High-schoolers in the Dells area aspiring to a firefighting career now have an outlet within the school in which to do so.
Wisconsin Dells High School, in conjunction with Kilbourn and Delton Fire Departments, is now offering a fire training course for students. The course is every other Wednesday morning from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and is taught by former Delton Fire Department Chief Darren Jorgenson.
"It's an awesome program," said Jorgenson. "These kids are just amazing so far."
"We teamed up with Delton Fire, Darren when he was there, and Madison College to try to get a class," said Kilbourn Fire Department Chief Pat Gavinski. "We were pleasantly surprised that we got enough interest in it to host a class. We needed the 10 students, so it's just a good opportunity to expose high school juniors and seniors to the fire service."