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Morrisvale VFD Substation

Morrisvale VFD Substation. Morrisvale VFD Facts Approximately 20 Firefighters ISO class ‘6’ Fire Department. 1 st department in the nation to lower ISO rating by developing a water delivery plan utilizing multiple underground storage tanks. Chartered by the state of WV in 1981

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Morrisvale VFD Substation

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  1. Morrisvale VFD Substation

  2. Morrisvale VFD Facts • Approximately 20 Firefighters • ISO class ‘6’ Fire Department. 1st department in the nation to lower ISO rating by developing a water delivery plan utilizing multiple underground storage tanks. • Chartered by the state of WV in 1981 • Proudly protect the areas of Alkol, Julian, Morrisvale and Woodville. • Firefighters are trained in Firefighting, Auto Extrication, Swift Water awareness, First Aid, Hazmat and NIMS incident management. • Dispatched by Boone and Lincoln county 911 • Member of the WV State Firemans association & the Boone & Lincoln county Firefighters association.

  3. Morrisvale VFD Officers • Chief Doug Estep • Assistant Chief Randall Kirby • Captain Randy Walls • Lt. Fred Thompson • Lt. Jason Price

  4. Apparatus 3 Class ‘A’ Pumpers ENGINE 352 1250 GPM PUMP 1000 GALLON WATER THERMAL IMAGER ENGINE 353 1000 GPM PUMP 1250 GALLON WATER ENGINE 355 1250 GPM PUMP 1000 GALLON WATER THERMAL IMAGER

  5. Apparatus • 2 Firovac vacuum tankers Tanker 363 2000 gallon water Tanker 361 2000 gallon water 1st Fire Department in WV to utilize this technology

  6. Apparatus • 1 Rescue truck Also, whichever pumper is at the Sub station is rescue tool equipped. Rescue 381 8000 lb crane Genesis rescue tools 12000 lb winch airbags

  7. Advantages of a Sub-Station • Every residence in our Fire District is now within the ISO Recommended 6 Miles from a fire station. This especially helped us in parts of Alkol and the Little Horse Creek areas of Julian. • Reducing Response time by distributing equipment between stations • Reducing response time in daytime when manpower is limited by reducing travel time to station to get a truck • Attracting New Members-We have gained 4 new members since the station began operation. All are Fire Fighter level 1 trained and are under 30 years of age. • Potential to gain recognition for Duval, Danville and Alum Creek VFD’s as ISO mutual Aid companies and vise versa.

  8. Morrisvale sub station Morrisvale Main Station Mud River VFD Danville VFD

  9. What’s at the sub station? • 1 Class ‘A’ Pumper, completely equipped, including a thermal imager • This pumper carries a complete set of Genesis hydraulic rescue tools • 1 vacuum tanker • 1 suburban used for EMS, off road emergencies, command vehicle, etc. • Each vehicle is equipped with an AED and there is one located in the Apparatus Bay • Training classroom • Offices • Firefighters Lounge • Computer lab

  10. What do we need? • People. • We are people driven. None of this equipment or fire stations are of any benefit without properly trained firefighters. Don’t want to fight fire? It takes us all and everyone can contribute in some way from clerical, EMS, maintenance, etc. We can use the help at any level.

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