Findlay pushed across five runs in the top of the ninth inning to edge North Baltimore 8-7 in a District 1 American Legion baseball tournament game Thursday. To passers-by on County Road 236, the towering structure behind the Findlay Fire Station looks like a child's fantasy fort or wooden play set. However, the nearly completed handiwork of three firefighters will actually be a training ground for firefighters to learn how to rescue each other from burning buildings. The classes also will be made available to area township and village fire departments, Fire Capt. Jim Holmes said.
Stairs connect each floor.
But I've never built anything like this. They may eventually cut window-like openings into the side that will be enclosed with plywood, Holmes said. They are the only Findlay firefighters with such training, and they will be the ones teaching the course to other local firefighters. A beginning firefighter goes through a 300-hour course in putting out fires, saving civilians and handling equipment. Later, they learn techniques in rope rescue and working in confined space.