Back To Basics Training: Driver Recert

Members of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue spent part of the morning of Sunday, November 9 doing driver recertification. Stations and courses were set up at multiple locations withing our district, where drivers were tested on different pieces of apparatus.

Pump operations were also tested during the annual training.

First Engineer Tim Whelan monitors while a driver maneuvers Tanker 449 through a cones course during driver recertification on November 9.

Drafting and pumping water was also part of the morning’s training.

Deputy Chief Ryan Clark and Firefighter Matt Dobson set up pumping between Engine 441 and Brush 445.

Deputy Chief Ryan Clark (left) and Firefighter Matt Dobson (right) work with Firefighter Kevin Keohan at Engine 441’s pump panel.

Firefighter Scott Allen also does with pumping detail on Engine 441.