The constant training firefighters endure is such an essential part of the job that it becomes instinctual at a certain point.
That's what happened with a crew responding to a residential fire in Poughkeepsie last week, the details of which were offered to Firehouse.com in an exclusive interview with the city's fire chief, Mark Johnson.
The fire broke out late Wednesday afternoon at a three-story structure on Hooker Avenue that contained eight apartments, leading to one firefighter suffering second-degree burns on his hands when he pulled a woman who was burning off a bed and out of a room that was engulfed in flames.
Johnson said that as firefighters arrived on scene, the fire room on the second floor had already vented.