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Fire training academy evolves over the years
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The Firefighter I class suited up in full gear and breathing equipment, weighing 50-60 pounds to practice in a “live burn session” for Mount Gilead’s North Central Ohio Fire Training Academy. Practice and repetition of entering the building with smoke and heat up to 150 degrees builds “muscle memory.” The skills needed to do the work of a firefighter become second nature with practice.
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In live fire suppression activities firefighting crews go into a door at left, while another crew works on the roof to ventilate the fire.