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THERESA RE^ ISOLDS Rappahannock >«•*% Staff ^ ritcr
There was a time, not even a century ago. when the fire bell would ring and a horsedrawn water cart would respond. j*
If it took too long to find a horse in town, men would drag the cart, joining the line of men forming between the burning house and the nearest pond, creek or well to pass along pails of water in the old-fashioned “bucket brigade."
The portable pump was a big breakthrough in fire fighting. So were lightweight, durable ladders and hoses. Even more important, research into the nature and causes of fires has lifted fire fighting out of the realm of blind defense into a science taking years to master.
Paul Poling. Amissville Fire Chief, is an instructor in Fauquier High School’s Fire Science Program, a year-long curriculum requiring two hours a day of specific study.
Poling's classes are composed of juniors and seniors with one postgraduate
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