What does a firetruck do for water if there aren’t any hydrants nearby? We have to draft. That is putting a large hose into a pond, river swimming pool, or whatever else is around for water and sucking the water from that source, into the firetruck. We ran some training exercises on this over the […]
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A Special Thank You to ServPro for donating a pallet of water to the IFD.
The Ipswich Fire Department would like to thank ServPro for donating a pallet of water to the Ipswich Fire Department. One of the most important factors during a fire, especially in the warm summer heat is rehab. Having a bottle of water in the firetruck to drink after being in a hot fire is critically […]
Read moreThank you to LuLu’s Bakery & Pantry for the wonderful pasteries
We just want to give a shout out to LuLu’s bakery & Pantry in Salem MA for dropping off some wonderful pastries to the fire and police stations today. Very Yummy indeed. lulusbakeryandpantry.com
Read moreHiring Call Firefighters
The IFD held an informational session last night for people interested in finding out how to apply to be a call firefighter in Ipswich. It was great to see so many folks come out! If you missed it and are interested in obtaining more information, please send an email to firechief@ipswichfire.org and we will get back […]
Read moreIpswich Fire goes back in the water for the second training
This morning, the members of the IFD that were not able to train a couple weeks ago got another chance to go on the ice to train for an ice rescue scenario. Once again, the Ipswich Fire Department were off the shoreline of the Ipswich River near the County Street bridge, going through the ice […]
Read moreIpswich High School Students make Signs for newer firefighters
A big IFD shout out to Brad McGowan, Efrem Johanson, and Evan Stein for making name plaques for the lockers of some of our newer firefighters . Firefighters Blake Emerson (in picture, left) and Mike Bonaiuto have only had tape with their names on their lockers since they started. Thanks to these Ipswich High students […]
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Ipswich Fire Takes a Plunge for Ice Rescue Training
The Ipswich & Rowley Fire Departments were off the coast of the Ipswich River near the County St bridge, going through the ice for a joint training for Ice Rescue’s. Some of the training involved rope operations, how to approach a victim safely, and on setting up and using the RDC (Rapid Deployment Craft). The […]
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