LIVE BURN, 1404 Salem Church Road
18 May 2002

After several months of waiting we finally got the go-ahead to burn down the old abandoned house on Salem Church Road. We had a great turn-out, and got about 50 burns out of this structure.

Special thanks to Fairview Fire Department (Ashley Pierce and Scot Camden) who provided us with SR-1 to fill our SCBA bottles throughout the day. Also thanks to the Apex Police Department (Susan Sellers and Jack Edwards) for managing traffic control.

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Before!

Donald Fuller, Arnold Fuller, Ashley Pierce

Instructors Chris Dawson and Ricky Boykin (Chief, Summerfield FD)

Jerry Horton operates Tanker 6

Crews in rehab (Stephen Schmaus, George Miser, Ian Bass, John Hellmann, Bert Goodman, Brian Crawford)

Junior members Travis Hansen and Stephen Townsend

Smoke showing

Scot Camden (Fairview FD), Charles Reavis, Trent Burton, Dave Auchmoody

Mike McDougald operates our brand new HME pumper

Who shrunk Sean Woody!

Charles Orlowski gets ready to make entry

Instructor Matt Donaldson takes a break

All the rooms were filled with hay and pallettes, then doused with diesel fuel

Some of the hottest burns came from the kitchen area

Mark Coats, Jody Paxton, Mike Beasley stand by as the fire is set

The final burn

The instructors (Ricky Boykin, Sue-Lynn Hinson, Chris Dawson, Scooter Carter, Matt Donaldson, Chad Edmunds)

Getting hot, time to GO!

Mike Beasley, Mark Coats, Jeff Maynard, Charles Reavis, Jody Paxton, Chris Dawson

The new guys (Brian Crawford, Bert Goodman, John Hellmann, Stephen Schmaus) - you know what's coming next, don't you?

Lesson #1: Always be suspicious if the old-timers ask all the new guys to stand in the same place at the same time.

They needed a shower anyways.

Matt Donaldson and Chris Dawson show 'em how it's done

Fully involved

Smokin' out the neighbors

Roof collapse

Scooter and his .5

Kevin Rink and Dave Auchmoody

Arnold and Donald Fuller

Scooter makes the most important announcement of the day - LUNCH!

Instructor Ricky Boykin


John Hellmann, Bert Goodman

Instructor Chad Edmunds

Fuller soaks down the grass

Knocking down the chimney

No comment necessary (Dave Auchmoody, Matt Donaldson)

The following photos were supplied by Chris and Tara Dawson.