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PHOTOS: Port Angeles Fire Department stays prepared

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, August 21, 2019

By Keith Thorpe

PHOTOS: Port Angeles Fire Department stays prepared
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PHOTOS: Port Angeles Fire Department stays prepared
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Port Angeles firefighter Bruce Symonds, right, prepares to enter the former Harbor Art gallery on Railroad Avenue in Port Angeles and fellow firefighter Chad Schoonhoven readies himself to follow during a practice session Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles firefighter Chad Schoonhoven practices techniques to raise and lower a fire ladder during a drill at the former Harbor Art gallery on Railroad Avenue in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles firefighter George Kourdani walks behind construction fencing in front of the former Harbor Art gallery on the Port Angeles waterfront during a training drill in the building Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles Fire Department Capt. Terry Reid, left, watches as firefighter Michael Stroobant, center,practices lock breaking with fellow firefighter Dayvid Rypinski standing by during a drill Tuesday at the former Harbor Art gallery on Railroad Avenue in Port Angeles. The building, which is set to be demolished this fall to make way for a luxury hotel constructed by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, was temporarily turned over to the fire department for training for incidents in commercial buildings.

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