Fire training at 501 Broadway

Firefighter Jamie Hann takes a turn at window breaking during the training session.

Firefighter Bryan Stroer breaks an interior window during the training session.

Capt. John Ryan, left, Capt. Randy Morris Jr. and firefighter Nick Moore examine a brick wall outside the old building.

Firefighters Jamie Hann, left, and Drew Goodale practice wall breaching.

Firefighter Bryan Stroer climbs the ladder that was used to break the second-floor window.

Battalion Chief Fred Vincel directs firefighters in breaking a window by using the ladder before climbing it to clear the window frame.

Firefighter Sam Jenne breaks out a second-floor window.

Firefighter Sam Jenne smashes the window frame before entering the building.

Firefighter Sam Jenne simulates searching a smoke-filled room after entering from the window.

Firefighter Bryan Stroer simulates a self-rescue through a hole chopped through a wall.

The result of a wall-breaching exercise.

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)

The firefighters are using the old building for various training scenarios before it is razed.

Cape Girardeau firefighters are training in the building at Broadway and Middle Street before it is demolished.