Portage Fire Marine 1 this afternoon helped a Windsurfer in trouble off Wells St Beach. Thank you to Gary Fire/ EMS, National Lake Shore, and Coast Guard Station Michigan City. The gentleman is doing just fine.
Portage Fire was on scene of a structure fire this morning on Stagecoach Road. Thank you to all our mutual aid departments for the tanker assistance. Burns Harbor, South Haven, Porter, Ogden Dunes, Union, and National Lakeshore.
Yesterday’s 24 foot boat fire. Marine 1 on the scene.
Hose Advancement Training this week at Garyton School training ground.
All three of our crews have been training on vehicle extrication this week.
Thank you Lutheran Air for the assistance with a single motorcycle crash this afternoon.
Practing advancing a charged hose line upstairs.
Thank you to University of Chicago Aeromedical Network and Washington Township Fire Airport Unit assisting with a scene landing on I-94 this evening.
UCAN taking off from LZ in the Port of Indiana.
Thank you to Girl Scout Troop 35456 taking time this morning to sing Christmas Carols to PFD crew on duty.
Station 3 ready 24/7 365. Thanks Firefighter Roy Johnson for the video.
Congratulations to Assistant Chief Kevin DeYoung taking his Oath of Office from Mayor John Cannon this afternoon. Kevin is a 12 year veteran of the Portage Fire Department, Indiana Licensed Paramedic, SWAT Medic, and District 1 Fire Academy Commander. Congratulations on your new position.
Congratulations to Assistant Chief Tim Sosby sworn in as fire chief this afternoon by Acting Mayor Sue Lynch.
Thank you Firefighter Aaron Wirtz for being a good sport and helping during the Portage Police K-9 demo. The children at the YMCA enjoyed it!
Wetting Ceremony for the new 2018 Rescue Ambulance from Braun Industries in Van Wert, OH.
The apparatus will serve as Rescue 1 at Station 1 on Swanson. This unit serves as an Advanced Life Support unit providing EMS care to citizens as well as firefighters during structure fires and rescue calls.
The new apparatus also is equipped with Stryker Power Load System to load the cot in effort to reduce injuries to our crews.
The Wetting Ceremony goes back in tradition to the late 1800’s when firefighters washed the horse drawn units and then pushed them into the station to place them in service.
Throw back Thursday
Training with Rescue Team from Offshore Power Boat Tour
Nipsco commercial filming
Nipsco
Ice Rescue Sled training with Engineer Jason Seifert and Firefighter/Paramedic Greg Adair
Ice Rescue training with sling, Firefighter/ Paramedics Greg Adair and Vic Mercaldo
Thank you to Lutheran Air for your assistance this morning.
Fire chief for the day Micheal Delgado forcing a door. A basic firefighter function. He did an awesome job!
Woodland Park Summer Camp, Stuffed animal first aid and CPR.
Demonstration on how flammable smoke can be in a fire setting. SLICER RS Train the trainer, March 7, 2016.