The First In A Series Of Behind The Scenes, Live Training Videos Of Firefighter Recruits And The Program In Action
Video, photos and text by Larry Freeman
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With “Turnout” gear, oxygen tanks and masks in place, a group of Alameda Fire Academy Recruits receives instruction before engaging in a forced entry, victim rescue training activity. They will have to pry open a latched metal door before crawling and climbing, fire hose in hand, into a hot, dark, two story, densely smoke filled compound, to prepare them for the daunting conditions they will eventually face ‘on the li...
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