High-Rise Simulations Help To Hone Skills For Any Big Blaze

January 19, 2007 California - As thick smoke filled the darkened seventh-floor hallway of the Fremont Marriott hotel, firefighters had no time to panic. They had to remain calm because they had a job to do stay safe, save lives and extinguish the fire. Those were some of the lessons that fire instructors were teaching Bay Area crews Thursday during a training exercise held at the south Fremont hotel. More than 150 firefighters from three counties attended the all- day exercise in fighting high-rise ...