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The Battalion
Wednesday, July 24,1991
The Battalion
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Jayme Blaschke
Opinion Editor
Keith Sartin
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Advancement offered in fire training
Firefighters
get hands-on
experience
By Melinda Cox
The Battalion
Firefighting is not about
money, glory or power, but
about saving lives and property,
said a volunteer firefighter at
Texas A&M's 62nd Annual Mu
nicipal Texas Firemen's Training
School.
Cecil Trantham with the
Crabs Prairie Volunteer Fire De
partment is one of more than
5,000 firefighters involved in the
school.
Firefighters from 15 states and
23 countries are attending this
year's training school, which
ends Friday.
Trantham is at the school to
complete an officer and devel
opment course, but many
courses are available.
The school offers 27 courses to
suit the varied needs of different
firefighters, said Charles Page,
director of the Fire Protection
Training Division for A&M's
Texas Engineering Extension
Service.
Page said the courses provide
hands-on training under field
conditions at Bray ton Firemen's
Field on A&M's West Campus.
Courses include instruction
on how to use breathing appara
tus and hoses, fire department
pump operation and two rescue
classes.
"There are four levels offered
for firefighters," Page said. "For
example. Firefighting 1 teaches
firefighters how to use ladders,
deal with hose loads and how to
extinguish propane, oil and car
fires.
"Firefighting 2 deals with ven
tilation, fire tactics and emer
gency care."
Page said firefighters must
complete one course before pro
gressing to the next level.
Officers also attend classes to
Firefighters practice putting out fires on the pressure pit manifold and
drip pan exercise Tuesday afternoon at the Brayton Firefighting School.
RICHARD S. JAMES/The Battalion
Firefighters from 15 states and 23 countries are attending this year’s
training school, which ends Friday.
advance to further levels. Page
said. Officer development
classes include instruction on
fire department organization
and management, salvage and
overhaul and rescue operations.
Trantham said he is working
on the advanced level of the
program.
"There are different levels be
ginning with the basic level that
requires 162 hours to be com
pleted," Trantham said. "It is
similar to receiving a doctoral
degree in college. The class is a
bit like a teaching class because
of the methods used:— methods
such as preparations, applica
tions and testing."
Trantham said firefighters
usually spend more time in the
classroom than they do fighting
fires.
"Fifty percent of our time is
spent in training, 40 percent is
spent in fund raising and only
10 percent of our time is spent
actually fighting fires," Tran
tham said.
Firefighting courses, how
ever, are not free. The five-day
training sessions cost $200.
Dorm rooms are $75 for the
week.
Trantham said that is a lot of
money when many firefighters
volunteer their time to fire de
partments.
Page sajfj, however, cuts have
been made to keep costs dg .vn,
adding that public dem-
See Tuition/Page 6
Corps commander wins award at training camp
By Robin Goodpaster
The Battalion
John Sherman, next fall's
Corps commander, recently won
a prestigious award at an offi
cer's training camp in Ft. Lewis,
Wash.
Sherman, a 21-year-old senior
history major from Victoria, was
rated No. 1 out of 350 members
in his regiment. On a scale from
1 to 5, with five being the high
est, Sherman received a five.
Only the top 10 percent of the
camp received a top rating.
The camp is designed to im
prove basic military skills and
evaluate leadership potential for
future officers.
Cadets learn basic military
skills such as rifle shooting, land
navigation and outdoor chal
lenges such as repelling. Survi
val in extreme environments —
such as chemical warfare scenar-
also is stressed.
ios
Sherman said academic
knowledge also played an im
portant role in the cadet's educa
tion. He also added that the ca
dets had to be constantly on
guard to impress their superiors.
Sherman said the camp taught
cadets to coordinate platoons
and make sure all soldiers were
fed.
"The cadets really get to run
the camp," Sherman said.
He said one example of this is
making sure one's regiment gets
to the right place at the right
time.
Sherman said competition is
very steep to be promoted to ac
tive duty. Cadets must earn a
rating of at least a four to be
placed on active duty.
Sherman said he was sur
prised to get the award, adding
that he believed the other cadets
had more technical training.
See Leadership/Page 6
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Walkout disrupts House debate on education
AUSTIN (AP)
was forced to tern
The House
porarily stop
debating an education bill Tues
day night after a walkout by re
negade lawmakers angry over a
vote to cut funding for pre-kin
dergarten classes for 3-year-olds.
cated a quorum wasn't present.
Speaker Gib Lewis ordered the
chamber doors locked and sent
House staffers to round up the
missing lawmakers.
When a subsequent vote indi-
State troopers also were
alerted but not sent after the law
makers, said Ron Hinkle, chief
House sergeant-at-arms.
The walkout lasted nearly an
hour, during which many of the
protesting legislators met with
Gov. Ann Richards, who had
been hosting a Governor's Man
sion reception for new Education
Commissioner Lionel "Skip”
Meno.
"We're hoping that the gover
nor can tell us why the House
stinks," said Rep. Harold Dut
ton, D-Houston.
Richards said she telephoned
Lewis and told him the lawmak
ers were at the mansion and that
was encouraging them to return.
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