Naval Firefighters Training...

tirediron · May 14, 2015

Some images from an interesting (and warm) shoot the other evening. These are Royal Canadian Navy sailors conducting shipborne helicoper crash-rescue and firefighting training at the naval damage control training facility. The first image shows the helicopter simulator prior to 'burning'. It's fueled by liquid propane and each "burn" uses enough propane to fill about 2500 normal barbecue bottles. The remainder show the simulator 'burning' and the students practicing their firefighting procedures.

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Derrel · May 14, 2015

YIKES!!!!!!

Some good stuff here. Were any hotdogs or marshmallows harmed?

Gary A. · May 14, 2015

Good stuff. I love fires.

MSnowy · May 14, 2015

Nice set!

HaveCameraWillTravel · May 14, 2015

They used to have one in San Diego that used old fuel and oil as the fuel. It was fun (I was a Damage Controlman in the Navy). But, sadly with all the epa rules the modern simulators are propane and just not as much fun. :frown-new:

BrickHouse · May 14, 2015

Great pics! Looks like you had nice access!

tirediron · May 14, 2015

Derrel said:
YIKES!!!!!!

Some good stuff here. Were any hotdogs or marshmallows harmed?

No, unfortunately.... ;(

Gary A. said:
Good stuff. I love fires.

Thanks Gary!

MSnowy said:
Nice set!

Thanks Mike!

HaveCameraWillTravel said:
They used to have one in San Diego that used old fuel and oil as the fuel. It was fun (I was a Damage Controlman in the Navy). But, sadly with all the epa rules the modern simulators are propane and just not as much fun.

No; the old one here used to burn diesel and waste oil, but was shut down about ten years ago.

agp · May 15, 2015

Cool stuff, I would have tried a faster shutter speed (assuming you weren't shooting on the fastest) to give the fire more definition. Right now it looks all smudged.

snowbear · May 15, 2015

3, 5, 6 & 8 are sweet. Thank you for posting.

mmaria · May 15, 2015

interesting and some good shots there

waday · May 15, 2015

Wow! These are great! Number 5!

tirediron · May 15, 2015

BrickHouse said:
Great pics! Looks like you had nice access!

Thanks, yes, I did and was able to get quite close. I may try again later in the year and actually suit up and get right in there.

agp said:
Cool stuff, I would have tried a faster shutter speed (assuming you weren't shooting on the fastest) to give the fire more definition. Right now it looks all smudged.

Thanks! The smudging is a result of the freeware image size reducer that I use that crunches 5+mb .jpg files into ~75kb files in about half a second. The full res files are nicely sharp.

snowbear said:
3, 5, 6 & 8 are sweet. Thank you for posting.

Thank-you!

mmaria said:
interesting and some good shots there

Thanks Maria!

waday said:
Wow! These are great! Number 5!

Much appreciated Wade!

oldhippy · May 15, 2015

Exceptional shots. You can feel the emotion. Had to do that in 1957 at Great Lakes. Put out a plane, also a bunker. Used foam on the plane. Spray on the bunker fire. Nasty part of boot training. Ed

baturn · May 15, 2015

wow! That's not the way I remember it at all. Nice shots.

Wizard1500 · May 15, 2015

Training is fun....the real thing is not.....I was #1 OBA in an engine room fire in 1974.....not much fun at all.....in fact, in my 5 1/2 yrs in the USN, I fought 4 fires.....that was 40 years ago....something you don't forget...great pics....