By: Olivia Kogan and Silvia Cremona
On April 16th the Protective Services CTE level 3 students participated in a “Live Burn” exercise, organized by Mr. Lofberg and a variety of other collaborators. It took place at the Pike County Training Center Fire training grounds where students were instructed to enter a burning building under live fire conditions, demonstrating their ability to put out a fire.
This exercise paved the way for the students to earn their own certifications as firefighters in Pennsylvania and the ability to eventually obtain a national certificate. The event took about six hours, along with a mandatory 100-question written exam after 200 hours of classroom and hands-on training.
Students that participated were Vicente Boyce, Nolan Carney, Ezra Defoor, Matthew Neece, Zayden Lamfers, Isabelle Herbert, Karlee Warring, Sophia Harmuth. Congratulations to Ezra DeFoor and Sophia Harmuth as they have passed the EMT program and therefore will be completely job ready.
Thank you to Mr. Macedonia and his EMT students who provided the Protective service students with medical monitoring and rehabilitation, and many local response agencies for providing onsite equipment and personnel.
