Top News : Northampton Co. fire school marks 50 yrs

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>>> jaciel cordoba: It's been 50 years since the Northampton County Fire School began training emergency responders.>> eve tannery: As WFMZ's Keleigh Gibbs reports, the program continues to grow by keeping up with the latest fire fighting techniques. 20:03:03 >>logan moyer "a big aspect is teamwork, how to coordinate with other departments in the area." >>reporter Another big aspect of training emergencyresponders is keeping up with evolving tactics to fight fires....the Northampton County Fire School has made it a priority. 19:04:11 >>rick weaver "The training is changing continuously, based on construction materials different types of things, the contents of our house." >>reporter Over the years the dynamics of fires have also changed. Rick Weaver of the Northampton County Fire School Association says in-house fires are much more intense than they were years ago with ordinary combustibles. rick WEAVERpractices have also evolved. got to change, things need to be coordinated with fire suppression, those are some of the tactics that we need to deal with and what we try to train here at the fire school." The school covers different levels of training..anging from how to wear and inspect gear......all the way to interior fire fighting.NORDERexperience up here, lots of great instructors everyone is very helpful." >>REPORTERCounty Fire School is to provide quality training to the county's emergency service personnel at no






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