Live Fire Training Concludes For Fire Academy 2017

  • Friday, February 24, 2017
photo by Bruce Garner
Two weeks of intense fire training for Fire Academy 2017 came to a close on Friday on Hancock Road in Chattanooga. The two houses donated by Hamilton County government were used over and over again the past two weeks, providing hands-on training in fire suppression and search and rescue. It has been exhausting work for everyone involved, but the 35 recruits got a lot out of that training.
 
As is customary on live burns, officials closed it off by taking a class photo, which involved posing for the photo while the house burned behind them.

The recruits will now move on to other disciplines in the fire service, including vehicle extrication and hazardous materials. If they make through that, they will graduate on April 13.
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