We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
A semi-mounted training module that uses real fire to give firefighters a chance to learn fire behavior in a structure and practice suppressing a dwelling fire.
A group of volunteer firefighters recently spent a training session learning fire behavior and fighting real fires in the 'burn prop,' a mobile training unit designed to give firefighters experience with suppressing a real fire under controlled conditions. The tractor-trailer mounted training unit is one of two provided to local fire departments around the state of Montana through the Fire Training Services Training School (FSTS), a state level agency that is attached to the Extension Service of Montana State University.
Doug Lobaugh, Operations Manager for the Fire School, said, "We learned s...
