10/15/2026
The Long Lake Fire Department participated in a ventilation training taught by Illinois State Fire Institute.
Topics taught tonight were several types of ventilation and taught how to safely cut an opening in a roof when necessary to ventilate a structure.
Roof ventilation is important part of the fire service because it helps release heat, smoke and toxic gases from the structure burning. This improves visibility to assist crews in finding the fire to extinguish it and assist them in finding occupants of the structure!
Thank you to the IFSI instructors for teaching tonight!