Live Burn Training

Today was the day for live burn training. I got to the fire station around three o’clock. George asked if I could run to the Deuce and get the camera from Rich. So I did that and jumped on the Engine to go to the burn today.

We did some classroom stuff. Mainly talking about who will be doing what and figuring out the responses to calls should anything come out. My first role was on the outside of the house manning two protection lines. It was easy work.

Then I got to go inside. We were in a small room and a fire was lit. It grew rapidly. I watched as the smoke started to descend off the ceiling and the fire started to roll. It got warm inside. As it turned out it was about one-thousand degrees at the ceiling level and several hundred at the floor where I was. The turn-outs really make a difference.

After we were done there several people went to My Office Bar for some drinks and food. We sat around and talked shop for a while and then also talked softball.