Kilkenny Fire and Rescue Service in conjunction with Coillte Teo ran a successful 3-day Advanced Chainsaw Operators Course in November 2007.

Firefighters from all of the Fire Brigades in Kilkenny Fire and Rescue Authority successfully passed the 3-day Advanced Chainsaw Course. The course involved both classroom lectures and practical use of chainsaws in a local forest.

The objectives of the course were as follows:

• Participants to learn to perform the following skills with an emphasis on safety
• Process individual windblown tress
• Assessing windblown trees and deciding on the appropriate technique
• Cutting windblown trees using correct techniques
• Site Safety
• Cross cutting under tension and compression
• Removal of hazardous limbs
• Dealing with dangerously hung-up trees
• Regulations and safety requirements relevant to windblown tress
• Cross cutting
• Split-level cuts
• Taking down hung up trees
• General chainsaw maintenance
• Chain sharpening
• Carburettor tuning

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