Task force's first response a success
Carol Brimm
Mustang Fire Chief, Carl Hickman, said the maiden voyage of the Canadian County Task Force last week was a success. Oklahoma City Fire Department called for assistance with a fire at 44th and County Line Road at approximately 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, according to Hickman. Firefighters from Mustang, Yukon and Oklahoma City were fighting that fire when a second call came for help with a grass fire on S.W. 119th between S.H. 92 and Czech Hall Road.
The task force in El Reno dispatched assistance from El Reno, Yukon, Mustang, Tuttle, Newcastle, Bridgecreek, Union City, Okarche and Calumet Fire Departments.
“Before the task force could get to the fire on 44th the call came in for the fire on S.W. 119th,” Hickman said. “It was pretty confusing because everyone was on the fire on 44th St. when this happened.”
Hickman said the number of departments responding to the task force call was not an over response and he feels the “task force maiden voyage” went well.
“We learned some things and there are some things we will probably change,” Hickman said, “but all in all it went pretty well I think. Both fires were out and we were back at the station within about three hours. We will only improve and get better.”
According to Hickman the task force, organized in 2006 to coordinate the assistance of multiple fire departments in Canadian and Grady Counties, is a “tremendous firefighting arsenal”.
“There’s strength in numbers and that holds true in firefighting,” Hickman said. “I became a strong advocate to get multiple fire departments coordinated after the December fire last year. It would have been far easier to manage that event with the task force in place.”
Hickman said the County Fire Chief’s will review what went right and what went wrong at their regular meeting on Jan. 18th. The Canadian County Task Force is only the second task force organized in the state, according to Hickman. Cleveland County organized the first.
Carol Brimm
Mustang Fire Chief, Carl Hickman, said the maiden voyage of the Canadian County Task Force last week was a success. Oklahoma City Fire Department called for assistance with a fire at 44th and County Line Road at approximately 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, according to Hickman. Firefighters from Mustang, Yukon and Oklahoma City were fighting that fire when a second call came for help with a grass fire on S.W. 119th between S.H. 92 and Czech Hall Road.
The task force in El Reno dispatched assistance from El Reno, Yukon, Mustang, Tuttle, Newcastle, Bridgecreek, Union City, Okarche and Calumet Fire Departments.
“Before the task force could get to the fire on 44th the call came in for the fire on S.W. 119th,” Hickman said. “It was pretty confusing because everyone was on the fire on 44th St. when this happened.”
Hickman said the number of departments responding to the task force call was not an over response and he feels the “task force maiden voyage” went well.
“We learned some things and there are some things we will probably change,” Hickman said, “but all in all it went pretty well I think. Both fires were out and we were back at the station within about three hours. We will only improve and get better.”
According to Hickman the task force, organized in 2006 to coordinate the assistance of multiple fire departments in Canadian and Grady Counties, is a “tremendous firefighting arsenal”.
“There’s strength in numbers and that holds true in firefighting,” Hickman said. “I became a strong advocate to get multiple fire departments coordinated after the December fire last year. It would have been far easier to manage that event with the task force in place.”
Hickman said the County Fire Chief’s will review what went right and what went wrong at their regular meeting on Jan. 18th. The Canadian County Task Force is only the second task force organized in the state, according to Hickman. Cleveland County organized the first.
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