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Woodbury Trainee Firefighter Gets On-the-Job Experience

Hoses Down a Brush Fire under Supervision

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Nick Abouzeid, a trainee in the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Dept, helps quench a brush fire in the Quanopaug area on April 20th
Nick Abouzeid, a trainee in the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Dept, helps quench a brush fire in the Quanopaug area on April 20th (Woodbury Fire)

WOODBURY – Nick Abouzeid, a trainee firefighter with the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department, gets on-the-job experience (photo) in extinguishing a fast-moving brush blaze in the town’s wooded Quanopaug area. Behind him is Fire Capt Corey Shaker. A dozen firefighters in Engine 4 and Brush Truck 7 responded to the callout on Tuesday afternoon, April 20th. There was no damage or injury, said Fire Chief Janet B. Morgan. She said the burn was quickly extinguished. The Bethlehem VFD also sent a firetruck on standby in a mutual-aid response. ###

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