SLIDESHOW: Firefighters From Around West Virginia Train in Wheeling
Charleston firefighter Will McCallister pulls a firehose into the Wheeling Fire Department training tower on Wheeling Island in a lesson on how to best navigate stairs to fight a second-floor fire.
Toronto, Ohio, firefighter Lance Winstel, in the gray sweatshirt, leads firefighters from various cities through a class on rescuing a victim whose arm has been impaled on rebar.
Wheeling firefighters carry a 400-foot hose in a class taught through GRIT Fire Training on how to transport hoses longer distances between fire and water source.
Berkeley County and City of Fairmont firefighters cut through a meat grinder to free a hand stuck in it.
OR&W Fire Chief R.C. Fellows, right, goes over instructions on how to extract a victim’s hand from a meat grinder.
GRIT Fire Training instructor Sean Sokolowski talks to firefighters from around West Virginia during training on Wheeling Island.
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- Charleston firefighter Will McCallister pulls a firehose into the Wheeling Fire Department training tower on Wheeling Island in a lesson on how to best navigate stairs to fight a second-floor fire.
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- Toronto, Ohio, firefighter Lance Winstel, in the gray sweatshirt, leads firefighters from various cities through a class on rescuing a victim whose arm has been impaled on rebar.
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- Wheeling firefighters carry a 400-foot hose in a class taught through GRIT Fire Training on how to transport hoses longer distances between fire and water source.
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- Berkeley County and City of Fairmont firefighters cut through a meat grinder to free a hand stuck in it.
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- OR&W Fire Chief R.C. Fellows, right, goes over instructions on how to extract a victim’s hand from a meat grinder.
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- GRIT Fire Training instructor Sean Sokolowski talks to firefighters from around West Virginia during training on Wheeling Island.
Firefighters from across West Virginia congregated in Wheeling this week for the annual West Virginia Professional Firefighters Training Summit. Both Wednesday and Thursday, firefighters underwent training in various disciplines from hose line management to search and rescue tactics to machinery entrapments. (Photos by Derek Redd)
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