Area firefighters complete fire school

Trainees burn house as final test

THE TRAINEES pose in front of the burning house Saturday afternoon.

Firemen from Woonsocket, Artesian, Letcher and Mt. Vernon completed their fire school Saturday, a requirement for serving as a volunteer fire and rescue worker.
The trainees spent Saturday going through live drills and ultimately performing a controlled burn on a vacant house in Woonsocket. The house burned was a block west of Lake Prior between Colleen Swenson’s and Marc and Katy Olson’s.
Trainees graduating the school (pictured below, not in order) are: Brandon Goergen, Derek Foos, Garret Foos, Joe Sandness and Neal  Hiemstra of Woonsocket; Darin Amick, Shanna Jensen and Brandon Manchester of Letcher; Mike Kluth and Derek DeVries of Mt. Vernon; and Eric Eckman of Artesian.

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