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6:20AM | posted by Shelley Ng | October 29, 2009 | comments: 0

How The Bergen County Fire Academy Handles A Flashover

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The Bergen County Fire Academy will do flashover training. They are one of the few centers that can do this. A flashover is where the air in the room gets so hot that it erupts into flames. it's the number one killer of firefighters. they will show us how they train, how to identify a flashover and escape it.

Larry spoke with Senior Fire Instructor Al Gerber about training at the Academy, which is located in Mahwah, New Jersey.

For more on the Bergen County Fire Academy, visit www.co.bergen.nj.us.

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