Fire
Suppression
The motto for fire suppression used to be
"put the wet stuff on the red stuff" Well times have
changed and so has the Spring Volunteer Fire Department. We
actually put wet, white stuff on the red stuff!
Water and foam have been widely used to
extinguish most types of fires in the past. Now we inject air
into the foam and water to produce a solution we call Compressed Air
Foam.
All seven of our front-line apparatus are equipped with
CAF
systems as well as our Tankers and Booster trucks. This gives
us the maximum amount of extinguishment capabilities per gallon of
water possible on everything from Building fires to grass fires.
Rescue/Vehicle
Extrication
The Spring Volunteer Fire Department provides
vehicle extrication services as well as other types of rescue
services.
Two of our stations have Rescue Trucks that carry a
full compliment of hydraulic rescue tools that are used to remove
victims who are trapped or pinned-in motor vehicles.
We recently added combination
spreader/cutter hydraulic tools to all 7 of our front-line apparatus
to begin the extrication process before the Rescue Trucks arrive.
Hazardous
Materials
There are several hazardous materials
certification levels and the Spring Volunteer Fire Department has a
select group of individuals in each category.
We are capable of
handling small to medium hazardous material incidents and rely on
additional assistance from mutual aid departments for larger scale
incidents.
EMS
The fire service is ever-changing and in the last 10 years it
has become more common for fire departments to provide
Emergency Medical Services as well.
Although we don't have ambulances, in 1997 the
Spring Volunteer Fire Department became a first responder agency in
the State of Texas and provides Basic Life Support assistance to
residents in our service area on emergency medical calls with Cypress
Creek EMS
