Orcas Island Fire & Rescue conducted a successful Live Fire Burn Training Exercise on Saturday, Feb. 24. The Glenwood Inn property near the north shore provided an invaluable opportunity for our firefighters to gain practical experience in a controlled environment.
The opportunity to train at the Glenwood Inn site, both during the burn and in the months preceding, provided our existing firefighters and new recruits with real-world training scenarios in a manner that cannot be perfectly replicated using training props. OIFR used the property before the Live Fire many times for search, rescue, forcible entry, ladders, building materials, construction, and other types of training. “It would be safe to say hundreds of per-person training hours were completed at the Glenwood Inn,” shared Fire Chief vanSchaick.