Los Alamos Fire Department Academy personnel train Saturday morning at Station 2 on DP Road, home of the Department’s Training Division. The scenario included a ‘fallen’ firefighter’on the second floor. If you are interested in joining the elite, progressive, internationally-accredited, state-of-the-art Department, applications are being accepted until Sept. 26. LAPD offers up to $7,500 retention incentives within the first year of employment and housing/relocation allowances as well as paid training leave, two-year promotional cycles and health and wellness programs. For more information, go to https://www.losalamosnm.us/government/departments/fire_department/join_our_team. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Firefighters participate in an LAFD training exercise Saturday morning at Station 2 on DP Road. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

The LAFD training exercise Saturday morning include EMS response. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

A firefighter climbs a ladder to the second story of the building to attempt to retrieve a ‘fallen” firefighter during LAFD’s training exercise Saturday morning. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamos

LAFD personnel this morning at Station 2. Photo by Maire O”Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Smoke billows from the second story of the LAFD training building during an exercise Saturday morning. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Firefighters prepare to lower a ‘fallen’ firefighter to the ground through a second story window during a training exercise Saturday morning. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Emergency room physician Dr. Chris Hammond was on hand Saturday morning to observe a LAFD training exercise at Station 2 on DP Road. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com