Demolition project in Harrisburg gives firefighters opportunity to train

WGAL News 8

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WGAL NEWS 8’S JEREMY JENKINS REPORTS HOW FIRE CREWS WILL BENEFIT. JEREMY: WHILE CREWS WORK BELOW FIREFIGTHERS ARE DILIGENTLY LEARNING ABOVE, MAKING CUTS IN THE ROOF -- >> AND KNOCK IT DOWN. WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ACTUALLY ALLOWS ALL THE HEAT, FIRE, GASES, AND SMOKE TO RISE OUT OF THE BUILDING LIKE A NATURAL CHIMNEY. JEREMY: WHICH COULD PREVENT FIRE FROM SPREADING TO NEARBY HOMES WHILE ALSO GIVING PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE A BETTER CHANCE AT SURVIVAL SOMETHING ENTERLINE SAYS MAKES THE TRAINING VERY VALUABLE. >> IMAGINE BEING UP HERE AT NIGHT WHERE YOU CAN’T SEE YOUR WAY AND THERE’S SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING ALSO IMPEDING YOUR SIGHT AND VISIBILITY. JEREMY: ENTERLINE HOPES THIS RARE EXPERIENCE WILL GIVE HIS CREW MORE PREPARATION IN EMERGENCY SCENEARIOS AND HELP THEM SAVE MORE LIVES THROUHOUT THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY IN HARRISBURG, JER

Demolition project in Harrisburg gives firefighters opportunity to train

WGAL News 8

In Harrisburg, crews are demolishing homes that were condemned because of a sinkhole. But the project is also benefiting fire crews by giving them an opportunity to train.Firefighters made cuts into the roofs of the dilapidated homes along 14th Street, practicing skills that could help them suppress fires."What this does, it actually allows all the heat, fire, gases and smoke to come up, rise out of the building like the natural chimney," said Chief Brian Enterline of the Harrisburg Bureau of Fire.The move could prevent the flames in a house fire from spreading to nearby homes while giving people who may be trapped inside a better chance at survival.Enterline hopes the training can better prepare firefighters and help them save more lives in the Susquehanna Valley.

HARRISBURG, Pa. —

In Harrisburg, crews are demolishing homes that were condemned because of a sinkhole. But the project is also benefiting fire crews by giving them an opportunity to train.

Firefighters made cuts into the roofs of the dilapidated homes along 14th Street, practicing skills that could help them suppress fires.

"What this does, it actually allows all the heat, fire, gases and smoke to come up, rise out of the building like the natural chimney," said Chief Brian Enterline of the Harrisburg Bureau of Fire.

The move could prevent the flames in a house fire from spreading to nearby homes while giving people who may be trapped inside a better chance at survival.

Enterline hopes the training can better prepare firefighters and help them save more lives in the Susquehanna Valley.

Demolition project in Harrisburg gives firefighters opportunity to train

WGAL News 8

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