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February
11, 2006
At South Glens Falls
The members of MacBoston 18 Truck
would like to thank everyone that supported our 2nd annual training
seminar. This year's attendance was 146! Special thanks
to South Glens Falls Volunteer Fire Company for hosting our annual
fund raiser and also to the South Glens Falls Ladies Auxiliary for
putting on a great lunch and snacks.
This years Seminar topics included:
"Tactical
Operations for Taxpayers & Strip Malls"
This class
dedicated to the lessons learned at fire in commercial occupancies.
All communities have these occupancies with light weight
construction, high fire load and large open spaces. Are you ready
for a fire in a commercial building? The fire officers’ initial
tactical decisions will dictate the success of the fire departments
operations outcome; these are not our "Bread and Butter"
operations
“Tactical
Operations for One & Two Family Private Dwellings”
This
class is a review of the tactical functions of both the engine and
truck company at fire in private residential dwellings. These are a
fire departments most common fire and most dangerous as we still are
losing firefighters at them. This class will review tactical
operations and student will learn about common mistakes made during
fires in private dwellings.
MacBoston
would also like to thank our Guest Presenter FDNY Captain Michael
Dugan:
Michael
M. Dugan is a 20-year veteran of the FDNY, serving as the Captain of
Ladder Company 123, in Crown Heights Brooklyn. As a Lieutenant,
Dugan served in Ladder Company 42 in the
South
Bronx
.
While assigned as a firefighter in Ladder Company 43, in Spanish
Harlem, Firefighter Dugan received the James Gordon Bennett medal in
1992 and the Harry M. Archer Medal in 1993, the FDNY’s highest
award for bravery. He is also a former volunteer firefighter, in the
Halesite FD.
Mike
has been involved with the Fire Service for 32 years. He was an
instructor at the inception of the FDNY’s Annual Education Day and
has developed programs currently taught to all FDNY members during
Annual Education Day. He is the lead instructor of the “Firehouse
Expo” and “Firehouse World” Engine and Truck Company HOT
program and a “HOT” instructor at the “FDIC.”
He is a contributing editor to “Firehouse” magazine.
Captain Dugan has been a featured lecturer around the country
and at both the “Firehouse Expo” and the “FDIC” on topics
dealing with Truck Company Operations, Building construction, size
up and today’s fire service.
Captain
Michael M. Dugan
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