SWAMPSCOTT — Firefighters ran training drills Tuesday at a home on Nichols Street that is scheduled to be demolished.
Smoke leaked out of the windows and doors of the small, one-story building while members of the Swampscott Fire Department went in and out, and climbed up ladders to cut holes in the roof with a chainsaw to allow for ventilation.
“We try to take the opportunity to get some practice whenever there’s a building being demolished,” said Fire Chief Graham Archer. “Today, they’re practicing searches and forcible entry.”
Archer said that the department will have four training groups practicing on the building on different days this week before it is demolished. Running the drills allows them to be better prepared when they face a real fire.
