CONTROLLED FIRE EXERCISE HELD AT LAKE CITY CHURCH

by Brendan White
Community Service Day at Lake City, Fla., Church on Sunday, April 17, included a controlled exercise by Columbia County Fire Department. The exercise taught children and adults how to survive if they should find themselves trapped in a burning building.
Church members invited friends from throughout the community to participate in this potentially life-saving event. Children learned how to stop, drop, and roll should they ever find themselves in a room filled with smoke. Suddenly, the room was magically filled with smoke so the students could practice what they had learned.
Paramedics and Columbia County Fire and Rescue assisted with the exercise. Trauma One team made a grand entrance with their arrival by helicopter. Officer Jackson from the Sheriff’s Department was also on hand to demonstrate training techniques for a K-9 dog.