This from Drew Smith:
On February 6th, the NIPSTA Firefighter Academy candidates were instructed on working from an aerial and on Bangor ladder raises. Due to the temperatures being near zero NIPSTA Truck 1 was set up inside and the class conducted using the two-and-one-half story RIT prop.
![firefighter training with big ladders](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-06_NIPSTA-1.jpg)
Drew Smith photo
![firemen training at indoor location](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-06_NIPSTA-2.jpg)
Drew Smith photo
![firemen train with Bangor ladder](http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-06_NIPSTA-3.jpg)
Drew Smith photo