06/12/2026
🚒Wildfire Training Night🚒
When it comes to protecting our community, training never stops.
Emergency situations can happen at any time, often in challenging and unpredictable conditions. That's why our members spend countless hours training, building skills, confidence, and teamwork needed to respond when our community needs us most.
Tonight's hands-on training focused on our Wajax pump, including setting up equipment, connecting and advancing hose lines, and maintaining a reliable water supply during a fire response. These are critical skills for rural firefighting and can make all the difference when every second counts.
Training nights are about more than learning equipment and techniques. They give us the opportunity to work together, build trust in one another, strengthen communication, and gain confidence in our abilities. We challenge ourselves, learn from one another, and have plenty of laughs along the way. The bonds we build during training help make us a stronger team when we're called into action.
A big thank you to Jordan MacGillivary and Tom Robarts for sharing their knowledge and leading tonight's training session.
And of course, a special shout-out to our four legged mascot, Moose! 💖Loved by all our members, Moose is a regular at training nights and takes his supervisory role very seriously. Whether he's checking on the crew, chewing on a hose or two, or looking for a few extra pats, he's always a welcome member of the team–and always such a good boy.
Here are a few pics from tonight's training. 📷🔥
Advocate & District Voluntary Fire Brigade
Training hard today so we're ready tomorrow. 🚒💪🐾🔥
