New gear for a new season, the Peach County Fire Department is ready for another busy summer. Firefighter Keionta Tate is heading into his fifth year with the department and he says he's ready to break in his new gear. "This gear that they've been getting recently, it doesn't take but a couple weeks -- just gotta wear it and train it a couple times and then it gets worn pretty good."
With the heat rolling in, breaking in new suits isn't nearly as important as making sure the whole team is on time and drinking plenty of water.
"I mean, you can get away with it without it being the summer, but the summertime, you gotta hydrate. If you don't hydrate, then eventually, you may fall out and cause a hazard to other firefighters," says Tate.