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TODAY WE'RE WORKING LIVE FIRE TRAINING.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE HAVING CREWS FROM DIFFERENT STATIONS COME OUT, RUNNING SCENARIOS
WITH LIVE FIRE. A LOT OF THESE GUYS ARE ALL AT DIFFERENT STATIONS, SO BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER TO ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE SOME NEW HIRES THAT ARE GETTING TO GET IN ON
IT. THEY'RE BRAND NEW. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS AND THEY'RE GETTING TO COME
IN AND WORK ON THEIR SKILLS. THE BENEFIT IS THAT ACTUALLY REAL LIVE SCENARIOS. THEY CAN PRACTICE AT
FIRE STATIONS ALL DAY LONG, BUT UNTIL THEY COME OUT AND ACTUALLY HAVE REAL FIRE IN A REAL BUILDING
AND DO THE REAL HANDS-ON SKILLS, THIS KIND OF TIES IT ALL TOGETHER AND AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST
BENEFIT. IT JUST REALLY IMPROVES OUR RESPONSE TIMES. IT IMPROVES OUR TIME FROM
THE TIME THE GUYS GET TO THE FIRE, PUT THE FIRE OUT. THEY'RE EFFICIENT, THEY'RE WELL TRAINED AND THEY'RE
SAFE AND THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE IN THE CITY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.