The members of the Pleasant Valley Fire District recently attended the Dutchess County Fire Training Center to hone their skills on flammable gas fires. Although not very frequent thankfully, the results of an uncontrolled leak could be disastrous.

The intense hands-on training covered how to size-up a scene, approaching from the uphill, upwind side whenever possible, allowing natural ventilation to keep the product away from responders and how to stop the threat.