At fire academy, high school students earn class credit while training to be firefighters
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Instructor Mike Krzeminski works with a group of high school students at the Allegheny County Fire Training Academy in McCandless. Krzeminski is a former chief at Hilltop Hose in Harrison and former social studies teacher at Highlands.
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Allegheny County Fire Training Academy instructor Mike Krzeminski talks with students on how to size up a structure to handle emergency operations.
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Allegheny County Fire Training Academy instructor Jim Petruzzi, a retired Pittsburgh firefighter, talks with students on the importance of the positioning of fire trucks while battling fires.
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Students from several area school districts participated in an Allegheny County Fire Training Academy class at the county’s public safety training campus in McCandless.
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Highlands student Deanna Hoover, 18, holds a model of a house as students size up the structure for emergency operations.
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Brennan Marra of Highlands examines a threaded fire hose link to compare with other students for a match. Most fire companies use the international thread system, but the Pittsburgh region does not and adapters are used when needed.
