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Very limited training is a

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process that entry level firefighters

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go through to be able to obtain the

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minimum requirements . In order to

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fight fire out on the fire line . Today ,

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we have 34 men and women with a 1 42nd

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wing . You know , basically today ,

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we're going to , you know , them out ,

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they hand line around the fire to

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secure the perimeter of the fire by

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removing fuels . After that , they go

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in and they deploy what we call a

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progressive hose layer , put hose down

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on the ground around the fire area with

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this truck , you see behind us , we'll

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pump some water through that hose lay

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and they'll put the fire out . So we

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try and make it as real world as

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possible of an opportunity . So this is

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a very controlled environment . And so

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we give them that exposure and

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opportunity to use their hand tools and ,

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and the hose and the water to be able

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to , you know , when they go out on

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fires with the team or off plan smoking

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that they're not seeing at least fire

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for the first time or using their hand

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tools for the first time . So this is ,

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the steel day is really critical in

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their training . They get to put their

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line packs on and wear their full P pe ,

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as you can see , the weather is really

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nice . So they get that opportunity to

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build that sweat and , uh , you know ,

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feel how rigorous our jobs are , you

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know , so it just applies them a good

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opportunity to learn something that

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they can take with them when they go

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out on the fire line . You know , it ,

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it's a really welcomed resource ,

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especially when local and state and

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government resources are starting to

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get depleted as more and more fires

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occur around the nation . So tremendous

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help . Definitely .