Monthly Training

Posted on March 29, 2023

Volunteers with the Lake Vermilion Fire Brigade participate in monthly training to better prepare us to respond to fire, medical, and search-and-rescue emergencies in our community. This month’s training focused on cold-water rescue and was led by Jon Olson from MN North College. In recent months, the Brigade has also trained with Jim Theodore, EMS trainer, paramedic, and fire chief from Mt. Iron. With Jim’s guidance, volunteers practiced with different rescue/survival suits, approaching a victim in the water, applying a C-collar, and boarding a victim. The operators also practiced using our new firefighting nozzle that shoots more than 200 feet!

  • Volunteers posing after completing cold-water rescue training.
  • Fireboat shooting water with new nozzle
  • volunteer in water by fireboat
  • volunteer in water, loading another volunteer onto backboard next to fireboat
  • volunteers loading onto fireboat
  • fireboat with gate down and volunteer in the water
  • fireboat with volunteers
  • fireboat with volunteers in the water

Volunteers posing after completing cold-water rescue training.