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Mutual Aid Box Alarm
System (MABAS)
Area Fire Fighters Take Part in Mutual Aid Training
 Though
area fire departments are as prepared as ever for average fires,
larger ones still require help from other departments.
Niles
firefighters have been both on the receiving and the giving end of
this help. Not
unlike large cities that have many stations throughout the various
neighborhoods, you can’t drive too far without coming to a
community fire station in our area.
When these smaller fires turn into larger ones it takes a
larger amount of resources to safely bring them under control.
A system called the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System is slowly
spreading across our area in order to better coordinate this
response. To assure that
these crews work together as one, a new effort of mutual training
between area departments will occur throughout the summer in our
area. The first of 4
training sessions was held in
Niles
and focused on command and control and foam operations.
Firefighters found a tanker involved in fire that was quickly
spreading to 3 area buildings. Crews
from
Niles Charter
Township
and City,
Buchanan
City
, Howard, and
Clay
Fire Territory
took part in the drill which lasted about 4 hours. Drills and
other training are scheduled periodically to enhance response times
and coordinate planning of operations for large scale fires.
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