The highlight of week 4 was the firefighting training at Bethpage Fire Services Academy. No illusions here, that fire is the real deal!

Getting to know your equipment, in this case a fire hose nozzle, is very important.	Shooting a solid stream of water has some force behind it!
Listening to the Chief explain how we're going to attack a fire inside the compartment.	Group photo of some of the ensigns in front of the pumper truck.
Putting out the "bow" of the "ship" which was lit on fire with home heating oil and gasoline.	Getting ready to put on our self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
ENS Francisco getting a hand with her SCBA.	Preparing to keep cool the side of a container which contained a fire (and some of us firefighters-in-training) inside.
Keeping the top of the same container cool.	We definitely got a bit dirty that day...
A group photo of us all decked out w/ SCBAs and turnout gear.	Getting to know our fire extinguishers before we attacked a big oil fire on the "bow".
ENS Rouse attacking the oil fire.	ENS Melicharek getting ready to attack the fire.
Putting out the fire was a smoky mess.	ENS Daum waiting next for her turn at the bow fire.
The last exercise was a simlulated gasoline leak that needed extinguishing.	Even though it's lit, this shot is of a small fire. During this exercise it became quite large.