The 9-1-1 distress call, the smell of smoke, the heat of flames, the weight of the 75-pound turnout gear, and the blood and adrenaline coursing through veins, is only some of what firemen experience every time they answer a call to extinguish a fire.
Firefighters at the New Albany Fire Department fight fires on a weekly, monthly and sometimes daily basis, and to keep them in practice, the chief and captains hold a monthly fire training session at Fire Station 2 on Deaton Street in New Albany. They call this address 123 Fire Academy Lane.