Imagine spending twenty-six hours straight inside an old penitentiary.
Six firefighters did just that, and it was all documented in a film set to release later this week.
"The ‘Fire Asylum’ documentary is a story about six firefighters going through this training program, trying to learn more about themselves and learn more about who they are as people, so that they can perform their own jobs more proficiently,” explained Ryan Zacherl, the film’s editor.
The training and documentary are set at the old state penitentiary in Moundsville.
The documentary was filmed in September 2017, and it features six firefighters from around the country.
One of them, Dave Blazak, is a member of the Bethesda Fire Department.