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Fire Drill
Illinois Fire Services Institute Instructor Joe Drennan (right) walks with IFSI students (from right) Michael Zimmerman, Hickory Point Fire Department, Trent Short, Urbana Fire Department, and Bart Owens, Mattoon Fire Department, as they help put out a fire set to a car at the IFSI, 11 Gerty Drive, Champaign, on Wednesday morning. The car, a Dodge Durango donated by Chrysler, was used to demonstrate how airbags affect safety for firefighters dealing with automobile fires. "One of the things we have to look out for and be aware of is airbags in any car fire," said IFSI instructor Dan Czarnecki (not pictured). "With airbags ... virtually now in every vehicle, how safe is it for firemen? What hazards do they have to look at?"
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