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Graduates of the Forsyth County Citizens Fire Academy feel the heat in the fire training facility
Forsyth County Citizens Fire Academy
A Forsyth County firefighter helps a participant of the Forsyth County Citizens Fire Academy to put on an air canister that will allow him to breathe normally while in the smoke-filled training building. More than a dozen participants entered the building Saturday as part of the final class. - photo by Alexander Popp
Decked out in full Firefighter protective “turnout” gear, face masks and air tanks, more than a dozen Forsyth County residents were led in groups of three or four into a blocky burnt-out metal building that was rapidly filling with smoke from a stack of pallets that sat ablaze in a corner.