Cashton Fire Department

Cashton Community Series

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Fire Department and

First Responders

Contributing researchers: Lily Sanders, Savannah

Compton, Brady Hemmersbach, Ben Grandall, Brett

Hemmersbach, Gavin Anderson, Zach Hirschfield,

Sondra Winchel, Mrs. Capwell, and Mrs. Gabrielson

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Table of Contents

History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Goods or Services? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

What You Can Find / See . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Reading and Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

What If You Worked Here? . . . . . . . . . . 10

Interesting Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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History

The fire department started in 1898.

Back then, they had a few men and

one hose. In 1952, the fire department

began serving Melvina, Clinton, Port-

land, and Jefferson. The area that they

service has about 5,000 people.

Photo

This is a four wheeler to hold tools.

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Goods or Services?

Services

Put out fires

• Home • Structure

• Grass

• Oxygen tank for rescues

Help people who are injured or sick

• Car accident

• Jaws of life • Defibrillator

• Water rescue

• Emergency care

• Take people to hospital

• Take care of hurt people

Teach people about fire safety

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Gear

Helmets

Fire jacket

Fire boots

Fire pants

Fire mask

Air tank

Vehicles

Fire trucks

Ambulance

Tanker

Fire engine

Equipment Truck

SUV

Ladder truck

Fire

Station

Large garage

Fire pole

Fire alarm

Radio

What You Can Find/See

The fireman need this gear.

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Photos and Captions

A firefighter is putting out a fire.

Dennis Dickman is the fire chief

in Cashton. He is on the news.

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Using Math

Fire chief Dennis measures water in gallons

to fill the tanker truck They need to tell

time to get out of the fire in time. The only

have 30 minutes of air in an air tank. They

need to get the person that is hurt to the

hospital in the golden hour. They look at

numbers when they take blood pressure.

They need to read numbers to find the

address.

Photo ?

This is for taking blood pressure.

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Reading and Writing

Firefighter read books to learn how to

fight fires. They read to learn how to

save lives. They have to go through 80

hours of training. They have to write

reports.

The fire truck is fast and has a siren. The siren goes WHEEEWW!

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What If You Worked Here?

It would be fun because you get to save

people. It would be hard to fight the fire.

It would be scary to go into the fires. You

need to wear all the special equipment to

stay safe.

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Interesting Facts

They get 30 to 40 fire calls per year.

The tanker holds 4,700 gallons of water.

There are 27 firefighters and they are all

men.

They go on about 120 rescue calls a

year.

The fire department can leave within

about 3 minutes of a call.

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Map

The fire department is located at 545

Front Street.

Photo ?

Fire Department

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Glossary

Defibrillator It shocks your heart when

your heart stops beating.

Structure a building

Tanker a truck that holds a lot of water

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About the Project

The Cashton Elementary First Graders

visited many places in order to learn

about the goods and services our com-

munity provides to the people who live

here. A huge thanks to all of the busi-

nesses we contacted who graciously al-

lowed us to visit and learn. If you have

questions about this project or would

like to be included in the future, please

contact one of the following teachers

at the Elementary School (608-654-

7377).

Rachel Huntzicker

Beth Lee

Dawn Stalsberg