Remember the story of Huck Finn or maybe it was Tom Sawyer that had to paint the fence. He convinced his friends that it was so much fun that they begged him to let them do it. Here is the scrappers version to the story. During the cutting torch training I was working with the fire chiefs of two major mid western cities. We got to be friends and shared information. They informed me they would love to have a play ground like the power plant to practice the skills of their crews. They said 10 stories of exposure and practicing dropping steel in an exact location (think lumber jacks) would be the best training environment they could imagine. It is not practical for them to send teams to this site, but they provided contacts from their network of local search and rescue teams, Oklahoma Task Force, and area fire departments to contact to take advantage of this situation. They could not imagine any of these groups passing on a once in a life time opportunity.
So here are the benefits: They provide free labor, tackle the most dangerous situations, provide safety advice, and I know they will be to our rescue if we need them. The best benefit will be the public relations created for the company I work for. The company could get media coverage for helping the public entities while benefiting personally. If this works out I will document it with pictures and video's.
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