When a house on 10 Mile Road in Southfield became available to the city's fire and police departments for training, Southfield fire officials thought it would be a great hands-on opportunity to teach others about positive pressure attack.

During three days last week, about 130 firefighters of all ranks from departments in Dearborn, Livonia, Farmington Hills, Sterling Heights, Bloomfield Township, West Bloomfield Township, Waterford Township and Novi took part in the training, which involved controlled burns of the house and the fires put out using positive pressure attack. Some people learned inside the burning building, while others stood outside observing the fire behavior and how such attacks are coordinated.

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