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The Genesee County Office of Emergency Management Services was the host of the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs (NYSAFC) FLASHOVER training.
The FLASHOVER training was held at the Genesee County Fire Training Center on State Street Road, Batavia, NY on September 10-11, 2022, where forty-three firefighters from around the region attended.
Seasoned instructors with years of experience teaching with a simulator, taught this program. The program included a one-hour classroom lecture, followed by two hours of intense live fire hands-on training evolutions in NYSAFC’s mobile flashover simulator.
The FLASHOVER training allowed participants to experience fire development from the incipient stage all the way to flashover. Participants completing the training are now able to identify the signs of the event before being part of the flashover. It is said that if you are more than five feet from the doorway, your chance of survival in a flashover is minimal.
Participants of the FLASHOVER training Included:
AKRON
Hillery Dennies
Michael Dennies
ALABAMA
Gary Patnode
Michelle Patnode
Ryan Thompson
CITY OF BATAVIA
Ryan Darch
Nathan Flint
Allison Hubert
Jennifer Kirkum
Dalton Major
Benjamin Pickard
BOWMANSVILLE
Mike Andrzewski
Evan MacPeek
CALEDONIA
Andrew Carpino
Samuel D’Agostino
RJ Kantowski
John Kellen
Michael Lubitow
Aaron Rychlicki
Nathan Sherlock
EAST BLOOMFIELD
Alex Brown
Bill Gasser
Abigail Miller
EAST PEMBROKE
Stephen Smelski
PERRY CENTER
David Parfitt
Chuck Wright
PITTSFORD
Ron DeCamelia
Brian Garber
Matt Garber
Marc Krieger
Chris Otero
RANSOMVILLE
Jim Harbison
Chris Lederhouse
Justin Stoelting
Matt Wedge
SOUTH BYRON
Nicole Boldt
Vito Muoio
Jeremie Rassel
Jeffrey Starowitz
SPRINGWATER
Brian Nadeau
Zackery Ryan
WENDELVILLE
Thomas Braunscheidel
Benjamin Kalbfliesch