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Helmet Cam: Watch firefighters train in burning Virginia Beach building

Posted at 3:28 PM, Feb 13, 2015
and last updated 2015-02-14 06:27:54-05

Virginia Beach, Va. (WTKR) - It is a unique perspective on the dangerous environment firefighters encounter daily: a burning building, filled with smoke.

On Friday, firefighters from Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Chesapeake gathered to train together at the Virginia Beach Fire Training Center as part of the Tri-City Fire Department Automatic Aid initiative.

Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Norfolk train for automatic fire aid plan

NewsChannel 3 was invited to attend and we strapped a GoPro camera to the helmets of two Virginia Beach Firefighters.

Check out the raw video giving you the perspective of a firefighter putting his life on the line to search a burning building and put out the fire.