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Show If' 4B t"f f if V1' f ,(i. !$! 4' Lake tide Review North, Wednesday, May 18, 1983 Nme Firefighters Sett By SHIU.IY KANCITIS Review CerretMndent The motel room was ROY deserted except for a tall man in a long heavy coat. Glancing around the room, he spotted a mattress propped against the wall. After splashing it with diesel fuel, he lit the mattress and watched the flames grow higher and higher. Standing a few feet away were two other men who helped Roy City Fire plan the fire Chief Richard Waters and Ron Hales, the Roy Fire department's training officer. As the room filled with flames and thick, black smoke, Hales directed several rookie firemen to attack the fire. Dressed in firefighting gear, the men grabbed a hose. Crouching down, they rushed through the open motel door and disappeared into a cloud of smoke. e A training officer and firefighter, Hales is responsible for training all new firefighters and updating the force. If skills of the full-tim- we get an opportunity to burn down an old building, we drop everything to do it, said Hales. You can teach all day in a classroom, but this is what its all about. The motel is in an area being cleared for Roy Citys new $10 million shopping center. Once part of a thriving supper club complex, it eventually became housing for transients and in its final hours, is a training site for the Roy Fire Department. When the department began in 1955, training was strictly an PwpQQ en Under the direction of Hales, Roys training techniques have evolved into a well organized, professional program. Using classifications established by the state and modified to meet Roys needs, firemen are classified as Firefighter 1, 2 or 3. Firemen work to complete all three stages in addition to at- tending periodic seminars. Each man or woman receives at least 50 hours of training per year, said Hales. Rookies, who have 24 hours of training before being allowed to experience with fight fires, are classified as macho accent. You had to be a Firefighter 1. A primary conleather lunger and eat smoke if cern in training is the safety of you were going to be a really our personnel, said Hales. To said Hales. As more and more synthetic fabrics were used on furniture, eating smoke filled with poisonous fumes caused fatalities. In response to increasing hazards and the arrival of more sophisticated equipment, Roy City, like many fire departments across the nation, began good fireman, developing formal training programs for firefighters. v emphasize this concern, rookies spend their first three classes learning the mechanics of the air pack, a firemans link with life. After the initial session, rookies take a stress test. We tape their masks so they are blind, disorient them and then put them through an obstacle course, said Hales. A warning bell tells the firefighter when his air supply is dwindling. One rookie remembers crawling through a maze of obstacles when she suddenly became immobilized. One of the trainers had grabbed my pack to show what happens if you get caught on something during a real fire. The rookies then progress to simulated fire conditions in Hill Air Force Bases smoke tower. We light fires in containers throughout the building so it's hot and smoky, said Hale. This gives trainees more experience with their packs. Fo- llowing air pack training, rookies learn to handle hoses, as well as rope and ladder techniques. y ROY FIRE CHIEF Richard me Mb I Waters watches as blaze begins to take over house interior. a hand FIREFIGHTERS give fire in destroying structure. training methods, improve Hales is hoping next year s budget will allow for the purchase of a video camera and re- - Firefighters who have passed rookie training, enter level two. They are instructed on subjects such as forcible entry, search and rescue techniques, property protection and protective systems like automatic sprinklers. Level three firefighters learn about rope rescues and rescuing people trapped in vehicles, as well as other complicated and less frequently used techniques. Written and practical tests are ; administered at each level. No amount of simulated firefighting conditions, however, can equal the experience gained by firefighters in the flaming motel room. As they Hales. Beam my THE CLOWN Promotions Birthday Parties Family Reunions ventilation. Several firemen stand on the roof hacking out holes with axes. Two other fire- men use a power saw to cut rectangular chunks out of the walls. Both techniques are used to let smoke out of the building. Wed like to tape our training exercises, as well as when we fight fires, so we can learn from our mistakes, said corder. 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