THE VOLUNTEERS CORNER
IT IS on the fireground that the truth about any fire department’s training becomes apparent. If the men and officers have learned their lessons well, protection of exposures, containment, extinguishment and overhaul will be an orderly procedure.
You’ve all seen the volunteer department that has more enthusiasm than training. Every man eagerly pitches in to do the job that first comes to his mind. Soon there are a number of men doing a multitude of disconnected tasks. If luck is with them, the fire is extinguished before too much unnecessary damage is done. But if things don’t jell, everything falls apart and the untrained volunteers wind up indulging in that fatal sport of chasing a fire.
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