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The Lee County Sheriff's Department is now working with the Albany Crime stoppers. The Lee County Sheriff's Department asked to join the Albany Crime-stoppers program. The Sheriff's Department believesMore >>
The Lee County Sheriff's Department is now working with the Albany Crime stoppers. The Lee County Sheriff's Department asked to join the Albany Crime-stoppers program. The Sheriff's Department believes it will be a helpful tool in closing some cases.
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How would you save your pets life if a tornado touched down here in South Georgia? Tuesday's tornado ripped through Oklahoma taking 24 lives, and today families are still searching for their belongingsMore >>
How would you save your pets life if a tornado touched down here in South Georgia? Tuesday's tornado ripped through Oklahoma taking 24 lives, and today families are still searching for their belongings and pets that were lost during the storm More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:43 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:43:09 GMT
Some princesses and super heroes made a stop in Albany Wednesday to visit young patients at Phoebe Putney Memorial hospital. Spiderman, Ariel and a few others made rounds to the children on the pediatricMore >>
Some princesses and super heroes made a stop in Albany Wednesday to visit young patients at Phoebe Putney Memorial hospital. More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:40 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:40:51 GMT
Students and teachers at a south Georgia school dedicated a special spot to a little girl killed in a school bus crash two weeks ago. Several other Pataula Charter Academy students were injured in thatMore >>
Students and teachers at Pataula Charter Academy dedicated a park bench on the playground of the school where 10-year-old Jordyn Doughtie was a student.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:31 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:31:56 GMT
Jurors heard closing arguments Wednesday afternoon in the aggravated assault trial of three South Georgia men charged with beating a man in the parking lot of a northwest Albany club. Prosecutors sayMore >>
Prosecutors say three men beat a man in an Albany club parking lot so fiercely they fractured his skull.More >>
ALBANY, GA (WALB) -
Firefighters in Albany are working hard to make sure they're prepared to save lives. Albany firefighters are always on the go. When they're not fighting fires or responding to calls, they're practicing and going through rigorous drills to ensure they're ready to handle whatever comes their way.
"In 19 years, we've done it many times," said Albany firefighter Joey Thompson. Thompson has been through hundreds of hours of training exercises throughout his 19 year career. "I would hope practice makes perfect but nothing can prepare you for the real thing, I've been there when he doesn't make it and he's laying at your feet and there is nothing that you can do," said Thompson.
On Monday, the focus was performing search and rescues. Firefighters had to blindly find a victim trapped somewhere inside of a smoke filled building. It is a scenario that a firefighter could be placed in at any moment. In fact, every call they respond to they must first perform a search in case someone is trapped.
"It takes time to condition yourself for it, every structure fire is not the same, every stove fire is not the same and every car wreck is not the same," said Thompson. Those years of training help firefighters gain more confidence in approaching these scenarios.
"If we train well enough, hopefully we can reduce the damage and save a life," said Thompson. The firefighters have already completed four training drills and we are only a month into 2013 at this rate firefighters are prepared to do what it takes to save lives.
Firefighters had to blindly find a victim trapped somewhere inside of a smoke filled building
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