Biloxi Fire recruits face real-life emergency scenarios in final training exercise

BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- Biloxi firefighters recruits put their training to the test in a multi-agency exercise.

It’s the final test for recruits before completing their training.

The exercise, called ‘shift outta luck,’ puts recruits in real-life emergency scenarios to prepare them for what they could face on the job.

Fire departments from Ocean Springs, Long Beach, Biloxi, and Gautier are all taking part to challenge the newest recruit class. Biloxi Fire Assistant Chief Wes Small said, “So tonight, what we’re going to try to do is we’re going to try to simulate. We’ll have everything from structure fires to medical emergencies to water rescues to motor vehicle accidents, and so those are all the type of events that they could be faced with and tasked with every day once they get on shift, so we make sure that we try to simulate that as best as possible. This has been a great training event that we’ve really started probably in the past three recruit classes, but it actually is so popular that now, as you can possibly see, that we got multiple agencies coming in to participate and help facilitate this training event.”

The completion of the event marks the final phase of their training.