Aerial Training

On Tuesday, April 21, 2009, the Perrysburg Fire Division conducted one of its two monthly drills. On this day the topic was aerial operations, to be more specific, deploying the outriggers. the outriggers are the large arms that come out from the sides of the tower. These outriggers are designed to keep the tower stable, by creating a larger footprint. The drill consisted of a powerpoint presentation followed by a hands on exercise. This drill was scheduled from 1900 hours until 2100 hours, however it was cut short by an emergency call to rescue a fisherman from the river. Some of the photos are in the slideshow to the left.