The students are part of a program that began 17 years ago to provide the town with additional firefighters.

The fear of a building collapse is a constant with firefighters.

As of yesterday morning, about 755 bodies had been identified, with 147 firefighters among them.

His father is a firefighter, in a family filled with firefighters.

When he opened his door again, the hallway was filled with black smoke and firefighters, who told him to stay put.

And with so many firefighters responding, the radio system was overwhelmed.

The fire blazed for just over an hour with more than 100 firefighters at the scene.

"Look at what they did here, man," he said, sitting to eat with firefighters in the broken glass and trash.

They are designed to be set up in around a half-minute with two firefighters.

In between are those with less seniority, the junior and middle firefighters.