Fire Companies have been participating in a training review of basic Firefighting skills utilizing the East Cambridge Fire Training Facility.
All companies, all groups are rotating through these various basic training scenarios, in a continuing series.
These include a combined, hands-on review of forcible entry (via a steel door/steel frame prop), search & rescue of a simulated victim, pump operation, water supply, hydraulics, stretching an attack line via the stairs, via hauling line, & over a ground ladder to the upper floors of the training facility, use of the aerial ladder waterway as a standpipe, radio discipline, incident command, & much more.
As always, hose must be reloaded on the apparatus, and tools and equipment made ready for the next job. Each evolution is critiqued for lessons reinforced.
Photos show Engines 1 & 9, Ladder 1, Rescue 1, & Division 2 on June 4, 2026, with Group 2 on duty.

Fireighters of Rescue 1 utilize hand tools (a Halligan bar and a flathead axe) to force entry via a door

Firefighters simultaneously start to advance the attack line while a positive water supply is established

The nozzle firefighter operates the attack line on simulated fire on an upper floor of the training building

The nozzle firefighter with the backup firefighter operate the 1 3/4" attack line

Following the evolutions, all hose, tools, and equipment must be made up and readied for the next incident.