![]() Even in 1941 news items appeared regarding the rivalry between neighboring Sea Breeze "Indians" and the Pea Pickers. 1940 found the team sweeping the Monroe County Championship. Dances were held to finance the purchase of equipment for the trucks. In the early days of the organization's existence there were interesting and unusual developments encompassing much hard work and heartbreak. The Pea Pickers have been active in all parts of New York State every year since 1935 with the exception of the war years when state competition was suspended, and have won many area championships as well as statewide recognition. ![]() For a while this was the only Drill Team in the state outside of the metropolitan New York area and aroused enough interest that teams were formed in other nearby towns. ![]() It was through the interest and guidance of the "Brush Rabbits" that Drill Team competition was introduced to Irondequoit with the formation of the Pt. In New York State, Firemen's Drill Teams were formed and became active in the Long Island area. ![]() Some of the skills demonstrated at a tournament are: ladder climbing, maneuvering of trucks, laying and coupling of fire hose, hooking hose to a hydrant, hitting a target with a stream of water, and even the forming of a bucket brigade. Each member of every team must be an active fireman in his company. Thus, it behooved the brigades and hose companies to keep men and equipment in racing form! While much has changed over the years in the formation and regulations governing volunteer fire companies the spirit of competition stays alive in what we know as Volunteer Firemen's Drill Teams.Ī Drill Team competition consists of a number of races - foot and apparatus, sanctioned and supervised by the New York State Volunteer Firemen's Drill Team Captains Association. With the advent of fire insurance companies a fire alarm was the signal for any and all fire organizations to race to the conflagration, for the first company to reach the scene and put out the fire was rewarded by the insurance company. W hen volunteer fire brigades were first formed, there were no fire districts within which a designated fire company confined its activities. PS: the disqualification in the efficiency contest this weekend was timed at 9.16 seconds.Īlso, here's the video from Spencerport in case you missed it. We are anticipating at least 4 teams coming from Long Island to compete with us, so it should be an exciting day at the races. The final tournament of the year will be at our place in the valley on Saturday the 26th starting at noon. We will be running 13th in the order that day and the tournament will be broadcast live, on-line at: This upcoming weekend is an off weekend for the drill team as we prepare to take our talents to the State Drill in Hempstead on the 19th. Placing third in buckets was enough to secure a 33 to 31.5 win over Main-Transit on the day. The lead on the day increased to 3 with a motor pump win over Main-Transit by 0.01 seconds as we headed into buckets. The team was on a 5 race win streak on the day until a disqualification in Efficiency suddenly left us with just a 2 point tournament lead over Main-Transit. Never fight a fire alone.08/05/17 Drill Team Enters The Home Stretch - The drill team managed to increase the western point lead to 25.5 points over the second place Ol' Henries with a 33 point win at Spencerport. IMPORTANT: Choose the correct class of extinguisher for the fire situation. If necessary, do not hesitate to use the extinguisher to clear an escape path. Always fight a fire with your back to your escape route. Smoking or burning is not allowed anywhere in the building including washroom or staircase.Ī portable fire extinguisher should ONLY be used in the early stages of a fire and only when it is safe to do so. Usually, HEAT is prohibited for fire safety. Take any one of these factors away, and fire cannot occur or will be extinguished if already burning. Upon hearing the alarm, everyone must exit buildings through the nearest exit quickly and calmly from the stairway.įollow the Exit Signage and Evacuation Chart posted in every room and corridor.įire is a chemical reaction involving rapid oxidation or burning of a fuel, which needs four elements. There is no code to indicate if an alarm signifies a drill or an actual fire emergency. The fire alarm consists of the sounding of rounds of a coded signal and broadcast. It is the policy of NYU Shanghai when smoke or fire is discovered, fire alarm must be sounded. ![]() Rescue - Rescue people in immediate danger Īlert - Pull fire alarm, dial emergency phone number Įvacuate/Extinguish - Evacuate building, extinguish small fire. ![]()
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