VIDEO: Firefighters have to ready for everything and when it comes to standard fire, they've had plenty of practice. But its harder to prepare for a situation that may only happen on occasion. Only around one percent of house fires are fueled by propane. While they're rare, they still happen. A specialized training in Crandon means local emergency responders now can approach flames reaching 20 feet in the air. “The fires here are a little more dramatic than they might find in the real world," said instructor Luke Van Noie with Fire and Industrial Response LLC. At the Crandon Fire Department’s propane fire response training, the fire’s may be exaggerated, but the situation certainly is not.
“Our fire department is constantly trying to get better, and the best way we can do this is putting our firefighters into situations that they’re going to experience in real life," said captain and training officer Brennan Cook with C.F.D.