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| Recruits Preparing to Make Entry into the Burn Building. |
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| Captain Alexander and Assistant Chief Shank Brief on the Next Evolution. |
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| Recruit Firefighter Jacob Sack Checks Door for Heat Prior to Making Entry |
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| Assistant Chief Shank Provides Final Instructions. |
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| Fire Chief Rich Graeber, Upper Pine River Fire Protection District. |
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| Captain Mike Valdez and Lieutenant Karn Macht, Pagosa Fire Protection District. |
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| Los Pinos Firefighter Tony Stephens Operating as the Interior Safety Officer. |
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| Fire on the First Floor of the Burn Building. |
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PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO – Firefighters from the Upper Pine River and Los Pinos Fire Districts participated in a combined live fire training exercise at the Pagosa Fire District’s Training Facility on January 7th, 2006. With the addition of career firefighters to the Upper Pine Fire District and new hires to Los Pinos Fire’s existing staff, having the two organizations train together created an opportunity for all of the recruits to interact prior to meeting on the fireground. Since the two districts border each other, Mutual Aid responses into each others area are not uncommon.
The firefighters had the opportunity to practice making entry, stretching attack lines, and extinguishment of first and second story fires. Instructors included Chief Rich Graeber from Upper Pine Fire District; Assistant Chief Bill Shank, Captain Brandy Alexander, and Firefighter Tony Stephens from the Los Pinos Fire District; Captain Duwane Ramey, Captain Mike Valdez, and Lieutenant Karn Macht from Pagosa Fire.
Both groups of recruits participated in a two week orientation at their respective districts, and finished up the training with the live fire exercises. The Upper Pine Fire District recruits include Firefighter Dennis Cox, Firefighter Kevin Griego, Firefighter Cate Harding, Firefighter Carmen Pond, Firefighter Matt Sowash, Firefighter Charlie Wilson, and Firefighter Adolph Young. The Los Pinos Fire new hires are Firefighter Matt Bentley, Firefighter Chris Bilbery, and Firefighter Jacob Sack.
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