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Personal Fire Page
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We mourn and are sadden of the death of Lieutenant Matt Kirkman with German Township Volunteer Fire Dept. He died in a car accident Sunday Nov 9th 2003. Matt was 21 yrs old and had served GTVFD for 5 1/2 Yrs. Matt was a fellow Firefighter with me on German. He will be very missed! Please hold the family, fellow firefighters (brothers) and friends of Matt in your prayers! We Love and miss you Matt!
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This is my personal fire page. Everything from pictures of me in training, The Fire Dept I belong to (German Township.. in Vanderburgh County) Links, News, other training pics, Misc.
Our New 8E4
8 Engine 4 a newer version of 8 Engine 7. It was put in service in 2004. It is first due in for southern part of the district. It is a Pumper/Tanker capable of pumping 1000 GPM and storing 2100 gallons of water and has a dumper valve in the rear.
8 Engine 4 and 8 Engine 7 are a bit unusual in that they can serve as the role of a pumper and a tanker whereas most of the departments trucks usually serve one role better than the other. It features a six-person cab allowing five fire fighters in full fire fighting gear including SCBA to sit safely inside on the way to an incident and be ready to fight a fire on arrival. The driver is usually not in full gear since he operates the pump. It is equipped with a 25 gallon tank for Class A Foam and with a flick of a switch can use either plain water or foam. It replaced another fire truck that had been in service for 25 years! It has a Command Light Tower above the cab that can be aimed in any direction. Above the tank is a hose bed that holds 1000 feet of large diameter ( 5 inch) hose that can be used with a hydrant. Very easily laid out but no fun to pick up. It is housed at Company 8.
These pictures was taken early Sunday Morning on Oct 5th 2003 on the grounds of The Old Evansville State Hospital. One of the places we do training at. A small group of us was doing a "saving your own" type class, a very intense Search & Rescue class where our SCBA Mask is covered so we can not see, then we go through a maze of obstacles as we very well could in real cases in houses, dept stores, businesses, etc.
MORE TO COME
Me (Mike) of course :)
8 Rescue
9 (responds from Co 9
8 Car 1 (Chief's
Car)
8R9,
refilling SCBA bottles here
8R9, refilling SCBA bottles here
8R9,
refilling SCBA bottles here
8R9, refilling
SCBA bottles here
This is our Cascade System
on 8R6 that we refill SCBA bottles with. 
Back of
8R6
8C1
Inside of
8R6
Inside of 8R6
8R6
My Personal PV (Personal Vehicle) before all
the lights was installed 
8R6
8R6
8R6
8C1 and
8R6
8C1 and 8R6 on the Lloyd Expressway
8C1 and 8R6 on the Lloyd Expressway
Here are pictures of us doing Burn Bus training, we use the burn bus for not only heat, fire and smoke simulation, but also to teach Hydro Ventilation. Our Burn Bus sits at our Company 8 Station on Kasson Drive.
8 Brush 5 
8 Brush 5 
8 Brush 5 
Another training prop, a roof to practice cuts and Ventilation. 
Here are some pictures of the inside of our Company 8 station on Kasson Drive. To rooms in the back that sleeps 6, Couch, TV, Kitchen. Mostly our Class B Members (members that live outside of German township) put station time in and respond from this station. Class A members that do live in the township also stays many hours at this station and responds from here.
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