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Photos: Chattanooga firefighters participate in rope-rescue training scenario

Firefighter William Crackel, right, helps "rescue" Capt. David Tallent at the Chattanooga State Office Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Firefighters were participating in a rope-rescue training scenario on the third day of a two-week long class. Firefighter William Crackel, right, helps "rescue" Capt. David Tallent at the Chattanooga State Office Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Firefighters were participating in a rope-rescue training scenario on the third day of a two-week long class.

By C.B. Schmelter July 25, 2019 1 min read

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Capt. David Tallent prepares to rappel down the side of the Chattanooga State Office Building, on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, to get into position to simulate a victim for a firefighter to come rescue him on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Firefighters were participating in a rope-rescue training scenario on the third day of a two-week long class.

Firefighter William Crackel, top, rappels down the Chattanooga State Office Building, on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, to "rescue" Capt. David Tallent, bottom, on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Firefighters were participating in a rope-rescue training scenario on the third day of a two-week long class.

Firefighter Ross Mason prepares to rappel down the Chattanooga State Office Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Firefighters were participating in a rope-rescue training scenario on the third day of a two-week long class.

Firefighter William Crackel, left, undos ropes after rappelling down the Chattanooga State Office Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Firefighters were participating in a rope-rescue training scenario on the third day of a two-week long class.

Firefighter Ross Mason, right, helps "rescue" Capt. Adam Couch at the Chattanooga State Office Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Firefighters were participating in a rope-rescue training scenario on the third day of a two-week long class.

Chattanooga firefighters participated in a rope-rescue training scenario on the third day of a two-week long class on the side of the Chattanooga State Office Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Wednesday, July 24, 2019.