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Firefighters Join Forces To Battle Home Blaze
Warrenton fireman Mark Gault (third from left) and Brent Dillard
(sixth from left) of the Inez Volunteer Fire Department oversee the
procedure whereby water is hosed from a tanker into a pool and then
drafted from the pool for use in extinguishing the fire. Bystanders
are pictured observing in the foreground.
A pumper belonging to the Afton-Elberon Fire
Department drafts water from a creek to fill
(ankers at the scene of a recent fire at the home
of William Caudle. Pictured beside the pumper is
Jay Haynes, Afton-Elberon fireman.
A crucial piece of equipment to the firefighter is
this breathing apparatus, valued at $1,000, which
can provide approximately 30 minutes of air to the
user. The air tanks can be refilled on the fire scene.
Staff Photos By Dianne T. Rodwell
And Howard F. Jones
Norlina fireman Charles
Medlin takes a short break from
fire-fighting while a colleague
refills the air tank of Medlin's
breathing apparatus.
Michael Norwood, member of
the Cokesbury Volunteer Fire
Department, aids local
volunteers when his schedule per
mits, as it did during a recent
house fire in the Inez area.
Rich Knisely is followed up the ladder and assisted by Michael Nor
wood as water is applied to the blaze in the attic area of a frame dwell
ing at Rt. 2, Warrenton.
After knocking a hole in the foundation of the burning dwelling,
Fireman George Alston (standing) of the Inez department and Rich
Knisely of the Warrenton Rural department prepare ito attack the
blaze from underneath the house.
Getting everything in place on this tanker which
hauls water from the pumper at the creek to the
dump tank at the fire scene are, counterclockwise
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