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