With the addition of the Centre County Foam Trailer to our fleet, the Alpha Fire Co. held a training session with Jim Cottrell of Cottrell Associates, Inc. to learn the inner workings of the new trailer.

The Alpha Fire Co. will be responsible for responding and staffing the foam trailer when it is needed, either within Centre County or elsewhere.  The trailer was purchased by Centre County with a Homeland Security grant.  Once the trailer is put into service it will be housed at the College Township station and will be pulled by Engine 511, which has a maximum staffing of 5 personnel.

The training consisted of a classroom morning session that went over the inner workings and uses of the trailer and how foam works.  The afternoon session was hands-on.  The attendees went to Lot 83 on the Penn State campus to flow water/foam.  The foam being used is environmentally safe.