Firefighter training key in rescue of 50 people from Janesville apartment fire
Janesville Gazette (WI)
The Janesville Fire Department had used the building at
120 St. Lawrence Ave. to train firefighters just one day before an actual fire barreled through the complex.
Training in real structures is part of a regimen fire department officials said was key in saving dozens of lives when a fire started in the
St. Lawrence Avenue building in the early-morning hours of
March 28.
Josh Uecker said the
March 28 fire was the most significant call he has responded to in his 15-year career. It required several ladder rescues and sent firefighters crawling through pitch-dark rooms as they looked for people.
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