On Saturday October 1, the Honey Brook Fire Company hosted a PA Basic Boating class in our continuing effort to train our members to fully utililize Boat 33. The 8 hour class was taught by Todd Stahl of WhiteCap Rescue. Students from as far away as Kennett Square and New Holland also attended and were taught the PA Fish and Game Commision curriculum which includes teaching students practical information to help boaters make better informed decisions on the water to reduce the chances of injury and conflict while engaging in boat operations. This course is a precursor to the 16 hour Emergency Boat Operations course to be hosted at a later date.

Engine 33-2 traveled to the Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center with 3 personnel to attend a Emergency Vehicle Operator Course. This 16 course was held Saturday and Sunday and teaches students about defensive driving, emergency response, vehicle maintenance, and traversing an obstacle course.

Squad 33 traveled to the City of Philadelphia on Saturday to attend a marker dedication to recognize the location of the first volunteer fire company in our country. The Union Fire Company was started by Benjamin Franklin in 1736 and started the fire service for our nation. After the ceremony all in attendence where treated to lunch and then invited to tour the Fireman's Hall Museum of the Philadelphia Fire Department.

On Sunday October 2nd, Chief Barry Messner and Engineer Mike Kern, with their families, traveled to the Dover Motor Speedway to attend the AAA 400 race which is also a National Fallen Firefighters Foundation fundraising event. Proceeds from ticket sales go toward the foundation. The NFFF assist's families with line of duty deaths of firefighters.

Sunday morning, Deputy Chief Klinger traveled to Montgomery County Fire Academy to take part in a 4 hour pilot course on "Mayday and Tactical Rescue." Students spent an hour inside the classroom going over when, how and why to call a Mayday on the fireground. Mayday's are called when a rescuer essentially becomes a victim, due to fire growth in a building, a medical emergency or any need to get everyone's attention on the fireground. After the classroom students headed outside to the training area where they went through a confined space maze with obstables designed to test the rescuers ability in calling a mayday and removing themselves. Afterwards students met in the classroom and conducted a critique of the course for further development.

Thank you to all our members for taking time out of their busy schedules to better our fire company.