The academy was shut down last year when the pandemic began. Author: Peggy Lee Updated: 9:40 PM EST March 9, 2021
FRACKVILLE, Pa. At the Schuylkill County Fire Academy near Frackville, fire trainees are back in class getting instruction on what they need to know to fight fires on a Zoom call.
The academy was shut down this time last year when the pandemic hit.
Those running the academy say by switching the classroom instruction to remote learning, they are now able to get back to the training that was halted last March. Without doing this by Zoom, this program would not happen,” said Girardville Fire Chief Frank Zangari, who is the Schuylkill County Fire Academy chairman. They ll be able to do the classroom work in their own fire stations or some of them in their own homes; they don t even have leave home.”
Here are some tips on how to avoid these disastrous situations from those who fight the fires. Author: Chase Senior Updated: 5:41 PM EST January 11, 2021
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. Year round, there are lots of house fires across northeastern and central Pennsylvania, especially during this time of year. So why are there so many? We have an enormous amount of wooden structure buildings that are row homes. When it gets up in row houses, it goes from one house to the next house, down the street. It becomes very difficult. There are vacant, dilapidated houses that also don t help us. If there are fires there, it runs the block, said Girardville Fire Chief Frank Zangari.