SAN ANTONIO – The Boy Scouts of America Fire Explorer program gives high school students hands-on experience to learn what it takes to be a real firefighter.
Saturday morning, 40 area students competed in five different events at the San Antonio Fire Training Academy that tested their firefighting skills.
One of those challenges included a difficult obstacle course where students in full firefighting gear had to drag a 140-pound mannequin, use a sledgehammer, go up and down three flights of stairs and drag an inflated 110-foot hose.
These obstacles are all challenges firefighters face in the real world.
Organizers said the program is intended to illustrate what it takes to be a firefighter, as well as spark their interest in the career field.