Firefighter Training

Pangloss62 · 07-31-2006, 10:02 AM

During the first night of my stay at Cape Lookout, I looked out the window and saw a bunch of firetrucks and a big group of firemen milling about. "What the hell is going on?" I said to myself. I soon found out; it was firefighter training for the area's small fire batallions. It made for some good photos. Below is a selection:

First they practiced with the hoses.

Then they signal the propane guy to turn on the propane.

Then they light the propane torch.

Then the propane guy really cranks up the gas.

Then they send in two teams to fight the fire.

Repeat through the night.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-31-2006, 11:42 PM

They should work on multi-tasking. Could have cooked a pig too.

wolf · 08-01-2006, 01:25 AM

That is very cool. Our disaster drills don't involve propane guy.

The one I went to that tried to use smoke bombs, it was raining too hard and the smoke bombs wouldn't light, so they had to pretend.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-01-2006, 08:53 AM

On the road between Philly airport and the river, there's a training area with a fuselage mock-up that's seen a lot of flames. They can't use a real one, it would melt after a fire or two.
I'll have to get a picture of it, although, I doubt if I could get one of it, fired up.

Pangloss62 · 08-01-2006, 09:05 AM

Bruce!

I think I know that place, with the busted fuselage used for emergency training in Philly. It looks like an old plane. It's cramed into some industrial district and looks totally weird. Get that pic!

Griff · 08-01-2006, 03:06 PM

Nice job getting the camera out Pang. Cool series!

07-31-2006, 10:02 AM	#1
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Firefighter Training During the first night of my stay at Cape Lookout, I looked out the window and saw a bunch of firetrucks and a big group of firemen milling about. "What the hell is going on?" I said to myself. I soon found out; it was firefighter training for the area's small fire batallions. It made for some good photos. Below is a selection: First they practiced with the hoses. Then they signal the propane guy to turn on the propane. Then they light the propane torch. Then the propane guy really cranks up the gas. Then they send in two teams to fight the fire. Repeat through the night. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem. Last edited by Pangloss62; 07-31-2006 at 10:06 AM.

07-31-2006, 11:42 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They should work on multi-tasking. Could have cooked a pig too. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-01-2006, 01:25 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That is very cool. Our disaster drills don't involve propane guy. The one I went to that tried to use smoke bombs, it was raining too hard and the smoke bombs wouldn't light, so they had to pretend. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-01-2006, 08:53 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	On the road between Philly airport and the river, there's a training area with a fuselage mock-up that's seen a lot of flames. They can't use a real one, it would melt after a fire or two. I'll have to get a picture of it, although, I doubt if I could get one of it, fired up. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-01-2006, 09:05 AM	#5
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Mock up. Bruce! I think I know that place, with the busted fuselage used for emergency training in Philly. It looks like an old plane. It's cramed into some industrial district and looks totally weird. Get that pic! __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

08-01-2006, 03:06 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Nice job getting the camera out Pang. Cool series! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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