why we drill

Cody Goodnough operates the control panel for the various fire elements inside a mobile fire training unit. “Burn and learns are difficult to get permission for these days,” Goodnough said. He works for the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. He travels around five counties in Oregon with the mobile fire unit semi-trailer working with fire departments to help them train with a controlled live fire.

North Bend firefighters check out the inside of the trailer after a few training revolutions. They continue with a new scenario and a real call comes through the pager. The response time must have been cut in half because everyone was already suited sup. We all scrambled down to a dilapidated dock that somehow caught on fire and they guys put it out swiftly.

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