Staff Photo by Mariann Martin/Chattanooga Times Free Press
A firefighter prepares to enter a smoke-filled building during training.
published Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
On Sunday there were 29, on Monday the number dropped to 25 and by Wednesday only 15 firefighters remained in the grueling Georgia Smoke Divers Class, all determined to walk away with a coveted black T-shirt given to graduates.