Clinton Fire Protection District Newsletter – September 2026

Welcome Back to the CFPD Newsletter!

Welcome back to another edition of the CFPD Newsletter! September was a little quieter around the department, so this month's newsletter is going to be a short one. That doesn't mean we weren't busy, though. We still managed to get some good training in, keep our members moving forward, and find a few things to keep everyone occupied.

With the weather starting to cool down and summer officially winding down, we're getting back into the normal fall routine around the department. So, with that said, let's take a look at what we've been up to this month.

Extrication Training with Beals

Training continued this month with Senior FF Brian Beals leading our members through the next part of our extrication training.

After getting familiar with the tools and some of the basic techniques, our members started putting everything together and working through more involved extrication scenarios. The goal is to get comfortable with the tools, understand what they can and cannot do, and learn how to work as a crew when a vehicle is not exactly cooperating.

Beals has spent a lot of time teaching extrication both here at CFPD and outside of the department, so our members are getting a pretty good education from someone who knows what he is doing.

We will continue building on these skills in the coming months. If you have a vehicle that you don't need anymore and would like to see us cut it apart, give us a call. We promise to return it in roughly the same number of pieces we found it in.

Hose Advancement Training

This month we started working through a new discipline: hose advancement.

Hose advancement is one of those things that sounds pretty simple until you actually have to drag a charged 1¾-inch hoseline through a building. Then suddenly everyone has an opinion on where the hose should be.

Our members spent the night working on the basics of getting hose where it needs to go, advancing as a crew, managing hose around corners and obstacles, and communicating with the rest of the engine company.

The goal was to get everyone comfortable with the fundamentals before we start making things more difficult. Good hose work is a huge part of a successful fire attack, and it takes everyone on the crew doing their part.

This will be another training series that we build on over the next several months. Start with the basics, get some reps in, and then make it harder. Crawl, walk, run.

West, Greenwell, and Hauser Head to the Janesville Fire Academy

After being hired by the soon-to-be Beloit Fire Department, Brandon West, Blake Greenwell, and Adam Hauser have started the Janesville Fire Academy.

The three will spend the next several weeks going through the academy and getting hands-on experience in everything from fire suppression to rescue operations and everything in between.

All three have put a lot of work into getting to this point, and CFPD is proud to see them take the next step in their careers.

We have watched these guys come into CFPD, learn the job, put in the work, and continue improving. Now they get to take everything they've learned and build on it at the next level.

We are excited to have three more CFPD members joining the ranks of full-time firefighters and can't wait to see what they bring back with them.

Good luck, gentlemen! Work hard, learn a lot, and try not to get yelled at too much.

That's a Wrap!

That wraps up another month here at CFPD, and like I said at the beginning, this one was a little shorter than usual.

Even with a lighter month, our members continue to put in the work and take advantage of every opportunity to improve. Training like this month's hose advancement and extrication work may seem like basic skills, but those fundamentals are what we rely on when things get busy.

Congratulations again to West, Greenwell, and Hauser as they continue through the Janesville Fire Academy. We're proud to see our members continuing to move forward and represent CFPD as they take the next steps in their careers.

Thanks for reading, and we'll be back next month with hopefully a little more to talk about!