Wednesday, December 28, 2011 The Jessamine County Fire District wishes everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year!
Saturday, December 10, 2011 Jessamine County Fire District held it's annual Christmas dinner on December 10, 2011.Approximately 150 firefighters and family members gathered for a great dinner and annual awards ceremony. Congratulations to the following for the awards they received:FF Jordan Brown Probie of the YearFF Johnny Carpenter Firefighter of the YearLt. Mike Cassity Officer of the Year
Saturday, December 10, 2011 Jessamine County Fire District wishes everyone a happy and healthy holiday season.
Thursday, November 10, 2011 The Bluegrass Emergency Response Team (B.E.R.T.) held their annual meeting at the Jessamine County Fire District Station 1 on Thursday night. On hand were BERT committee members, Politicians, Firemen, Police and First Responders from across the BERT Region. What is BERT? A regional response team serving Bourbon, Clark, Estill, Garrard, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison, Nicholas, Powell and Woodford Counties. What does BERT offer to your community?
A view of some BERT equipment
Richmond Fire/Rescue Disaster Response Trailer
Saturday, November 5, 2011 Over 50 Firefighters and Instructors conducted a Live Fire Training in Wilmore. Sponsored by the Wilmore Fire Department, training in Fire Ground Operations, Hose Advancement and Fire Attack was conducted under the watchful eye of the Kentucky Fire Commission's department of State Fire Rescue Training. Firefighters from Wilmore, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Lexington, Danville, Boyle County, Lancaster and Stamping Ground all got in on some awesome training.
Instructor Ryan Hogsten with Future Firefighters Jacob & John Henry Schaefer
Chief Tim Brumfield Incident Commander
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Jessamine County Firefighters conducted specialized rescue training on Tuesday. Bart Powell of KLAER was on hand to demonstrate the use of the "A" Frame system to lift large animals from one area and move them to another. See more Photo's in our Photo Gallery.
KLAER Equipment Trailer
Bart Powell
Saturday, October 8, 2011 Jessamine County Fire District is in the process of training 5 new Rope Rescue Technicians. FF Wiley Adams, FF Jordan Brown, FF John Preston, FF Andrew Stramer and FF Mark Thomas conducted High Line Rope Training as part of their certification. Thanks to Asbury Seminary for use of the property.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Jessamine County Firefighters make their anual trip to Southland Christian Church for Fire Prevention Week with the children from the church day care. The children had the oppertunity to view a DVD's from the Ranibow Valley Fire Prevention library teaching lessons on "Fire in your house". The children also took a tour of Ladder 1 which is housed at Jessamine County Fire Station 6 at Bellerive Plaza.
Southland Kids
Checking out Ladder 1
Friday, July 1, 2011 A vehicle that was reported to the Jessamine County Sheriffs Office as "driving erratically" inbound on Union Mill Rd. ended up inside Station 2 today. The operator of the vehicle escaped with minor injury while the station took a major hit. The vehicle actually ended up completely inside the station and was not visible until the front door was opened.
Monday, March 7, 2011 Jessamine County Recruit Fire fighters got their first exposure to live fire during the "Fire Behavior" portion of their training. The class was able to observe the characteristics of fire and how it grows through several stages at the Fire Districts Training Center. Effective fire control and extinguishment requires a basic understanding of the chemical and physical nature of fire. This includes information describing sources of heat energy, composition and characteristics of fuels, and environmental conditions necessary to sustain the combustion process The burning process occurs in clearly defined stages. By recognizing the different phases (or stages), a fire fighter can better understand the process of burning and fighting the fire at different levels and with different tactics and tools. Each phase (or stage) is characterized by differences in room temperature and atmospheric composition. A firefighter may be confronted by one or all of the following three phases (or stages) of fire at any time: · Incipient Phase (Growth Stage) In the first phase, the oxygen content in the air has not been significantly reduced and the fire is producing water vapor, carbon dioxide, perhaps a small quantity of sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and other gases. Some heat is being generated, and the amount will increase with the progress of the fire. The fire may be producing a flame temperature well above 1,0000F (5370C), yet the temperature in the room at this stage may be only slightly increased. · Free-Burning Phase (Fully Developed Stage) The second phase of burning encompasses all of the free-burning activities of the fire. During this phase, oxygen-rich air is drawn into the flame as convection (the rise of heated gases) carries the heat to the upper most regions of the confined area. The heated gases spread out laterally from the top downward, forcing the cooler air to seek lower levels, and eventually igniting all the combustible material in the upper levels of the room. This heated air is one of the reasons that firefighters are taught to keep low and use protective breathing equipment. One breath of this super-heated air can sear the lungs. At this point, the temperature in the upper regions can exceed 1,3000F (7000C). As the fire progresses through the latter stages of this phase, it continues to consume the free oxygen until it reaches the point where there is insufficient oxygen to react with the fuel. The fire is then reduced to the smoldering phase and needs only a supply of oxygen to burn rapidly or explode. · Smoldering Phase (Decay Stage) In the third phase, flame may cease to exist if the area of confinement is sufficiently airtight. In this instance, burning is reduced to glowing embers. The room becomes completely filled with dense smoke and gases to the extent that it is forced from all cracks under pressure. The fire will continue to smolder, and the room will completely fill with dense smoke and gases of combustion at a temperature of well over 1,0000F (5370C). The intense heat will have vaporized the lighter fuel fractions such as hydrogen and methane from the combustible material in the room. These fuel gases will be added to those produced by the fire and will further increase the hazard to the firefighter and create the possibility of a backdraft.
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