Fire cadets and instructors attended this year’s Live Fire Training at Clatsop Community College- MERTS (Marine and Environmental Research and Training Station) Campus for their FLARE (Field Leadership and Response Exercise) training. This is where the cadets are able to put all their training into practice. The instructors simulate what it is like to be on a shift for 72 hours.
During night ops, the cadets were woken up to simulate a call multiple times. All cadets needed to get up and get into their turnouts and be outside within 2 minutes of the alarms going off and practiced below-grade fire attack, ladders, tool work, hose lay, and primary and secondary searches.
During the day at the MERTS facility, cadets were able to participate in Live Fire, Car Fire, and Truck ops.
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