Project Grant CE152201

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - PROJECT ABSTRACT PROJECT TITLE: WINTERSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT GRAIN BIN RESCUE TRAINER APPLICANT NAME: WINTERSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ADDRESS: 286 LURAY DRIVE, WINTERSVILLE, OHIO 43953 PROJECT DIRECTOR: ROBERT HERRINGTON PHONE NUMBER: (740) 317-1911 FAX NUMBER: (740) 266-4238 E-MAIL ADDRESS: CHIEF@WINTERSVILLEFIRE.COM WEBSITE ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WINTERSVILLEFIRE.COM FUNDING REQUESTED: $110,000.00 PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO CONSTRUCT A GRAIN BIN RESCUE TRAINER THAT WILL ALLOW EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO BE TRAINED WHILE OPERATING INSIDE AN ACTUAL GRAIN BIN, AND TO BE TAUGHT THE PROPER RESCUE TECHNIQUES USED IN THIS DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT. GOALS: THE THREE GOALS FOR THE WINTERSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT PROJECT ARE: 1. CONSTRUCT A GRAIN BIN WITH ALL ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT INCLUDING AN 18-FOOT DIAMETER BIN, AN AUGER SYSTEM TO MOVE THE GRAIN, AND A PLATFORM AREA FOR STUDENTS TO OBSERVE FROM. 2. PURCHASE THE ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT TO BE USED DURING THE TRAINING EVOLUTIONS INCLUDING ROPE RESCUE EQUIPMENT AND A COFFERDAM. 3. DEVELOP A TRAINING PROGRAM INCLUDING CLASSROOM AND HANDS ON SESSIONS TO BE PRESENTED TO STUDENTS TO INSTRUCT THEM IN THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO BE USED IN A GRAIN BIN RESCUE. METHODOLOGY: THE WINTERSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY OPERATES A CHARTERED FIRE TRAINING CENTER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO THAT OFFERS FIREFIGHTER CERTIFICATION COURSES, AS WELL AS COURSES IN RESCUE, CONFINED SPACE, AND ROPE. WITH HUNDREDS OF GRAIN BINS IN EASTERN OHIO, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE TRAINED IN A REALISTIC SETTING THAT WILL PREPARE THEM FOR THESE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. WE WILL CONSTRUCT AN 18-FOOT DIAMETER GRAIN BIN THAT WILL HAVE A SECOND SMALLER BIN INSIDE. THIS INSIDE BIN WILL BE FILLED WITH PLASTIC PELLETS THAT WILL SIMULATE CORN AND WILL BE MOVED BY AN AUGER FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN TO THE TOP. FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE TRAINED TO ACCESS THE GRAIN BIN FROM THE TOP TO SEC URE THE VICTIM IN A HARNESS, CONSTRUCT A COFFERDAM AROUND THE VICTIM, AND THEN REMOVE THE GRAIN FROM INSIDE THE COFFERDAM TO FREE THE VICTIM FROM THE CORN. IN ADDITION TO THE ACTUAL GRAIN BIN STRUCTURE, WE WILL PURCHASE THE OTHER NEEDED EQUIPMENT FOR THE TRAINING INCLUDING ROPE RESCUE EQUIPMENT AND A COFFERDAM. COORDINATION: KEY COLLABORATORS ARE: 1) WINTERVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF 2) FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF 3) GRAIN BIN VENDOR, 4) ROPE RESCUE EQUIPMENT VENDORS, LOCAL CONTRACTORS.