| Recruit
Training (October 25, 2004) |
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By Michael Cossey |
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| Firefighters Austin Woody and Adam
Swalls bleed air out of their hose lines before beginning live fire training
at the burn bunker. |
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| Firefighters Scott Eaton and Shane
Holmes don the masks of their self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) in
preparation for entering the burn bunker. The SCBA units provide firefighters
with approximately 20-30 minutes of clean breathing air for use in hazardous
environments. |
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| Firefighters Austin Woody (with
nozzle) and Josh Woods wait for the go-ahead to enter the burn bunker, locate
the fire and extinguish it. Additional firefighters will operate a rescue
hose and be ready to act in case of an emergency during
training. |
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| Engineer Perry Hopman (right) gives
instructions to Firefighters Austin Woody (with nozzle) and Josh Woods before
entering the burn bunker. At left, Firefighter Adam Swalls dons the final
pieces of his protective equipment so that he can join the others inside
the bunker. |
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The job of a firefighter isn't always
glorious. Firefighter Josh Woods rolls
up hose after the live fire training is complete. |
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| Chief Glenn refreshes the firefighters
on the basics of nozzles used to fight fire. Maumelle firefighters carry
two types of nozzles -- smooth bore and fog. A fog nozzle creates a stream
of broken water droplets that convert to steam to extinguish fires. A smooth
bore nozzle provides a solid stream of water to allow for better
penetration. |
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| Chief Glenn offers tips to the
firefighters on how to operate a large hose line (the hose they are operating
is 2.5" in diameter) and advance it while crawling on their
knees. |
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| Firefighters Austin Woody and Shane
Holmes operate a 2.5" hose line with a smoothbore tip using techniques learned
during the training session. |
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| Firefighters experienced flowing
water through the 2.5" hose line at different water pressures and while using
multiple nozzle tips to get first-hand knowledge of their
differences. |
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