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PHOTOS: Port Angeles Fire Department stays prepared

Port Angeles Fire Department Capt. Terry Reid, left, watches as firefighter Michael Stroobant, center,practices lock breaking with fellow firefighter Dayvid Rypinski standing by during a drill Tuesday at the former Harbor Art gallery on Railroad Avenue in Port Angeles. The building, which is set to be demolished this fall to make way for a luxury hotel constructed by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, was temporarily turned over to the fire department for training for incidents in commercial buildings.

Port Angeles firefighter Bruce Symonds, right, prepares to enter the former Harbor Art gallery on Railroad Avenue in Port Angeles and fellow firefighter Chad Schoonhoven readies himself to follow during a practice session Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles firefighter Bruce Symonds, right, prepares to enter the former Harbor Art gallery on Railroad Avenue in Port Angeles and fellow firefighter Chad Schoonhoven readies himself to follow during a practice session Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles firefighter Chad Schoonhoven practices techniques to raise and lower a fire ladder during a drill at the former Harbor Art gallery on Railroad Avenue in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles firefighter Chad Schoonhoven practices techniques to raise and lower a fire ladder during a drill at the former Harbor Art gallery on Railroad Avenue in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles firefighter George Kourdani walks behind construction fencing in front of the former Harbor Art gallery on the Port Angeles waterfront during a training drill in the building Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles firefighter George Kourdani walks behind construction fencing in front of the former Harbor Art gallery on the Port Angeles waterfront during a training drill in the building Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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