Some have jobs. Some have families. Some are recent high school graduates. Some are retired military. Some are college graduates. They are all future firefighters.
One month into the new school year, 33 men and women are part of the tenth class of firefighters being trained at the Lake Tahoe Community College’s program, the Lake Tahoe Basin Fire Academy. This year’s class started with 36 students, but some find out early on how physically demanding the program is and they find it isn’t for them.
