This week Pingree Grove and Countryside Personnel were busy with training. Firefighters participated in a hands on pumping refresher. Firefighters were deploying hose lines, connecting to hydrants and pumping water. It was a good refresher after a long winter. Pingree Grove Countryside also participated in a drill at Hampshire High School with the Hampshire and Burlington Fire Departments. The training consisted of moving students in wheel chairs from stairwells. During emergencies students in wheel chairs are moved into the stairwells, they are not able to use the elevators. The stairwells are a safe place of refuge, then firefighters can come in a safely move them outside.