Eastern Maine Community College fire science students practice ice water rescue in the Sedgeunkedunk Stream behind the Orrington Fire Department on Friday. “Any firefighter will tell you they’re a hands-on learner,” Christopher Beaumont, fire science department chair, said. “I can’t explain to them in a classroom setting what it feels like to put on that suit.”

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