Last year we were able to purchase the four houses east of the church. As mentioned yesterday, the first house is being remodeled into the new Parish Office. The other three houses will need to be moved, demolished or, in the case of the fourth house today, burned.This will allow us to expand our parking.
The Papillion Fire Department was able to do some training as they did a controlled burn today. Even a SWAT team used the site for practice the other day.
The street was closed during the drills today ...
... and the water was ready before the first fire was lit.
Above are air tanks for those venturing in the smoke.
There were a series of training exercises in the house with some initial test fires.
After all, this was a chance for them to learn. One fireman said that it's just in cases like this where they can do things like saw into an actual roof or work with a different floor plan.
News stations, and neighbors were out in earnest for the event.
After the exercises were finished, they
went ahead with the complete burn.
As the Fire Department finished, we were able to start knocking over what was left.
There's just some rubble left now.
In the midst of everything, some Papillion Fire Fighters even found the time to deputize some future fire fighters.
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