This week for training members of West Mead #1 focused on safe apparatus operation. Crews placed the department’s three engines and the squad on the road for driver training. Emphasis was placed on safe, defensive driving as well as operating 28-12 and 28-13 without auxiliary braking to simulate wet or icy road conditions. Crews navigated several steep grades in our first-due district along with railroad crossings and a serpentine course.