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Greenland Volunteer Fire Department has purchased new
Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) packs with a portion of a
grant we received in 2006 from the US Department of Homeland Security.
Each new SCBA pack
has an integrated self contained emergency egress
systems - Firefighter Rescue Escape Device (FFRED).
FFRED is a belt that contains 50 feet of Kevlar
webbing, a carabineer and braking device. This safety feature allows
firefighters to exit a structure through a window and repel to the
ground safely, if all other means of egress are blocked. After use
the Kevlar webbing is repacked for future use.
The Firefighter Rescue Escape
Device weighs 4 pounds.
The 50 feet of webbing can hold over 5,000 pounds!
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Eric West repelling from the
ceiling at Rye Airfield.
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Tom Tillman, Eric West, John Pearl, Scott Young,
Chris Pearl, Brian DiPietro, Jim Tomkinson,
Dan Gravelle and Kevin
Schmit.
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