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registered for one of several different classes to be taught during the first session of the two-weekend school.
I registered, along with about 25 other students, for the basic course: eight hours of instruction in the use of self-contained breathing apparatus (air-packs), and eight hours of instruction in the techniques of fighting structure fires.
Veteran volunteers registered for a 16-hour course in vertical rescue techniques using Amissville’s newly.completed five-story training tower; two classroom courses were also offered for prospective fire company officers and instructors.
Our group began with a morninglong classroom session on the function, use and maintenance of the breathing apparatus.
Our instructors (Frank Huff, Chief, Flint Hill Co. 4; Chuck Thompson, Battalion Chief, Fairfax City Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Science Instructor at Fauquier High School; and Stan Mettinger, Captain, Warrenton Volunteer Fire Department) are all certified by the Virginia Department of Fire Programs.
The instructors explained the function of each part of the breathing gear - tank, regulator and mask - before anyone was allowed to don any of the gear. After the operation was explained, we practiced assembling and breaking down the gear until we could do it with our eyes closed.
Only then were we allowed to put on the facemask, first holding it up to our faces and finally strapping it on. The instructors cautioned that some people have problems with claustrophobia when they put on the mask. “But it’s nothing to be ashamed of, or for anyone else to laugh at,” Mr. Thompson warned. “We can work with you - one on
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