One man’s trash is another man’s training tools at the San Marcos Fire Department. During the biannual machinery rescue training class, firefighters from across Central Texas gather in San Marcos to practice using various tools in simulated hazard scenarios. Green Guy Recycling provides cars, machinery, appliances and scrap metal to offer the rescuers a tangible training experience. Once training is complete, the crew at Green Guy Recycling hauls off the equipment to be recycled at their facilities.
The Regional Standardization of Equipment & Training organization, or ReSET facilitates the training.
“ReSET is the collective of the regional fire departments,” said SMFD Engine One Captain Billy Mullins. “We come together to make sure we all train to the same standard and have the same certifications so if we bounce around from area to area to work and end up working together, we’ve all trained together, we’ve all run with the same equipment.”
