LAFD recruits training

LAFD recruits train at the Recruit Training Academy in Panorama City. Recruits clean up hose lines and lay them back into the engine.  (Michael Robinson Chavez/Los Angeles Times)

LAFD recruits train at the recruit training academy in Panorama City.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Erica Juergens was among 70 recruits picked to enter training at the LAFD’s Panorama City drill tower in January.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

LAFD recruits train at the Recruit Training Academy in Panorama City.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

LAFD recruits at the drill tower in Panorama City hustle during a training exercise on laying out hoses in the proper fashion.  (Michael Robinson Chavez/Los Angeles Times)

LAFD recruits train at the Recruit Training Academy in Panorama City. One of the skills taught is walking with a fire hose spraying at full volume.  (Michael Robinson Chavez/Los Angeles Times)

LAFD recruits train at the Recruit Training Academy in Panorama City. Recruits hustle during a training exercise to lay out hoses in proper fashion.  (Michael Robinson Chavez/Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Fire Department recruits participate in a training exercise in Panorama City.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

LAFD recruits train at the Recruit Training Academy in Panorama City. The recruits used reclaimed water when training with the fire hoses they will work with in the field.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)