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Fire department recruits show off skills to families

Family and friends watch demonstrations during Firefighter Family Night in Gainesville on Friday. Family members of recruit class 44 came out for food and demonstrations of different exercises they will encounter in the field. - photo by David Barnes

0624FIRE 0010 — Family and friends watch demonstrations during Firefighter Family Night in Gainesville on Friday. Family members of recruit class 44 came out for food and demonstrations of different exercises they will encounter in the field. - photo by David Barnes

Amid the smoke and smells of burning debris, Luanne Cape and family watch her son go to work. Andrew Cape and the other 10 recruits for Hall County Fire Services 44th recruit class performed exercises Friday night for families at the Allen Creek Training Center in Gainesville. “The training has been very difficult.