VIDEO: For the first time in Harris County history, high school students were sent directly into a burning building. However, these students had been preparing all semester to keep from going up in flames.
It’s all a part of the high school’s Technical, Agricultural, and Education Program (CTAE) teaching students the basics of being a firefighter.
“I just thought it was going to be a lot scarier than it was, but I thought it was really cool,” junior Addison McCormick shared with WRBL after going through the Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department's burn building.
Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mitt Smith has been teaching this class to students for two years now. Wednesday was the first time students experienced a live-fire opportunity. While Chief Smith is teaching students best practices, fire behaviors, and how to attack a blaze, he is also recruiting.