PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters conducted training burns on a house on Garling Road near Port Angeles.
“This gives us the opportunity to see real fire inside a real structure and see how it behaves, and the crews get a good experience pulling attack lines and going in to put out the fire,” said Jake Patterson, deputy chief of operations for Fire District No. 2.
Firefighters took turns in attack teams as they extinguished fires Saturday in the two burn cells that were set up inside the building.
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For the training, firefighters were only allowed to burn natural materials. This means there was no carpet, plastics, couches, or any other materials that quickly fuel the fires firefighters encounter while on a real call.
Teams attacked fires in the house for several hours before letting the entire building burn.
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Reporter Jesse Major can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56250, or at jmajor@peninsuladailynews.com.
Clallam Fire District No. 2 Deputy Chief of Operations Jake Patterson sets attack teams during the fire training. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)
The participants in the fire training gather in front of the burning structure. (Jay Cline/Clallam County Fire District No. 2)
Firefighters, wielding torches and a propane tank, prepare to enter the house used for fire training. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)
Fire Explorer Dakota Manley loads hose into a makeshift fire engine during the training. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)
A fire explorer from Explorer Post 1012 folds a hose during the training. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)
