09/07/2026
š Training Together. Responding Together. š
Thereās no substitute for hands-on trainingāespecially when the people beside you during training may be the same people beside you on the next major emergency.
South Royalton Fire Department recently hosted a multi-department training featuring a school bus rollover scenario. Crews had the opportunity to work through stabilization, patient access, extrication, equipment operations, and the challenges that come with removing a patient from a large vehicle on its side.
A huge thank you to the members of Tunbridge Fire Department, Barnard Fire Department, Bethel Fire Department, and Sharon Fire Department who joined South Royalton for the evening.
For our small, rural departments, mutual aid is incredibly important. Incidents like this can require a tremendous amount of manpower, equipment, communication, and coordination. Training together gives everyone the opportunity to become familiar with neighboring crews and their equipment before weāre working together at a real emergency.
And sometimes training means oneās own Fire Chief gets volunteered to play the patient! š The crews got some excellent practice safely packaging and removing their āvictimā from the overturned bus.
Thank you to everyone who participated, helped organize the scenario, supplied equipment, and gave their time to make this training possible.
Different departments. Different towns. One team when the tones drop. šā¤ļø