Expect to see flames and smoke from a property on East Union Street throughout the day Tuesday as firefighters burn a house for a training exercise.Â
A training officer watches as fire spreads inside the house at 1204 E. Union St. on April 8. The house was donated to firefighters to use for a training exercise.
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Firefighters will burn the home at 1208 E. Union St., Morganton, on Tuesday, April 15, said Israel Gibson, fire division chief for Â鶹´«Ã½ Public Safety. The home was one of two donated to the department for burn training by the Cox family.
Burke Drive will be closed from East Union Street to Harry Street on April 15.
“With the acquired structure, that is the most realistic training we have,†Gibson said. “However, we have to take safety measures to do that and a certain number of instructors in place.â€
A firefighter gets a hose ready to spray water on flames inside a home at 1204 E. Union St., Morganton, during a live burn training.
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Firefighters burned the first home at 1204 E. Union St. on Tuesday, April 8.
He said firefighters were training on suppression efforts, search and rescue, ventilation tactics and rapid intervention tactics.
“All that is in place and we’re implementing each one of those today in our training with this structure,†Gibson said. “We’re also doing pump training for our driver/operators. For our trucks on the side, they’re pumping water to us and they’re doing some water supply training on the other side of the house.â€
Â鶹´«Ã½ Public Safety Officer J. Vonbargen watches as fire pours through the roof of the house on East Union Street during a live burn.
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Expect to see smoke and emergency vehicles on scene.Â
The roof of a side porch on the house gives way as flames eat at the small home on the lot.
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Firefighters watch as fire overtakes the house on East Union Street during a live burn training on April 8.
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Firefighters hose down trees as flames lick the branches during a burn training on April 8.
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Firefighters pose in front of the house they burned for a training event on April 8 as fire spreads to the roof.
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Chrissy Murphy is a staff writer and can be reached at cmurphy@morganton.com or at 828-432-8941.
A training officer watches as fire spreads inside the house at 1204 E. Union St. on April 8. The house was donated to firefighters to use for a training exercise.
