09/08/2004

With the remnants of Hurricane Frances swirling in the air, Fire Company members gathered at the West Simsbury Station on the evening of September 8, 2004 for a rare training opportunity. The station was slated for demolition later in the week and it provided the members with a valuable opportunity to practice some their skills on an actual structure, instead of simulated training props. Evolutions were held in breaching masonry walls with hand and power tools, forcing steel doors, pulling ceilings and cutting ventilation holes in a peaked roof.