The Duluth Fire Department has welcomed their largest recruit class in decades. They're also navigating through a challenging onboarding process in the midst of a global pandemic.
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Duluth Fire Department Gives New Recruits Hands-On Training Session
April 16, 2021
DULUTH, Minn.– The next class of Duluth firefighter’s received their final round of training earlier this afternoon.
7 new recruits went through training out of town at Lake Superior College’s Emergency Response Training Center. Some trainees had experience on other departments while others were fresh out of school. They practiced on three structure fires, climbing through windows, and cutting holes in roofs before extinguishing the flames.
“Being a firefighter, if you don’t put your hands on the equipment, if you don’t see and feel the heat surrounding you, if you don’t know what you’re getting into it can really surprise you,” said instructor and Duluth firefighter Christopher Norman.