Kevin Smith, fire and hazmat coordinator at Butler County Community College, demonstrates fire behavior in a Max Fire Box for recruits at the Fire Cadet Academy. The Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company’s academy concluded Friday, July 28, marking a record-year for the program with 17 participants. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle

The Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company’s Fire Cadet Academy concluded Friday, July 28, marking a record-year for the program with 17 participants.

Kevin Smith, fire and hazmat coordinator at Butler County Community College, kicked off the end of the week-long training with a live fire demonstration.

Smith, also deputy chief of the Butler Township Volunteer Fire District, demonstrated various fire behaviors for students with a Max Fire Box at the township’s Public Safety Training Facility.

Students also received training on rescue-company operations.

The day then culminated with a live demonstration where students simulated the various operations they drilled throughout the week and a graduation ceremony.

Kevin Smith, fire and hazmat coordinator at Butler County Community College, demonstrates fire behavior in a Max Fire Box for recruits at the Fire Cadet Academy. The Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company’s academy concluded Friday, July 28, marking a record-year for the program with 17 participants. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle

A recruit monitors a fire through an infrared camera at Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company’s Fire Cadet Academy. The week-long academy concluded Friday, July 28, marking a record-year for the program with 17 participants. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle

Kevin Smith, fire and hazmat coordinator at Butler County Community College, prepares to demonstrate fire behavior in a Max Fire Box for recruits at the Fire Cadet Academy. The Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company’s academy concluded Friday, July 28, marking a record-year for the program with 17 participants. Austin Uram/Butler Eagle