The Operations Branch, including the first responders seen on incidents and living in the station, is responsible for mitigating emergencies and delivering service to the community. To prepare for response to a variety of emergencies, our firefighters train regularly in skills such as

firefighter demonstrating how fire spreads using a small (5') wooden house

photo of CHFD Engine 1311 alongside a full size airplane

photo of CHFD firefighters participating in EMS training

photo of CHFD firefighters participating in EMS training

photo of CHFD firefighters participating in EMS training

photo of CHFD firefighters participating in structure fire training - ladder placed to access roof

photo of CHFD firefighters participating in rescue training - lifting victim from a concrete hole

photo of a fire at a 4plex

photo of CHFD firefighters participating in vehicle extrication training - stabilizing a rolled over car

photo of a firefighter who rescued a cat, coming back down engine ladder

photo of fire in back of a truck filled with recycled paper

photo of 3 CHFD firefighters holding hydraulic extrication tools

photo of engine ladder extended to top of tree - firefighter rescuing cat

photo of a fire

photo of firefighters putting water on fire in a connex box

photo of firefighter streaming water on a 4plex fire

photo of firefighters participating in training - quick exit from basement window

photo of firefighters standing outside a burned structure

photo of firefighters standing outside a burned structure

photo of firefighters with a rolled over car (traffic accident)

photo of little boy with a firefighter in bunker gear

photo of firefighters streaming water on the roof of a house from extended ladder

picture of fire chief giving media interview at a fire incident

photo of a traffic accident

photo of chfd firefighters participating in vehicle extrication training

photo of chfd firefighters participating in forcible entry training