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shoulder of a second instructor. I trailed along behind. Just handling the extra weight of the tanks and coat and trying to manouver in hip boots was difficult. As we approached the fire, the heat became more and more intense. Nearer the ground, the temperature was lower but crawling with a heavy air tank balanced on my shoulders was close to impossible so I compromised and hunched over as far as I could.
I was inside for less than half the time the fire fighters had to endure. 1 went on a trip that did not involve actually using the hoses. And it was still hot. so hot that when I finally pulled out of my coat, I could have wrung a stream of perspiration from my shirt. But the fireman tell me that dry heat is nothing compared to the steam that slides in under protective covering to blister the skin.
Afterwards. I listened while Frankie Huff talked with his five-member crew, most of them junior fire fighters.
“You were good!” one young fireman said admiringly to Sheila Scott, an Amissville volunteer who must tip the scale at just about twice what her gear weighs.
“But 1 was scared. It never was that hot before,” said the little veteran.
"At least you didn’t stop,” added another student.
“Anybody want a crying towel?” the senior member of the crew joked.
"I could feel the steam coming up through my boots. It was soooo dark and then we came around the corner and I saw the fire. It was like the sun coming up. I didn’t want to look into it," a junior fireman explained.
“It will be hotter when we go in the second time and use water,” Sheila reported, eliciting groans from her compatriots. “And that hose
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