Jacob and I were out and about on Saturday and we happened upon what looked like part of an airplane, a semi truck, a firetruck, and an ambulance with about 50 firefighters in full turn-out gear with air packs all set up in a parking lot behind an abandoned factory. They had the hoses charged and lying on the ground. I saw flames in the top of the airplane and thought I had better pull over and watch this - not to mention Jacob was having a FREAK in the backseat. I found a gated drive to the parking lot and my Jacob watched intently while snacking on a box of popcorn.
We watched them for quite some time. They'd light the aircraft on fire and the firefighters would 'put the fire out'. They practiced hauling bodies from the craft. (And talk about realistic! They had sound effects of the fire and the people screaming who were stuck in the "wreckage".) They'd light it again and start all over with each group of 5 or 6 firefighters. The fire came out of the engines and the top of the craft then in a ring all around and depending on the firefighter's response the flames would either die out (if they did it right) or flare (if they did it wrong).
Check this out. (It's not the same outfit they contracted to provide the training but, it's similar to what we saw - I, of course, didn't have my camera - at least not the good one!)
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