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Photos by Fritz Rethage  ·    Posted June 3, 2003

Live Fire Exercise
[Hasbrouck Heights Fire Department]
[Middletown Township Volunteer Fire Department Training Academy]
October 26, 2003 training at this facility: [Group 1 - venting][Group 2 - smokehouse]

Movies included in this story --  Arriving on the scene (1 meg)
Ready to enter the building (500k)      Starting the fire (250k)      Hose venting  (300k)


[Back to First Group]

Fireman entering another raging inferno!
 


Some exercises required two or three hose lines.


Working as a team to get a third hose into position and operational.




Venting  normally means breaking the windows,
but for training purposes special steel doors that represent windows are used.




Getting ready with the second hose, while the academy trainer gives instructions.

Movie: Starting the fire (250k)

Instructor starting another fire -- actually it was more like a raging conflagration











Once that fire progressed to optimum effect,  the  steel doors were shut and command issued the orders to attack.


Assistant Chief giving direction -- let's go...Let's Go!!



An automobile in the garage (without gas tank) is used
to simulate real life scenarios.



Trainers  would burn hay, wood -- even dried out Christmas trees
to create a realistic fire-storm effect



Venting smoke from the firefighters view


View of venting smoke as it appears from the outside

Movie:  Hose venting  (300k)



With the rapid sequence of drills, the Department was using up its air supply.
The Academy refilled the air packs so that training could continue.



Department members checking  thermal imaging unit

[Back to First Group]

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October 26, 2003 training at this facility: [Group 1 - venting][Group 2 - smokehouse]

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