VIDEO: Fighting fire is about teamwork, which is why Fairchild Air Force Base hosted Airway Heights and Cheney Fire Departments, as well as Spokane County Fire District 3 and 10, for fire training exercises. As the Inland Northwest is getting further into fire season, about 20 recruits trained to take on the elements Saturday. 15 weeks of hard work is coming to a close.
"I just fell in love with it and have wanted to do this for as long as I can remember," Firefighter-in-training Kyle Roach said.
Growing up around a fire station in San Francisco, Roach is following in his father's footsteps. He was one of the 18 trainees in the West Plains Recruit Academy.
"I love the adrenaline side of this, so getting to do this was a blast," Roach added. "Seeing guys just get better as we went through was fun to see."