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Today was the fourth and final day of our live fire burns!! It was a great day full of great training!! All crews, all week worked hard honing their craft!! Thanks to our burn teams for facilitating all week !! Thank Fort Myer IAFF Local F-253 for coming to train!!
Day 3 of burns April 27th 2022. Great day of training!! Lots of hard work and smiles!! Fort Myer IAFF Local F-253
Today was day one of our annual spring live fire training burns! More to come throughout the week! Fort Myer IAFF Local F-253
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The amazing Fort Myer IAFF Local F-253 team coordinated and ran a rigorous circuit of Fire Fighter Physical Training for members of HHC, USAG and the RSO this morning. The circuit training / smoke session was an intense round of physical tasks that Fire Fighters frequently need to conduct in their field.
The PT session was followed by a moment of remembrance and somber meditation as the fire fighting team showed the Soldiers their 9/11 Memorial Wall, which includes pictures of the people and pieces of the engines from Fort Myer that responded to the Pentagon on that tragic day. #NeverForget911
Big Shoutout to Fort Myer Fire Engine 161. Yesterday they made a stop to Arlington National Cemetery and left some flowers at Christopher Slutman's Grave site. Fort Myer IAFF Local F-253
Canteen 611 is supporting the MWAA-Dulles APEX training exercise today. Happy to help!
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The Firefighters of Fort Myer IAFF Local F-253 had no idea what was in store for them 19 years ago. There were 3 people assigned to the crash station that day. Al Wallace, Dennis Young, and Mark Skipper.
They had just arrived and were in the process of morning checks. Al Wallace heard loud whistling noise. When he turned around he saw a plane coming straight for him as it clipped light posts on Columbia Pike in Arlington. As he yelled run and dove behind the crash truck, which took the brunt of the hit, as the plane stuck the Pentagon.
Injured, Al got in the Foam Unit and radioed for help. After numerous rescue the crew was finally sent to the hospital for minor injuries. They would return later and continue rescue efforts.
Al retired a number of years later and still visits the station from time to time and has been featured in many of the 9/11 specials. Dennis Young retired and in May of 2018 passed due to occupational cancer related to 9/11. Mark Skipper was working at a base down south.
The whole department along with numerous other jurisdictions put in a lot of work over the next several weeks.
Al Wallace's gear now hangs in the 9/11 museum in NYC, and the Crash Truck is at the General Patton museum in Kentucky.
Thank you to those of you that responded on that horrific day.
The members of Fire Station 1 spent the morning visiting with some amazing kids that were in town for this year’s #IAFFBurnCamp19. Campers are teen burn survivors ages 13-15. The campers were hosted by Joint Base Myer – Henderson Hall Fire Department and were given a proper welcome from The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, as well as the United States Army Drill Team. The International Burn Camp brings together professional firefighters and burn survivors to help meet and bond with other survivors, understand that they are not alone, and have the opportunity to just be a kid! Good times were had by all (even Colonel Kim Peeples!)
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This morning first responders, dispatchers, counselors & more from the area gathered together for Internal Size-Up, an in-depth FF/EMT behavioral health workshop dedicated to awareness of #stress, #anxiety, #PTSD, #addictions, #depression, #anger and addressing su***de and #retirement. The workshop is lead by Jeff Dill of @ffbha4ff who works to reduce su***de among first responders. #Su***de has already claimed the lives of 124 Law Enforcement Officers and 73 Fire/EMS personnel this year. #AskForHelp DC Fire And EMS Official Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department Page Fire Department, City of Alexandria, VA Naval District Washington (NDW) Fire Rappahannock EMS Council #MWAAFireRescueDepartment Charles County Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services Loudoun County Fire and Rescue The Arlington County Police Department Fort Myer IAFF Local F-253 Montgomery County (MD) Fire & Rescue
