all of the following:
■ Portable radio that uses the fireground frequency
■ Rapid air transport bag, which slips over an oxygen bottle and holds an extra mask to tap into the bottle to provide a downed firefighter with air.
About 30 firefighters participated in the drill on Sunday.
The companies represented were Hudson, Greenport, Claverack, Stuyvesant and Niverville.
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