PHOTOS BY BILL BATES
FIREFIGHTERS TRAIN – (Above) Mount Ephraim Firefighter John Lafferty, III operates a rotary saw on a concrete wall during a training exercise at the former Haddonfield Lumber site as Firefighter Rich Schepacarter operates a water can extinguisher to control the dust. (BELOW) Firefighter Dave Engle operates a saw-zaw during a through the floor rescue exercise (a firefighter survival technique).
The MEFD has had several weeks of training ranging from firefighter safety/survival techniques to Firefighter Assistance Search Team (F.A.S.T.) training. The fire department has also been able to work with the Gloucester City Fire Department and the Audubon Fire Department at the former lumber yard after both departments inquired about combined training at the site.
The fire department is hoping to get a few more weeks of training at the site before it is scheduled to be demolished to make way for 40 homes.
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