DUNLAP, Tenn. — The alarms were silent. The rescue trucks and fire engines were tucked neatly away in their stations.
But inside the Dunlap fire station, Scotty Holland and his peers were taking a test on how to extinguish a fire inside a structure.
In order to align with Tennessee’s new regulations for volunteer firefighter training, volunteers from six local departments were participating in a weekly three-hour training class.
New volunteers must take 16 hours of free training to be certified. All volunteers must take 64 more hours within three years at a cost of $95 and participate in a live burn at the Tennessee Fire Academy in Bell Buckle.