31-05-2025
Pittsburg fire recruits train in realistic house fire drill
PITTSBURG, Kan. — An area fire department provides hands-on training, giving recruits a chance to prepare for what they'll see in emergencies.
Pittsburg Fire Department recruits entered a live house burn as part of the department's new training initiative. Surrounding fire departments also came to observe and learn.
The simulation included smoke, sirens, and fire, designed to reflect real-life situations. This approach helps trainees practice and learn under pressure, which in turn will help them become firefighters.
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'Being able to feel that heat and be in that environment of zero visibility and and the the noise that comes with it and the confusion that inevitably is with with every fire saying to some level it's their first experience with it and we want it to be a good one. We want them to be comfortable when they go into a real fire and have lives on the line,' said Taylor Cerne, Pittsburg Fire Chief.
'We're just doing some mock simulations of fires that would happen in the house. We get called, we arrive on scene, we go in and put the fire out, as simple as that,' said Aaron Ruth, Pittsburg Fire Department Recruit.
'We're taking the trucks, the miles down the road waiting for the call, and we get the call up. And it's just a live scenario like trying to trying to simulating a live house fire the best that we can,' said Rendan Russell, Pittsburg Fire Department Recruit.
Ruth and Russell are expected to graduate tomorrow, officially becoming firefighters.
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