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Name: Jason Rains Age: 39 Job: Lieutenant with Chattanooga Fire Department Years in the job: 15 with the Chattanooga Fire Department, 2.5 years as an instructor Best part: “Being able to take the experiences that I’ve had and learned from and to help teach and mold the new cadets into the type of firemen and women that we need out there.” Worst part: “When you have a recruit that isn’t up to standards and you have to let them go.”
Chattanooga Fire Department Training Instructor Lt. Jason Rains works with academy recruits as they participate in natural gas extinguishing drills at the CFD training facility at Moccasin Bend on May 16, 2014. Twenty-Five recruits are half way through the 26-week program, some will graduate to become Firefighters in September.Explore More Embedded Articles
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Lt. Jason Rains has just about seen it all.
He spent more than 10 years as a firefighter on one of Chattanooga’s busiest stations – Station Five on Willow Street – before switching to become an instructor for the city’s fire academy.
Now he teaches new recruits how to do what he did: how to be the first person on scene, how to safely negotiate a fire, how to watch out for your crew, how to deal with the tough calls.