Reporter photos by Jeff Jellison
One of the world’s largest fire training conferences kicked off in Indianapolis Monday and will continue through the weekend. More than 30,000 firefighters from across the nation and Canada are attending the annual Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC). It features hands-on training and more than 300 classroom sessions this week. During the FDIC, firefighters are being bussed from the Convention Center to Westfield to participate in live fire training exercises in vacant houses located on Union Street south of State Road 32. Training officers will set fires inside the residences so firefighters can learn proper techniques to extinguish them.
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