Friday, May 3, 2024
The Granbury Volunteer Fire Department (GVFD) welcomed firefighters from seven counties for its district training on Saturday, Oct. 7, at the GVFD training field.
In conjunction with a North Central Texas District of the State Firefighters’ and Fire Marshal’s (SFFMA) meeting, a total of 75 firefighters representing 19 fire departments attended the hands-on training, which focused on flashover evolution and vehicle extraction.
During flashover evolution, the firefighters observed how fire spreads from a small fire to an entire room. They learned the fire science of how a fire responds when it consumes the oxygen in a room and when the room is ventilated. Through this, the firefighters learned how to read a fire and safely extinguish it.
The vehicle extraction training taught firefighters how to safely remove injured drivers and passengers from wrecked vehicles by removing a vehicle’s doors and roof.
Persons interested in becoming firefighters should contact the GVFD online at GVFD.org or by calling GVFD’s Station No. 1 at 817-579-1111.
