News and Events

The Grafton Fire Department sent Truck 860 and Chief 870 to the Mass Casualty Drill involving a 727 aircraft at Mitchell International Airport today. This exercise was a tremendous opportunity for Grafton Fire Dept. personnel to learn how to operate at a large scale Mass ... [Read More]

EMS Training for October 2015 was provided by Aurora Grafton ER Dr. Steven Zils and EMS Coordinator Rick Boeshaar. Subject: Heart and Lung Pig Lab.

On Tuesday, August 25, 2015, members of the Grafton Fire Department’s Training Group hosted the first day of the Fall 2015 Firefighter Recruit Academy. The Academy is designed to bring new members up to speed on how our equipment works and how the department generally ... [Read More]

On Saturday and Sunday, the Grafton Fire Department held two, 6-hour orientation sessions for new members joining the department. The orientation sessions covered the basic structure of the department, emergency/non-emergency operational policies, issuing equipment/PPE gear, a tour of the station/apparatus, and much more.   In ... [Read More]

Grafton Firefighters held a weekend training session to practice driving and operating Rescue Engine 864 and Truck 860.

On Thursday evening, the Grafton Fire Department held fire training at Centennial Park. Companies rotated through 3 stations. Stations included: hose line deployment, a PPE/SCBA donning relay race, and a hand ball/soccer game while wearing PPE/SCBA.

Tonight’s training featured the first part of a two part training series focused on managing traffic during incidents that occur on the roadways. Grafton Firefighters and EMTs were joined by members of neighboring Fire and Police Departments.

Thursday proved to be a busy day for the EMTs and Firefighters of the Grafton Fire Department. During the morning, a SCBA Air Management class was held for members of the day-time response crew. This class featured a review of our SCBAs and a presentation ... [Read More]

Grafton Firefighters practice with ground ladders and aerial ladder for weekly training. Ladders are an important part of fire ground operations. Ground ladders can be used for access to above grade windows and our aerial ladder can be used to provide a 1,000 GPM master stream ... [Read More]