January Structure Fire Training

I should have gotten this up ten days ago.

On January 20 four of us - Phyllis, Mike, Ed, and the mystery guest - went to Washington, GA for a structure fire training course. All are old pros at this by now but it's a good refresher and apparently 24 hours are required per year for Class 8 fire insurance purposes.

This one was a little different than the one described in November. There we had actual houses to burn down, a fairly rare opportunity, but the action was all at one level. Here the structure is a metal building whose sole function is to be burned down, over and over, and the action takes place at two levels. It's a more rigorous training, since heavy hoses have to be dragged quickly up and down stairways.

Phyllis sent the following two pictures, with the narration below:

2 pics--that's all I brought to UGA to send on fast
internet. I took no action pics because either I was
in the action, or it was too hot for camera. The
photographer didn't have much unassigned time to
wander at leisure.

First - Aliens - Ed standing, pointing to Darth Vader
on 2nd Floor Back-Up assignment. Interior team is locating and
extinguishing fires on 2 floors. Negotiating the
stairs with hose & gear is the hard part.

Second - YES! We're done. Phyllis, Ed, Mike. Survived
one more time, and good time had by all! Already had
part of our PPE stripped off by picture time. Mike,
you look good in white.

Nice outfits, I think, and they're getting well worn too. Thanks from the rest of us to all who went.