A team of firefighters with Lewis County Fire District 6 burst out the front door of an unoccupied residence on Jackson Highway, dragging the limp body of their incident commander out of the smoke.
Together, they quickly maneuver him out of his gear and begin chest compressions while the rest of the station watches on. An alarm rings over the comms. Suddenly, the incident commander sits up — unharmed — as Lt. Kyle Eiswald calls an end to the training exercise. “It was really ugly watching from the other side,” he tells them as they gather around to review the exercise, “but you did it.”
Monday’s training exercise was a chance for firefighters with Fire District 6 to practice through officer-down and search and rescue situations.