Policymakers from across the political spectrum gathered with the firefighters union in Anchorage for a full-day gauntlet of exercises to get a taste of what public safety spending pays for.
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson uses a 60-pound hydraulic tool referred to as a “cutter” to work part of the door off a car while learning techniques for vehicle extractions at the Fire Ops 101 course at the Anchorage Fire Department training facility in Anchorage August 27, 2022.
For its part, Local 1264 was clear that the biennial event is aimed at getting policymakers better acquainted with what their members do, how hard it is, and why exactly it costs more tax dollars than they might expect. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski listens to an explanation of fire suppression dynamics as she watches attendees haul hoses and spray down a controlled blaze inside a training building at the Fire Ops 101 course at the Anchorage Fire Department training facility in Anchorage August 27, 2022. phalanx of chipper, broad-shouldered firefightersExercises simulated a range of the exhausting, dangerous work the fire and ambulance crews do daily.
“We are very good at this. We practice this,” said Battalion Chief Ben Lewis of the department’s survival rate on cardiac arrest calls, which, according to the department’s data, is significantly above the national average when it comes to saves. Anchorage Fire Department personnel stand over some of the many tools used in the course of extracting people from vehicles after car accidents during the Fire Ops 101 course at the Anchorage Fire Department training facility in Anchorage August 27, 2022.
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