PHOTO: Mountain Disaster Preparedness: Fire extinguisher training

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Chris Fox, on the Safe and Well Committee for Mountain Disaster Preparedness, blasts at an imaginary fire target with a common household ABC chemical extinguisher. Use of various extinguishers was part of the Small Fire Safety and Suppression training, which MDP held last Thursday at the Idyllwild Fire Station. Photo by John Drake
Chris Fox, on the Safe and Well Committee for Mountain Disaster Preparedness, blasts at an imaginary fire target with a common household ABC chemical extinguisher. Use of various extinguishers was part of the Small Fire Safety and Suppression training, which MDP held last Thursday at the Idyllwild Fire Station.
Photo by John Drake

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