SMOKE DIVERS PROGRAM: SELF-PRESERVATION THE DRIVING FORCE
BY NICHOLAS A. DeLia
The present Connecticut Fire Academy`s Smoke Divers Program evolved from the program that began as a special offering at its annual June Fire School week in 1988. This original program, which was held at the New Haven Regional Fire Training Academy, focused primarily on the Academy`s maze trailer (one of the first mobile mazes in the country, it was purchased from Draeger in 1983 and has been modified twice). The initial concept was presented to the maze/SCBA chief instructor that spring as a way to enhance the maze`s ability to build self-confidence with an SCBA and to physically challenge the program`s participants.
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