Below are pictures of a recent drill. A soon-to-be-demolished home was offered by the Township of Pennsauken to be used as a trainig facility. The smoke you see is generated by a 'smoke machine'.

Captain Bob Hermanns dons his mask while preparing to enter the building on a practice search
Firefighters 'pack-up' as they dicuss techniques 
and their officer gives the plan.
FF Metzler exits the building. The first room of the home was used by Chief Adair and others as a command area. The search teams entered the rest of the house from here after being given their orders.

Lt Clark changes his air pack bottle.
The Thermal Imaging Camera (TIC) in action. If you you closely at the screen, you can make out the images of 2 firefighters. The TIC will pick up a high temperature object in low visibility conditions - like a person's body - and is invaluable in performing search and rescue operations. 


Some of our firefighters with Santa at the Kid's Christmas Party.
Firefighters with Santa


Below are some pictures from our drill on ventilation techniques. Chief Adair and Deputy Chief Brickley instruct the firefighters on proper techniques for ventilation and when they should be performed.