VFD learns how to attack back!

Headed up the stairs on the training trailer, this firefighter will learn how best to deal with fires from the angled pitch of a roof, while flames, heat, and smoke attack. Strategies on how to attack back were learned and refreshed Tuesday, October 17, 2023. Chief Terry Engles stands to the right overseeing the event. Photos by Laura Vroman

Temperatures reached upwards of 120 degrees inside the training trailer. Part of the exercise was to familiarize themselves to the intense heat a dwelling fire produces - maintaining communi-

cation, and executing a plan to knock the flames down. No pressure?!? At left, inside the burning trailer, three firefighters man the hose, working together to douse