The city of Pratt played host to more than 50 firefighters who were in town July 7 and 8 as part of Kansas State Firefighters Association training sessions.
Firefighters from Pratt, Larned State Hospital, Sawyer, Cullison, Barber County, Anthony, Harper, Pratt County Rescue, Township 12, Kingman County, Ellis County, Reno County, Argonia and Ford County participated.
Lessons covered included vehicle extraction, pump operations (running the fire truck), search and rescue, building construction and structural collapse, fire cause and determination, ventilation, burn trailer and wildfires.
Instructors and experienced firefighters from the Kansas State Firefighters Association offered constant support for people going through the training for the first time.
“We had a lot of people encouraging them and helping them along,” said Pratt Fire Chief David Kramer. “It was an opportunity for inexperienced people to learn. Everybody seemed to enjoy it. No matter what the class is, they always take something away from it.”
(Read more: Pratt, KS – Pratt Tribune)