(Caption info) Northwest Fire/Rescue District's academy recruits practice extrication from a car on Wednesday. The class is part of a 14-week training course that covers all manner of fire service. Recruits spend about four days learning extrication techniques. Inside the car Tony Compano, recruit training officer and paramedic, assists the "victim" during the rescue. This is an opportunity for the recruits to have realistic hands-on-training using many techniques involved with freeing trapped victims from vehicles. Photo taken Wednesday, July 23, 2014.Â
Northwest Fire recruits extrication training
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Photos by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Above, a firefighter recruit uses a hydraulic cutter during a four-day extrication class at Northwest Fire District’s training center in Marana. At right, recruits listened Wednesday to trainer and paramedic Tony Compagno discuss the intricacies of freeing trapped passengers from vehicles. The trainees are undergoing 14 weeks of lessons on all aspects of fire service.
Firefighter recruits listen to recruit training officer and paramedic Tony Compagno during Northwest Fire District's 14-01 Recruit Academy Extrication Training, a hands on practical day class at the training center, 5125 W. Camino De Fuego, in Marana.
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