Fire training at 501 Broadway
Fred Lynch
Monday, November 21, 2011
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department is using the 105-year-old building at 501 Broadway for fire training before it is razed.
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Firefighter Jamie Hann takes a turn at window breaking during the training session.
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Firefighter Bryan Stroer breaks an interior window during the training session.
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Capt. John Ryan, left, Capt. Randy Morris Jr. and firefighter Nick Moore examine a brick wall outside the old building.
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Firefighters Jamie Hann, left, and Drew Goodale practice wall breaching.
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Firefighter Bryan Stroer climbs the ladder that was used to break the second-floor window.
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Battalion Chief Fred Vincel directs firefighters in breaking a window by using the ladder before climbing it to clear the window frame.
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Firefighter Sam Jenne breaks out a second-floor window.
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Firefighter Sam Jenne smashes the window frame before entering the building.
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Firefighter Sam Jenne simulates searching a smoke-filled room after entering from the window.
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Firefighter Bryan Stroer simulates a self-rescue through a hole chopped through a wall.
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The result of a wall-breaching exercise.
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Cape Girardeau firefighter Jamie Hann practices self-rescue after chopping a hole through a wall inside the vacant building at 501 Broadway Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. The fire department is using the 105-year-old, two-story building for training before its owner, Trinity Lutheran Church, has it razed. The demolition permit was issued Nov. 8 and is good for 45 days.
(Fred Lynch)
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The firefighters are using the old building for various training scenarios before it is razed.
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Cape Girardeau firefighters are training in the building at Broadway and Middle Street before it is demolished.