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A small collection of images stemming from coverage for an article for SMITHSONIAN Magazine on firefighting

Firefighters train at the Colorado Firefighting Academy in Durango using
a "fan" technique used to push the heat back as they move closer to the fire

During a training session, a fire captian briefs fireman on
training skills after a live fire is fought

Los Angeles County Fire Dept. recruits check their pulse rate after a sunrise training run

Today's firemen must be prepared for any disaster. Here a collection of
varied "Haz-Mat" (hazardous materials) suits

Los Angeles Fire Dept. rescues a person who has fallen from
a cliff along the Pacific Ocean

Fire Chiefs from the L.A.F.D. respond to a grass fire in Griffith Park set by an arsonist

Training at the L.A.F.D.'s specially designed training house, a firefighter
cuts his way through the ceiling of a lower floor to reach a stranded dummy in
total darkness. The image lite only by the camera flash as he pops through the
floor responding only to the voice of the chief standing to the right

Training session at the Colorado Firefighters Academy held in Durango.
Teams members close in on a propane fire carefully controlled by the man
sitting in the chair on the right

Firefighters endure incredible heat, pressure and smoke in a trailer fire set
at the Colorado Firefighters Academy in Durango

A "haz-mat" team douses a over turned semi-truck in Colorado

The L.A.F.D. extinguishes a fire set by arsonists in Los Angeles' Griffith Park

Excessive heat causes paint to peel from a train car after a fire
in Colorado Springs, Colorado

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