Watertown Fire Department Training

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: July 23, 2026

SUBJECT: Training, 300 block of Flower Ave. East

Fire Department Contact:

Municipal Training Officer, Capt. Chuck Waugh

On July 21-24, 2026, and September 1-4, 2026, Watertown Fire Department

members are conducting training at a city owned house in the 300 block of Flower

Ave, East. The training is being provided by the New York State Office of Fire

Prevention and Control Technical Rescue Division. The class being taught

currently is “Medium Structural Collapse Operations: Interior Shoring” and is only

one class in the Structural Collapse series that the department is completing over

the past months and upcoming year. This class trains us on how to shore up the

interior of a building that has collapsed so that we may operate safely to conduct

any rescue or recovery operations. Watertown Fire Department is becoming

accredited in several Technical Rescue disciplines and is one of several

municipalities that will make up the NYS response team.