Islip Town Firefighters Museum Hosts Man Vs Machine Training
Photo by John Walthers- Suffolk Fire PhotosFirefighters from West Sayville and Brookhaven work to remove a hand prop from a meat grinder during Man Vs. Machine training at Islip Town Firefighters Museum.
Photo by John Walthers- Suffolk Fire PhotosFirefighters removed a maniqun that was impaled on a fence off the fence during Man Vs Machine Training at Islip Town Firefighters Museum.
Photo by John Walthers- Suffolk Fire PhotosFirefighter NIko Keddy from West Sayville works with a PL Vulcan Instructor on removing a hand stuck in a piece of Machinery during Man Vs Machine Training at Islip Town Firefighters Museum.
Photo by John Walthers- Suffolk Fire PhotosSt James Firefighter Connor Ryan Uses a Saw to cut rebar during Man Vs Machine Training at Islip Town Firefighters Museum.
Photo by John Walthers- Suffolk Fire PhotosFirefighters and PL Vulcan instructors use weed string to cut a kiddie swing during Man Vs Machine Training at Islip Town Firefighters Museum.
Photo by John Walthers- Suffolk Fire PhotosFirefighters work with PL Vulcan Instructors to remove a trapped dummy from under a vehicle during Man Vs Machine Training at Islip Town Firefighters Museum.
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - In May, the Islip Town Firefighters Museum hosted a very valuable training day for members of the fire service. Instructors from PL Vulcan visited the museum to host two sessions (morning and afternoon) on Man Vs. Machine Training.
This training consisted of multiple stations that were set up with different scenarios where a person may be caught against, in or under a “Machine”. The stations varied widely from items such as a person being stuck under a car, or in a swing, or just having rings stuck on the finger, to more gory types of scenarios, like an impalement on a fence, or even hands/arms stuck in various types of machinery like meat grinders and other industrial types of equipment.
The instructors from PL Vulcan didn't just lecture, they talked to the firefighters and listened to some of their ideas about how to tackle each scenario and also gave valuable feedback after each evolution was completed. By the end of the day approximately 60 firefighters had gained valuable training knowledge that they will be able to bring back to their departments and not only put to use themselves, but potentially show their fellow firefighters and officers.
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