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Balcones Heights, Hollywood Park and Shavano Park firefighters take part in live-burn training in Bonham
Summary
Fire departments from Balcones Heights, Hollywood Park and Shavano Park conducted hands-on live-burn training at the San Antonio College Regional Fire Academy in Bonham, Texas. Chiefs said the scenarios strengthen skills and mutual-aid coordination and recommended broader participation, including dispatch.
On May (date not specified), Thomas Motelkin, identified in the transcript as fire chief of the Balcones Heights Fire Department, led a live-burn training exercise at the San Antonio College Regional Fire Academy in Bonham, Texas. Fire departments from Hollywood Park and Shavano Park also participated.
Organizers staged controlled structure fires so crews could practice the full sequence of an emergency response: taking the emergency call, arriving on scene,…
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