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Ten area firefighters from six fire departments successfully completed the Rescue Tech Basic course held at the Genesee County Fire Training Center on September 17, 2018.<\/p>\n
This 24 hour course prepares students for a wide variety of possible rescue scenarios. Specialized rescue, search, technical rescue management, risk and priorities, use of ropes, knots and rope systems in a low angle environment as well as establishment of landing zones for helicopter operations were addressed. The program involved demonstrations as well as practice sessions.<\/p>\n
Congratulations to the following personnel:<\/p>\n
CITY OF BATAVIA FD
\nStefano Napolitano<\/p>\n
TOWN OF BATAVIA FD
\nJoshua K. Boyle
\nClayton A. Gorski<\/p>\n
BETHANY FD
\nRichard J. Klunder, III<\/p>\n
CORFU FD
\nGlenn J. Eck
\nDaniel Smith
\nJacob D. Stiles<\/p>\n
ELBA FD
\nMichael Pfendler<\/p>\n
STAFFORD FD
\nDean A. Brooks
\nRandal J. Henning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(submitted photo and information) Ten area firefighters from six fire departments successfully completed the Rescue Tech Basic course held at the Genesee County Fire Training Center on September 17, 2018. This 24 hour course prepares students for a wide variety of possible rescue scenarios. Specialized rescue, search, technical rescue management, \u2026<\/p>\n