Rural Metro Fire is inviting one Josephine County resident the opportunity to experience what it’s like to be a firefighter.
“A lot of times people don’t have any idea what’s going on,” Rural Metro Fire Division Chief Austin Prince said.
Crews say the training exercise is meant to mimic a house fire in a controlled environment.
“They’re very realistic in the fact that we are still burning real homes that actually at one point housed somebody and they got walls, windows, and hallways,” Prince said. “We go into these things with a whole different approach. We do it safe, we do it calculated, it’s very precise.”
Not only will the experience benefit firefighters in training, but officials hope it’ll give the community a better sense of what it’s like to fight a fire.
“Of course they are escorted and they are within a reach of a doorway so they can be removed from the building,” Prince said. “It’s safely conducted.”
Prince says safety is the number one goal, which is why he wants to make sure the participant meets certain qualifications.