Blue crew Transfers

Welcome to Capt. Doug Hanen for transfering to #4 from #3. Good Luck at #3 Capt. Miller. We'll see ya around. 3/28/08

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Blue crew has a promotion

Congratulations to FF Adcock for his promotion to Driver. Good luck at Station #5. Welcome to Adam Frederking for his transfer to Station #4. 09/29/07

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Breaking out the Kevlar

Recent bomb threats at area supermarkets test our response to intruders. Fire units were dispatched to 5 threats in a two day period. Luckily there was no real emergency and it was reported that 2 of the 5 threats were creditable and the other 3 were copycats. This left a little time for us to get some photos of us in our fine looking kevlar.Aug. 07

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July 2007

July was a busy month for the fellas at #4. We had multiple fires including: a garage fire, barn fire, house fire, a fire in a business, and a fire in a paper mill. Throw in a couple of motorcycle wrecks due to the bike rally that was in town and you have the makings of a busy month.

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EF5 Tornado Response

On May 4th 2007, an EF5 tornado hits Greensburg Kansas and destroys 95% of the town. Hutchinson's Structural Collapse Technicians were deployed to help with the search and rescue efforts.

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Drive Through Coffee Break

On the 9th of April 2007 Blue Crew respondes to a call for a vehicle fire at a local gas station. On arrival, SQ-4 finds a vehicle inside the structure.A call for a first alarm assignment was made due to visible smoke inside the gas station. Come to find out that the smoke was just coffee creamer. No injuries were reported.

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Mine Shaft Rescue Training

Blue Crew demonstrates an elevator rescue in the 650 foot deep mine shaft that leads to the Kansas Underground Salt Museum. Mar 07

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Ventilation Training

Gold Crew practices opening a roof for vertical ventalation on a vacant house. Crews took turns on the house after the recent rookie class was done with it. Mar 07

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Promotion and Transfers

Congratulations to Darrin Schrock for his promotion to Captain on Red Crew.Congratulations to Darin Gehring for his promotion from Station #4 to Battalion Chief on the Gold Crew. Also, welcome to FF Chambers and FF Mencl for their transfer to Station #4.

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CRV Training

Crews take turns using the CRV on a pit fire at the Hutchinson Municipal Airport. A 500lb. Purple K system was recently added to the truck.

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