Gallatin Gateway Firefighter Training

Tonight volunteer firefighters led by Battalion Chief Kevin Lauer and other officers operated tools, K12 saws, chain saws and gasoline powered positive pressure ventilation fans. Drills were executed with hose deployed from the engines to simulate arriving at the scene of a fire and providing at least 2 lines for initial attack on a structure fire.

There was also an orientation and training on new Motorola radios that have double the transmitting power. Radio communications are difficult in some of the more remote areas of the Gallatin Fire Departments response area such as the Gallatin River Canyon along the highway to the Big Sky ski area. Hopefully these new more powerful radios will provide more reliable vital communication links to the county dispatch center in Bozeman.