Fire fighters are preparing themselves for challenges they may face on the job.
A brisk Friday afternoon, but fire trainees were feeling the heat.
“We’re trying to take firefighting out of the classroom, put it down here into buildings where we can make it repetitive and relevant,” lead burn instructor Damon Laurion said.
Lake Superior College students and firefighter volunteers from around Northern Minnesota took it to the field at LSC’s Emergency Response Training Center.
“Today is forcible entry where the students are working on skills forcing their way into locked buildings,” Laurion said.
The training program offers everything from blind smoke–screen entry into metal boxes that resemble burning buildings to heavy lifting with gear and oxygen tanks on trainee’s backs.