Northwest Fire District Training

Rich Martinez, a Northwest Fire District captain and ignition officer, sets fire to a couple wood pallets for a training exercise at the district’s fire training facility in September.

Golder Ranch Fire District

Northwest Fire District Training

Northwest Fire District’s fire fighter Joe Kati, left, paramedic Dan Schur, middle, and engineer Neil Cotelman patch a simulated broken valve at the Northwest Fire District’s training facility.

Northwest Fire District Training

Prior to a live-fire training exercise, fire fighters spend the morning in a classroom learning new tactics for approaching fires.

Northwest Fire District Training

Rich Martinez, a Northwest Fire District captain and ignition officer, sets fire to a couple wood pallets, as Training Captain Brian Gard observes, prior to a training exercise at the district’s fire training facility.

Northwest Fire District Training

Fire fighters train for Positive Pressure Attack where they vent a house fire at one end and introduce a high-powered fan at the other end.

Northwest Fire District Training

At the Northwest Fire District’s training facility fire fighters have the opportunity to work on simulated calls on cars, trucks, tankers, and many forms of different buildings.

Northwest Fire District Training

A fire fighter exits room filled with smoke and fire during a training operation last week.

Northwest Fire District Training

Golder Ranch Fire District Battalion Chief Bill Foss, right, speaks with Picture Rocks Fire District firefighters prior to a training exercise at the Northwest Fire District’s training facility.

Northwest Fire District Training

Northwest Fire District Captain Kyle Williams communicates with other fire fighters during a training exercise last week.

Northwest Fire District Training

Smoke seeps from a fire training exercise at the Northwest Fire District’s training facility last week.

Congressional District 1 candidate

Patrick Gatti

Golder Ranch Fire District

J.D. Fitzgerald/Special to the Explorer, Traffic passes by the construction site of a new Golder Ranch Fire District station near Linda Vista Blvd., and Oracle Road.

Fire district moves ahead

Yaron Yarden/The Explorer, The proposed annexation would increase the Mountain Vista Fire District’s property value by $45.4 million. The governing board plans to have a public hearing on the matter Wednesday, April 29 at 6 p.m.