Moving Image / Basic Fire Control Course - Oil Firefighting

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Title: Basic Fire Control Course - Oil Firefighting
Creator: California Department of Forestry
Date Created and/or Issued: 1971
Contributing Institution: Cal Fire Museum
Collection: California Revealed from Cal Fire Museum
Rights Information: Public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Silent color footage depicts live-fire training drills in firefighting techniques for flammable liquids and gases at the California Division of Forestry Fire Academy for the "Basic Fire Control" course. Taken by Ray Higgins, March 1971 at the Cal Fire Academy in Ione, CA, opening footage of CalFire Academy grounds as they existed shortly after opening in 1967. Due to modern hazardous materials laws and environmental restrictions, live fire training drills like these using actual petroleum products are no longer permitted in California.
Type: moving image
Format: Reversal
Original
Silent
Color
16mm film
Form/Genre: Nonfiction films
Extent: 1 Reel of 1
Identifier: casbcfm_000012
Language: English
Subject: Firefighters
California. Department of Forestry
Provenance: Cal Fire Museum
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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