Washington County Fire Department

Washington County Fire Department administered the Work Capacity Test, more commonly called Pack Test, today. Congrats to firefighters Danny Wadsworth, Chris Bennett, and Michelle Martin for successfully completing recertification and maintaining thier "Red Card". The test consists of carrying a 45 lb pack for 3 miles in 45 minutes or less. Two academy recruits also completed the test but have not completed the required training for wildland firefighter yet.

This week crews trained on tools and equipment, search and rescue, and fire hose and spray patterns.

Crews continue training this week over various topics including fire behavior, ppe/scba, scba filling, search, and others.

This week we began a fire academy for new recruits and fire support personnel. Crews have trained on wildland fire and PPE. Thank you to the instructors and attenders for their time and dedication to learning!

To obtain authorization to burn within the SMP, a landowner must submit a prescribed burning notification plan as required in 2 O.S. 16-28.2. As previously addressed in this document, the prescribed burn notification plan requirements are summarized as follows: Within sixty (60) days prior to conducting a prescribed burn, the owner of the land to be burned shall orally or in writing notify all landowners whose lands adjoin the owner’s land to be burned.... If any landowner is burning on a large, consolidated tract of land in which there are multiple adjacent landowners, only those landowners with adjoining land within one (1) mile of the proposed burn area must be notified. The owner shall include in the written notice or shall orally notify the adjoining landowners of the proposed date and location of the burn and a telephone number where the owner can be reached for information regarding the prescribed burn. Within 48 hours prior to performing the burn, the landowner conducting the prescribed burn must notify the nearest rural fire department to which the notification plan was sent. At least four hours prior to the burn, landowners burning land within the Forest Protection area must also obtain oral or written approval from the Forestry Services Division representative to which a copy of the prescribed burning notification plan was sent. See more