Connecticut Teaches Crash Fire Fighting
The Connecticut Fire College, held during the week of June 8-13, inaugurated an aircraft crash fire fighting course that wound up with a public demonstration of an attack on a 500-gallon gasoline fire. The students, all experienced firemen, trained at the New Haven Fire Department drill grounds, site of the fire college, and at Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, Conn.
Highlight of the course was a public demonstration on Saturday, June 13, at Bradley Field. The crash truck, provided through the cooperation of William Connor, airport manager, was manned by graduates of the course. Backed up by a 2,000-gallon nurse truck, they made a run on a spill fire around an old wreck with turret pipes spewing fog-foam. Hand foam lines were then advanced as the simulated rescue of the pilot was carried out in accordance with the aircraft fire fighting practices learned during the week.
The course was conducted by Albert Mullen of the Rockwood Sprinkler Company, Chief John J. Daly of the Hamilton Standard plant fire department at Windsor Locks, and Master Sergeant Thomas Sivo of the Connecticut Air Guard at Bradley Field. All three are members of the Connecticut Fire Department Drillmasters Association, which provides instructors for the Connecticut Fire College.
