This event will be managed in accordance with the Incident Management System.
Registration through the New Jersey Division of Fire Safety will be required prior to the event.
Check-in:
will be on Tuesday evening (Mayday Participants) & Wednesday evening (Firefighter Self-Rescue & Survival Participants) at the Pine Avenue firehouse 111 E. Pine in Wildwood, NJ 08260 between 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm.
The Mayday exercise will be Wednesday morning at the Erma Fire Station, 415 Breakwater Rd., Lower Township, NJ 08204. Participants will report to a staging area for deployment, transportation will be provided to and from the site.
The Firefighter Self-Rescue & Survival exercise will be Thursday morning and at a site to be determined prior to the event. Participants will report to the staging area for deployment, transportation will be provided to and from the site.
Staging Area
Participants will report to the staging area at New Jersey Ave. & Montgomery Ave. (City Hall Parking Lot), at 0700 for deployment, transportation will be provided to and from the site. A bag breakfast will be provided at the deployment area.
Both operational periods (training events) will begin promptly at 7:00 a.m. at the staging area.
A bag lunch will be provided at mid-day during the Operational period (training event), de-mob and training check out will be prior to 5:30 p.m.
Deployment Conditions Conditions will be rough and participants must provide their own supplies.
- Participants may make their own sleeping arrangements, or
- There will be base camp including: sleeping area (floor), shower & toilet facilities. The base camp is limited to participants only, and will open at 1830 Tuesday evening and close at 0700 on Thursday morning.
- Participants must keep all personal items in their possession, storage is not available.
- Breakfast (bag) and Lunch (bag) will be provided during each operational period. Transportation will be provided to and from each drill site.
- All other accommodations will be the responsibility of each participant and at their own expense.
- Note: Both drills are physically demanding and the base camp conditions are minimal.
Both events are intended to prepare firefighters to learn life saving skills.
- The deployment portion is intended to prepare firefighters for realistic deployment conditions.
- Participants will sleep on the floor and must bring their own provisions.
- Smoking, tobacco products, and alcohol are prohibited at Base Camp facilities and Drill sites.
- Participants should limit alcohol consumption 10 hours prior to operational periods.
- Instructors reserve the ability to limit student activities based on the instructors professional and subjective judgment.
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