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This is a drill
Blockhouse Road Live Fire Training 134
Firefighters and Southwest Tech Fire Instructors are from the fire departments in Platteville, Cuba City, Dodgeville, Hazel Green, Belmont, Shullsburg, Dickeyville, Fennimore, Ridgeway, Lancaster, Prairie du Chien, Barneveld, Onalaska, Boscobel and Darlington.

New firefighters from Platteville, Belmont, Dickeyville, Cuba City, Mineral Point, Dodgeville and other departments completed firefighter training through an exercise involving a burning house in the Town of Platteville Saturday. The new firefighters engaged in search-and-rescue exercises and putting out smaller fires before the house was burned down Saturday afternoon. Firefighters also worked to keep the flames inside the house and not grow to nearby buildings, power lines or trees. The exercise was conducted by Southwest Wisconsin Technical College.