Antioch Volunteer Fire Department

A.V.F.D. Firefighters Attend 4th Annual
Georgia State Firefighters Weekend

Several Antioch V.F.D. firefighters attended the 4th annual Georgia State Firefighters Weekend. The annual event is held at the Georgia Fire Academy located in Forsyth, GA. During this three day event, firefighters are privileged to attend classroom as well as hands-on training classes not offered throughout the year.

In addition to firefighter training, memorial services for Georgia's fallen firefighters are held at this annual event. This year's services recognized the loss of six fallen firefighters, one being Ellerslie V.F.D.'s Captain Kevin Joe Foster. Captain Foster was fatally injured November 12, 2005 in route to a call after his apparatus left the road and struck a tree. The Foster family as well as firefighters from surrounding Harris County fire departments attended the memorial services in honor of Captain Foster and fellow firefighters.

Capt. Richard McKinney and fellow firefighters attack a fire in the burn building during structure fire control training.	Firefighters practice the proper technique for attacking a flammable liquid fire using a fire extinguisher.
For the flammable and combustible liquids training, the burn pit is filled with diesel fuel and ignited to simulate an accidental fuel spill.	Lt. Kelly Dollar, firefighter Stewart Mills and other students attack the fire using foam designed specifically for flammable liquid fires.
Firefighters in the firefighter survival class prepare for an emergency repel out of a second story using nothing more than an axe and a small rope.	Firefighters in the rapid intervention techniques class practice entering a third story window of a simulated burning building from the ladder truck.