On Monday 12/5 the Port Gibson Fire Dept along with the Palmyra And East Palmyra Fire Departments held a training at a house on Armington Road.  This training was on self rescue, breeching walls moving from one room to another through a 12-16 inch hole in
the wall.

Click Here or on the picture below to see more images from the training. A special Thank You to Kristopher Kemp for sharing his photos from the training.

Volunteer firefighters Ken Rice and John Wood, both members of the Port Gibson Vol. Fire Dept. were among firefighters representing 12 Ontario County Fire Departments on a 3 day deployment to Schoharie County to assist local departments with clean up from Hurricane and Tropical Storm Irene. While there the firefighters served as relief fire crews. They were helping with water and debris removal, and acted as standby crews for fire response in the disaster area.

Here are some shocking images they brought home with them.

A special Thank You to Ken Rice for these pictures.

(Click on the pictures above to be taken to see more of Kens pictures)

A special Thank You to John Wood for these pictures.

(Click on the pictures above to be taken to see more of Johns pictures)

We are still processing other pictures, and currently have crews still on disaster relief deployement to the Broome County area.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those who are effected and all of our Volunteers who are helping.

Members of the 9th Battalion attended the NYSAFC 105th Annual Conference that was held June 15-18, 2011 at Turning Stone Resort in Verona, NY again for the third year in a row. The annual convention and expo draws thousands of emergency service leaders from across the Northeast. The multi-day event features education programs, hands-on training and exhibits. On its website the group says “Turning Stone Resort is an exciting and modern venue centrally located in Oneida County…”

Monday 6/13/2011 we had another Extrication Training at Beck's. There are more pictures available in the photo area.